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200905189Paris, La colombe , 1954 ; in 8, 138 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Cinquante années de vie missionnaires en australie introduction par andré dupeyrat.
1900100243London, Kangaroo Brand (circa 1900). Album de 6 feuillets comportant chacun 6 cartes postales détachables, couverture illustrée. (B2)
201906813Paris, Michel Lafon, 2018 ; in-8, 273 pp., br. Comme neuf broché.
ORD-12009Gravure en couleurs échappée de l'atlas historique du Voyage autour du monde de Freycinet exécuté sur les corvettes l'Uranie et la Physicienne. Paris. Pillet. 1825-1826. Gravure de 320 x 234 mm, cuvette comprise, dans un cadre simple à baguette dorée de 512 x 350mm. Dessinée par Marchais d'après A. Pellion et gravée par Forget. Image lgt brunie, qq. rares petites piqûres, bel exemplaire.
200809434Paris, Editions FL larousse, 1996 ; in-8, 121 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur.
218657Melbourne et Adelaide, 1865-1866 5 pièces en un vol. in-8, demi-veau blond, dos lisse, roulette dorée, filets à froid (reliure pastiche). Cachet (annulé). Bon exemplaire.
201014762Paris, Gallimard bibliothèque du voyageur, 1996 ; in-8, 369 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Bon état.
201113881, Booking international, 1996 ; in-4, 287 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Avec jaquette.
201702496Paris, Société continentale d'éditions moderne illustrées - connaissance des iles - , 1966 ; grand in-8, 366 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Traduction de L.M. Ravet - 64 planches hors texte en héliogravure, 8 planches hors texte en couleur, 28 cartes et croquis dans le texte -hors commerce pour les biblliophiles de l'aventure.
201212575Paris, Société continentale d'éditions moderne illustrées - connaissance des iles - , 1966 ; grand in-8, 366 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Traduction de L.M. Ravet - 64 planches hors texte en héliogravure, 8 planches hors texte en couleur, 28 cartes et croquis dans le texte -hors commerce pour les biblliophiles de l'aventure - très bon état avec son rhodoide.
200813766Paris, Société continentale d'éditions moderne illustrées - connaissance des iles - , 1966 ; grand in-8, 366 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Traduction de L.M. Ravet - 64 planches hors texte en héliogravure, 8 planches hors texte en couleur, 28 cartes et croquis dans le texte -hors commerce pour les biblliophiles de l'aventure.
47612P., Presses de la Cité, 1983, in 4° cartonnage illustré de léditeur, 124 pages ; abondamment illustré.
201900934Paris, Robert Laffont, 1971 ; in-8, 347 pp., br.
200615682Paris, Robert Laffont, 1974 ; in-8, 347 pp., broché, couverture illustr.
1840LBW-7321Vers 1840. Aquarelles originales sur papier Whatman (30,5 x 23 cm).
2007116Paris, , 2007 in-8, 646 pp., nombreuses illustrations, broché. (B2)
7997Sydney, Charles Potter, 1896 ; in-8. Front.-XIV-337pp.- 42 planches hors-texte en noir - 1 vue panoramique dépliante en couleurs (port de Sydney) - 3 cartes couleurs - 1 carte en noir dépliante, 1 grand carte couleurs des chemins de fer. Manque le plan de Sydney mentioné dans la table. Pleine percaline rouge d'éditeur, plat sup. orné d'une plaque noir et or. Frottements au dos en tête et en queue.
ORD-614Paris. Tallandier et Nelson Doubleday. N°45, Novembre 1963. In-8 (ca 138 x 210mm) broché, couverture illustrée couleurs sur les 2 plats, XII pages sur papier jaune (Actualités-Voyages) et 64 pages consacrées à l'AUSTRALIE, nombreuses illustrations en noir et images couleurs collées dans le texte. Bel exemplaire, complet.
192562085London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 3 York Street St. James 1925. Thick 8vo. 311 1 pp. plus 8 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates map. Green ribbed publisher’s cloth blue ruling & lettering minor foxing to fore-edges of textblock & endpapers very minor bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. cover art photo of “Desert†Country near Newcastle Waters minor chipping & tear head of spine closed tear front cover minor creasing still VG/G- copy. First edition of this excellent account of the pioneering 1923 automobile explorations by Michael Terry through Northern Australia as he pioneered the route while driving a 1913 Model T dragging a trailer behind loaded with supplies. Although they managed to secure food and fuel most of the way they ran out at the Western Australia border stumbled through the desert with no water and no fuel but were luckily found by some Aboriginal stockmen and eventually reached Broome. Exceedingly scarce in the original dustjacket. See: Ron Moon The Last Explorer: Michael Terry WhichCar July 20 2015. Herbert Jenkins, Ltd., 3 York Street St. James, hardcover
193162087London & New York: Putnam 1931. Thick 8vo. xv 1 350 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates 3 folding maps 1 large 1 colour 1 large folding chart. Brown publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor foxing to upper fore-edges of textblock very slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. wraparound photo cover art of 2 6-wheel Morris trucks minor closed tears closed tear & creasing front cover w/ repair on verso minor edgewear still VG/G copy. First edition of this uncommon third automobile/truck expedition which equipped with two 6-wheel Morris trucks started in Port Hedland May 1928 and then drving via De Grey Pardoo and Wallal homesteads north to Broome. After Broome they pushed onto Fitzroy Crossing and Hall Creek hunting gold and then reached the Tanami goldfields and then prospected along the Lander River visiting Brooks’ Soak a traditional Warlpiri Soak which Fred Brook was illegally appropriating. Their mining expedition overlapped the subsequent tragic Conniston Massacres of Australian Warlpiri Anmatyerre and Kaytetye Indigenous Peoples in retribution for the killing of Fred Brooks. Terry’s party quickly moved on and headed to Alice Springs followed the Finke River to Horseshoe Bend Oodnadatta Hawker Adelaide and later Melbourne. Terry was quite taken with the Morris trucks which averaged 5-18 mpg every 250 miles and the lead truck only suffered 41 flat tires in their Dunlop tires. See: Ron Moon The Last Explorer: Michael Terry WhichCar July 20 2015. Putnam, hardcover
192762086London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 3 York Street St. James 1927. Thick 8vo. 336 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates 1 folding map. Green ribbed publisher’s cloth blue ruling & lettering minor foxing to fore-edges of textblock & endpapers very minor bumping to couple corners still a VG copy w/ King Edward VI Grammar School Southampton prize bookplate on front pastedown and bookseller’s label for H.M. Gilbert & Son. First edition stated of this excellent account of the author’s follow-up automobile/truck expedition to his “Across Unknown Australia†which featured deep drives into the deserts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia this time driving two Guy Roadless Vehicles fitted with trailers along with an AJS motorcycle and sidecar. The British Guy trucks were rugged featuring 4-cylinder engines fitted with a detachable cylinder head and 4-speed gearbox and fitted with caterpillar tracks. The half-tracks were prone to serious wear in the desert sand eating through bushings and selals and slowed them down quite a bit. They followed Sturt Creek past Lake Stretch Billiluna Homestead and onto Gregory’s Salt Sea Lake Gregory and then the little used Canning Stock Route to Well 48. After reaching Yeeda they crossed the Fitzroy River and then onto Broome. Unfortunately the film produced during the expedition “Grip of the Wanderlust†and shown to the then Prince of Wales later King Edward VIII has now been lost. See: Ron Moon The Last Explorer: Michael Terry WhichCar July 20 2015. Herbert Jenkins, Ltd., 3 York Street St. James, hardcover
193563681Sydney Australia: Angus & Robertson Ltd. 1935. Thick 8vo. xiv 262 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Light blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering & ruling on spine route maps illustrated on endpapers slight shelfwear very minor foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. cover art of Lady Southern Cross minor edgewear creasing slight sunning to spine old paper repairs on verso still a VG/VG- copy. Second edition of this rousing first-hand memoir of one of Sir Taylor’s flights with Kingsford Smith flying the Lady Southern Cross in their Lockheed Altair monoplane making the first eastward trans-Pacific flight from Australia to the United States in October-November 1934. They experienced bad weather over Fiji struggled through repairs to the fuel and oil systems in Hawaii but arrived safely in Oakland Nov. 4 1934. The pair later disappeared during an overnight flight from Allahabad India to Singapore over the Andaman Sea a year later. Angus & Robertson, Ltd., hardcover
1929142560Adelaide: Harry Carew Nott 1929. Fine. Adelaide Harry Carew Nott 1929. A commercial photograph album oblong quarto 230 × 318 mm comprising 4 card leaves cord-bound in overlapping card covers with 21 gelatin silver photographs 84 × 136 mm or the reverse loosely attached with photocorners on both sides of the leaves and the inside surface of the covers; all photographs are captioned in white ink on the mount. Cord-bound commercial album stamped in blind 'Portraiture'; covers slightly marked and a little worn at the corners; the contents are in fine condition the last photograph is creased and cracked at one corner. A lengthy article related to this event appeared in 'The Advertiser' Thursday 23 May 1929: 'The Victorian section of the Australian Aero Club will conduct an aerial pageant at the Essendon Aerodrome near Melbourne on Saturday afternoon. The programme of events includes the Aerial Derby for which over 20 machines have been entered. Of these about eight will represent New South Wales and eight Victoria. South Australia will also have a strong representation. <p>Seven planes will leave the Parafield Aerodrome for Melbourne this morning at 9.30 if the weather permits. The following planes will comprise the formation: D.H. 60 Gipsy Moth G-AUIB D.H. Moth V-HUAM D.H. Moth V-EUAR D.H. Gipsy Moth G-AUIV D.H. Gipsy Moth G-AUKO Avro Avian G-AUSY and probably the De Havilland "Old Gold" passenger machine. The first three are Aero Club planes and the others are privately owned. <p>Flying-Officer J.A. Mollison Aero Club instructor will be leader of the formation and Mr. C.A. Hewitt will be deputy-leader. Others making the flight to Melbourne are Messrs. N. Birks J.A. Jukes A.H. Wilkins E.B. Lawson P. Knapman F. Wellington S. Hamilton L. Wood J. Churchill Smith secretary of Aero Club and Dr. H.C. Nott. The flight to Essendon will be made via Nhill Victoria. Friday will be spent by the airmen in tuning up engines for the races on the following day'. <p>The first eight photographs were taken at Parafield Aerodrome in outer-suburban Adelaide with portraits of Nott and Wood identified. These are followed by two at Nhill Aerodrome 'Mollison refuelling' and 'Lawson'; two at Ararat Aerodrome 'on Racecourse'; and eight taken at Rockbank 28 kms west of Melbourne. These are captioned 'Mollison taking off in "1B"'; 'Hewitt'; 'Nott in "A5"'; Lawson Mollison Hewitt & Wellington éxamining "A17"'; 'Hewitt Mollison Lawson & Wellington'; 'Nott Mollison Lawson & Wellington'; and 'Mollison Lawson & Hewitt'. <p>The last one taken from the air is captioned 'Crashed Aero at Nhill'. The Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre website records that on 23 May 1929 'J.A. Mollison arrived from Adelaide with 6 aircraft. One crash-landed at old Dimboola road aerodrome instead of landing at New site at Halpin Park'. The pilot was possibly Lin Wood. Harry Carew Nott unknown
808351 A manuscript personal promissory note 90 × 167 mm dated Adelaide 24 October 1840 - 'Three months after date pay to my order Thirty Pounds value received. F.W. Allen. To C.W. Stuart Esqre'. Stuart has written across it 'Accepted Payable at the Bank of South Australia'. It was subsequently stamped by the Bank of South Australia Adelaide when it was paid on 27 January 1841. The verso is endorsed by F.W. Allen C. Crispe and 'For the Bank of South Australia Edwd Stephens Manager'. Apart from two vertical creases and a tiny spike hole it is in fine condition. <p>2 A printed Bank of South Australia cheque 80 × 180 mm printed by Batho and Bingley London with manuscript insertions - 11 February 1841 from C.W. Stuart to Harry Lechahdee for 3 pounds. A bank stamp on it indicates it was paid out in Adelaide on 15 February 1841. It is endorsed on the verso by Robert Champlay an indecipherable signature and three small Xs. It is lightly creased with a tiny spike hole; on the verso there is a discoloured band denoting the outer surfaces when the item was originally folded; basically in excellent condition. It goes without saying that these are utterly rare ephemeral items dating from when the colony was barely four years old. However because of this we are able to identify most of the signatories thus giving these trifles much greater weight. <p>Edward Stephens 1811-1861 was appointed cashier and accountant of the South Australian Company in 1836; he arrived in the 'Coromandel' on 17 January 1837 at Holdfast Bay. 'There he set up his office in a tent but at first business was slight. He was induced to sign a letter to Governor Sir John Hindmarsh asking for a public meeting to reconsider the site of Adelaide. Although in February the meeting decided in favour of Colonel William Light's choice Stephens did not hesitate to buy eight city acres 3.2 ha when they were auctioned and later became very friendly with Light. Stephens fell foul of Hindmarsh and was rebuked by George Fife Angas for dabbling in politics' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. In 1840 he became the Adelaide manager of the Bank of South Australia. Charles William Stuart ~1811-1891 arrived in the colony in 1836 and became Acting Police Commissioner during Alexander Tolmer's extended absences on overland gold escort duties in 1852-53. Tolmer's dismissal in November 1853 was in part due to his involvement 'in demeaning disputes with his subordinates' not least Stuart. Frederick William Allen 1813-1850 arrived on the 'Buffalo' and became a publican. Clement Crispe ~1804-1857 arrived in 1837 on the 'John Renwick' and was a butcher and farmer. Robert Champlay was married in Adelaide on 30 January 1840. Most of the biographical details have come from the 'Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885'. We have not yet traced Harry - there are some intriguing possibilities. 2 items. unknown
1992145431Carlton: Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Carlton Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press 1992. Large octavo xviii 431 pages with 8 maps by K. Cowan plus 20 pages of plates containing a total of 37 images 16 in colour. Papered boards; bottom corner of the central portion of the text block slightly bowed; an excellent copy with the excellent dustwrapper. The journals cover Barker's period of command of 'the isolated settlement at Raffles Bay near modern Darwin for just over a year and . King George Sound Albany' ending with his untimely death at the mouth of the Murray River. <p>Number 8 in the Miegunyah Press Series. Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press hardcover
