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180229606London: Printed for W. Peacock and Sons 1802. The Third edition Correceted and Considerably enlarged. Embellished with Maps including thoe of Australia and Polynesia. 1 vols. 24mo. Bound in full contemporary red morocco a.e.g. Fine. The Third edition Correceted and Considerably enlarged. Embellished with Maps including thoe of Australia and Polynesia. 1 vols. 24mo. With a fine folding map of New Holland and New Zealand and a separate one of Polynesia including the Sandwich Islands. Not in Ferguson Printed for W. Peacock and Sons unknown books
185420130London: The Religious Tract Society 1854. Lacking frontispiece. 1 vols. 12mo. The two parts bound together fly title only on the second part. Original red stamped cloth by Davison Binder London with tag at back gilt decoration and edges. Minor discoloration to front lower edge of front cover front free endpaper and all preceding title removed remains of pasted paper on endpapers else a very good copy. Sold as is. Lacking frontispiece. 1 vols. 12mo. Contains an extensive description of the Australian gold fields a segment on the Aborigines a section for each on New South Wales Victoria and South and Western Australia as well as agricultural information. Ferguson "Bibliography of Australia" 6298 The Religious Tract Society unknown books
1876WRCAM7086Sydney 1876. Color map folded into original printed wrappers. Ink signature and ownership stamp on front wrapper wrappers separated at seam. The map is very nice with some foxing but no tears at folds. The map engraved by G.W. Sharp is shaded with seven colors representing various minerals in New South Wales. On the verso of each panel are printed statistics for telegraphs railways livestock banks exports minerals etc. for 1874-75 as well as an article entitled "Advantages of New South Wales as a Home for the Emigrant." This is the first edition others issued later. FERGUSON 13171a. unknown books
1988230832Topsfield: Salem House 1988. hardcover. very good-/very good-. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. 528 pages 4to gilt-stamped black cloth corners bumped and rubbed dust wrapper rubbed. Topsfield: Salem House 1988. Very good-.<br/><br/> Salem House unknown books
20485Hobart: Anson's Photographs. Hardcover. Very good. Souvenir view book printed in Germany for this Australian photography firm. Undated internal evidence places it between 1890 and 1892. 5.75 x 4.25 inches oblong. Red paper-covered boards decorated in gilt and black containing 14 accordion-folded photolithographic albertype or a similar process views. Brothers Joshua Henry and William Anson established their photography studio in Hobart in the late 1870s and developed a trade in souvenir views of Tasmania. They published more than one view book with the name "Picturesque Southern Tasmania" we have seen two different ones and there may be others. This one focuses on the penal colony at Port Arthur which was by then closed and being promoted as a tourist attraction and the nearby landscape. The views are: Hall and Cell Divisions Model Prison; Exercise Yards and Solitary Cell Model Prison; Chapel in Model Prison; Invalide Depot & Lunatic Asylum; Commandant's Quarters From Magazine; View from the Grounds Commandant's Quarters; Underground Cells at Point Puer; Arthur Peak and Cliffs at Point Puer; Eagle Hawk Neck; Tesselated Pavement Eagle Hawk Neck; Blow-Hole Eagle Hawk Neck; Entrance to Blow Hole with Breaking Waves; Rock Scenery Entrance to Blow Hole; and Tasman's Arch Eagle Hawk Neck. Views are in very good condition cloth spine of album is partially separated from rear board and boards are edgeworn. On the rear pastedown a label from "Mrs. Richardson Fancy Goods Importer Richardson Street" covers part of the Anson's Photographers label. Around the edge is written in pencil: "Remember the last day with Mac. Viers. Purser Hunter at Hobart. Drive to Fern Tree Hotel Mt. Wellington. Jan 28 1892 M.E. Hunter." Anson's Photographs hardcover books