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128646
BAUDIN, NICOLAS.: The Journal Of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin - 1800-1803, Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes Geographe and Naturaliste. Assigned by Order of the Government to a Voyage Of Discovery. Translated from French by Christine Cornell, B.A. With forward by Jean-Paul Faivre.
Deluxe Limited Edition; Med. 4to; pp. xxii, 610; frontispiece, 2 maps, appendices, index, large folding map of New Holland in pocket on inside back board, bound in quarter leather with blue cloth boards, raised bands, title labels on spine, title lettered in gilt on labels, embossed decoration to upper board, silk page marker, fine copy.
Adelaide; The Friends of the State Library of South Australia; 2004.
Edition limited to 300 copies of which 99 are numbered and bound in quarter leather. This copy being No. 51. Click here to Order

AUD$475

128623
BLIGH, CAPTAIN W.: The Log Of H.M.S. Providence 1791-1793.
Facsimile Copy of the original log now preserved in The Public Record Office in London; Small folio; pp. 951; coloured frontispiece, 5 folding maps, numerous illustrations and reproductions in the text, original half calf, raised bands, gilt decorated boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, previous owner's bookplate (S. A. Hicks) on front endpaper, fine copy in original slipcase.
Guildford; Genesis Publications Ltd.; 1976.
Edition limited to five hundred copies of which this is copy number 440. This voyage of Bligh's to deliver the breadfruit plant to the West Indies was an unqualified success in contrast to his earlier ill-fated voyage in the Bounty. Click here to Order

AUD$900

128498
CLANCY, ROBERT.: The Mapping Of Terra Australis.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. (x), 192; frontispiece; profusely illustrated, with numerous maps, bibliography, index; dustjacket, previous owner's inscription on front endpaper otherwise a fine copy.
Macquarie Park, NSW; Universal Press Pty. Ltd.; 1995.
The Mapping of Terra Australis takes the reader on a voyage of discovery. It focuses on the printed maps that record the evolution of our knowledge of Terra Australis with a particular emphasis on first the discovery and later the exploration of Australia. Click here to Order

AUD$55

128501
CLANCY, ROBERT; RICHARDSON, ALAN.: So Came They South. Library Reference Series.
First Edition; Med. 4to; pp. 176; endpaper maps, b/w frontispiece, b/w, colour illustrations and maps throughout, index, original cloth, dustjacket spine slightly faded, very good copy.
Silverwater, NSW; Shakespeare Head Press; 1988. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128423
COLLINGRIDGE, GEORGE.: The First Discovery Of Australia And New Guinea.
Reprint; Cr. 8vo; pp. xxii, 130; 14 maps, 34 colour and b/w illustrations; original stiff illustrated wrapper, a very good copy.
Sydney; Pan Books; 1982. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128628
COLLINS, DAVID.: General And Garrison Orders Of Port Phillip.
Limited Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 103, (xi); tipped in portrait frontispiece, tipped in illustration, catalogue of Queensbury's Hill Press Victoriana Collection, bound in full leather, hand gilt work on ribbed spine and inner boards, front and back boards gilt-stamped, previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper, very good copy.
Melbourne; Queensbury Hill Press; 1984.
During the stay of Collins at Port Phillip heads he issued from time to time a number of orders. These were printed on a small hand-press and a printed set has been preserved in London. The date of the first is 16th October 1803.and the last 20 Feb 1804. Limited edition of 155 copies This number being 106. Click here to Order

AUD$85

128616
COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES.: The Journal Of H.M.S. Resolution 1772-1775.
Facsimile Edition; Thick Super Royal 8vo; pp. 807; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, coloured frontispiece, illustrated title page, 12 full page plates 5 of which are in colour, 19 text illustrations, half calf binding, and buckram with hand tooling in gold leaf, gilt decoration of the Endeavour on front board, raised bands ruled in gilt, title lettered in gilt on spine, in original slip case, edition limited to 500 numbered copies this being number 45, bookplate on half title page (S. A. Hicks), a fine copy.
Guilford; Genesis Publications Limited; 1981. Click here to Order

AUD$700

128634
COOPER, H. M.: French Exploration In South Australia. With Special Reference to Encounter Bay, Kangaroo Island The Two Gulfs And Murat Bay 1802-1803.
Limited First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xi, 200; b/w frontispiece, 22 b/w illustrations or maps, index, bound in original patterned boards with green cloth spine, boards lightly faded and browned, otherwise a very good copy.
Adelaide; The Author; 1952.
Limited edition of 200 numbered copies this is number 44 and the patterned board edition is scarce. Written from accounts by Peron, Freycinet, Francois Michel Ronsard, and Baudin including many parts unpublished at the time. Mathew Flinders account of their meeting at Encounter Bay and extract from Investigators Logbook. Includes entries from the log book of the Geographe and Casurina. Interesting account of Kangaroo island natives. Illustrations include native burials and bark canoes from Tasmanian Aboriginals. Click here to Order

AUD$200

128636
DAVIDSON, ALLAN A.: Journal of Explorations in Central Australia by The Central Australian Exploration Syndicate, Limited, Under the Leadership of Allan A, Davidson 1898 to 1900 - South Australian Parliamentary Paper No. 27, 1905.
Limited Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xxxix, 230; portrait frontispiece, text with 3 illustrations, 1 folding location map at rear of book, together with five maps in separately bound map case, both book and map case bound in matching pictorial brown cloth, titles lettered in black on spines stamped decoration on upper boards, fine copies.
Adelaide; Friends of the State Library of South Australia; 2005.
Edition limited to 300 copies. The only other edition of this work was in the South Australian Parliamentary Paper No. 25, 1905. The plates in this limited edition are new and the large folding map in the original is present in this edition as 5 maps. Also new to this edition is the lengthy introduction by Valmai Hankel. Click here to Order

AUD$320

128386
ECCLESTON, GREGORY C.: Granville Stapylton: Australia Felix 1836: Second in Command to Major Mitchell.
First Edition; Oblong Cr. Folio.; pp. xx, 250; text with numerous illustrations, drawings and maps many in colour, bibliography, glossary of Foreign Words and Phrases in the Journal, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, original silk page marker, dustjacket, inscribed and signed by the author on title page, fine copy. Together with original prospectus and order form.
Melbourne; Evandale Publishing; 2018.
Splendid and impressive volume, a major study based on the journals of the pioneer land surveyor Granville Stapylton second-in-command to major Mitchell. Of particular importance are the wealth of images and maps throughout. Click here to Order

AUD$140

128516
EISLER, WILLIAM: SMITH, BERNARD.: Terra Australis The Furthest Shore.
Demy 4to; pp. 240; portrait frontispiece, numerous text illustrations in colour and b/w, text maps, bibliography, notes on the contributors, photographic credits, lenders to the exhibition, selected index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, good copy.
Published by The Australian Bicentennial Authority, to accompany the exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales 27 July - 9 October 1988.
The exhibition which this book was produced for offered a fascinating panorama of three centuries of daring voyaging, acute observation, and vivid reporting, in words and images, of newly discovered seas, lands, and peoples. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128622
FORREST, ALEX.: North-West Exploration. Journal Of Expedition From DeGrey To Port Darwin. This is a Limited Edition of 400 copies, the first Seventy Five of which are Bound in Half Leather. Copy No. 34.
Facsimile Edition; Foolscap Folio; pp. 43 plus 8 pages of colour plates at rear; includes large fold out map showing the route from Nickol Bay to S. A. Telegraph which was followed by the Expedition Despatched by the Western Australian Government in 1879. Under the Command of Alex Forrest F. R. G. S; bound in half leather, title lettered in gilt on spine, and leather title label on front board, a fine copy.
Bundaberg; Corkwood Press; 1996.
Limited Edition of 75 copies. This being copy number 34. Click here to Order

AUD$135

128632
GREY, GEORGE.: Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing many Newly Discovered, Important and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c. &c. Two Volume Set.
Facsimile Edition; Demy 8vo; Vol. I. pp. xiv, 412; frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 10 full page illustrations of which 5 are in colour, 11 illustrations in text; Vol. II. pp. vii, 482; colour frontispiece, 9 full page b/w illustrations, text illustrations, appendices (including natural history by John Gray, John Gould and Adam White); both volumes bound separately in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, very good copies.
Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1964. Click here to Order

AUD$190

128446
HAM, THOMAS.: A Map Of Australia Felix.
Limited Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. [vi], 39; tipped-in frontispiece facsimile prospectus, 1 large coloured folding cloth backed map; full leather binding in Bourbon calfskin, hand gilt work on spine and inner boards, cardboard slip-case, fine copy.
Carlton, Vic.; Queensberry Hill Press; n.d. (1985).
Edition limited to 155 copies. This copy being No. 25. Click here to Order

AUD$195

128416
HERVE, ROGER. ( DUNMORE, JOHN; Translated by ).: Chance Discovery. Of Australia and New Zealand by Portuguese and Spanish Navigators between 1521 and 1528.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 70; 2 b/w illustrations, 1 map, original illustrated wrapper, previous owner's name on front endpaper, otherwise a fine copy.
Palmerston North NZ.; The Dunmore Press; 1983.
Brings together many important works including John Rotz's Boke of Idrography, 1542: Portugese-Norman Portulan maps, Dieppe Planisperes analysis, first European voyages of exploration to Australasia, evidence of the Voyages Avantureux, presumed course of the Caravel San Lesmes in 1526-1527. Click here to Order

AUD$65

128453
JONES, PHYLLIS MANDER.: The Tasman Map of 1644 Historical Note and Description of the Manuscript Map in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.
Limited Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 31; tipped-in full page coloured map, double page map with two other b/w. maps on the verso, selected bibliography, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, good copy
Sydney; The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales; 1948. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128625
KERR, ROBERT.: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, arranged in systematic order: forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. 18 Volumes (Complete).
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. more than 9500; plus engraved maps (some folding) and plates, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, uniformly bound in contemporary diced calf, gilt stamped decoration to spines, some splitting on spines, titles lettered in gilt on spines, occasional browning, calf a little rubbed, the spines mellowed, bookplate on front endpapers, good set.
William Blackwood, Edinburgh, and T. Cadell, London, MDCCCXXIV. (1824).
Truly comprehensive account of sea and land voyages, from the time of Alfred the Great in the ninth century to the great voyages of Captain Cook at the end of the eighteenth century. The eighteen volumes cover Europe, Africa, Asia, America, Polynesia and Australia. The voyages to the Pacific, from Magellan to Cook, are covered in volumes ten to seventeen. The final volume includes a "Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce." by William Stevenson along with a bibliography of nearly a thousand titles. Ferguson 971. Click here to Order

AUD$1800

128549
LA PEROUSE, J. F. G. DE.: A Voyage Round the World, performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe. Under the Command of J. F. G. de la Perouse: Published by Order of the National Assembly Under the Superintendence of L. A. Milet-Mureau. (In Three Volumes).
Third Edition; Demy 8vo; Vol. I. pp. xlviii, 426; Vol. II. pp. x, 543; Vol. III. pp. viii, 433, (15) index; all half titles present, bound in modern brown quarter leather with brown cloth boards, titles lettered in gilt on spines, all edges marbled, (lacks the folio Atlas volume), very good copies.
London; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; 1807.
The work providing valuable insights into the Pacific region during the late 18th century. La Pérouse’s writing reflects both the challenges of maritime exploration and the sense of wonder sparked by new discoveries. The book remains an important historical document, offering a window into an era of scientific discovery and international exploration. Click here to Order

AUD$300

128424
McINTYRE, KENNETH GORDON.: The Secret Discovery of Australia. Portuguese Ventures 200 Years Before Captain Cook.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xxii, 427; endpaper maps, 8 pages of plates, 55 line-drawings (of which many are sketch maps), appendix, chapter notes, bibliography, index of places and subjects, index of persons, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket chipped and worn on edges, very good copy.
Medindie, S.A.; Souvenir Press; 1977. Click here to Order

AUD$50

128441
PEAKE-JONES, K.: Handbook of Instructions for the Guidance of the Officers of the Elder Scientific Exploration Expedition to the Unknown portions of Australia. Together with A Study of Incompatibles by K. Peake-Jones.
Facsimile Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. [vi], 68; large fold-out map, 8 b/w. photographic illustrations, bound in original printed wrappers, fine copy.
Adelaide; Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch; 1991. Click here to Order

AUD$60

128508
PEARSON, MICHAEL.: Great Southern Land. The Maritime Exploration of Terra Australis.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. iv, 155; text with numerous illustrations and maps many in colour, endnotes, bibliography, glossary, index, bound in original illustrated boards, dustjacket, fine copy.
Canberra; The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage; 2005. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128417
RICHARDSON, W. A. R.: The Portuguese Discovery of Australia Fact or Fiction? - A lecture delivered at the National Library of Australia. (Occasional Lecture Series, No. 3).
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 32; text illustrated with 6 maps, notes, bound in original stiff printed stapled wrapper, fine copy.
Canberra; National Library of Australia; 1989. Click here to Order

AUD$45

128445
SCURFIELD, G.: The Hoddle Years Surveying in Victoria, 1836-1853 in collaboration with JM. Scurfield.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 144; 4 colour plates, a folding Map of the Province of Victoria end-pocket; 37 maps throughout of which some are full-page, references. bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Canberra; The Institution of Surveyors, Australia Inc.; 1995. Click here to Order

AUD$165

128426
TRICKETT, PETER.: Beyond Capricorn. How Portuguese Adventurers Secretly Discovered and Mapped Australia and New Zealand 250 Years before Captain Cook.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 386; text illustrated with 16 pages of photographic plates some in colour, list of maps and illustrations, chapter notes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, fine copy.
Adelaide; East Street Publications; 2007. Click here to Order

AUD$125

128696
WHITE, H. R.: A First Fleet Index.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 56; appendix, bound in original stiff stapled printed wrapper, dustjacket, a good copy.
(Printed by South Coast Bulletin, Southport), 1960.
Limited Edition of 75 Copies, signed by the author. This copy being number 64. Click here to Order

AUD$35

Other Countries 4

128646
BAUDIN, NICOLAS.: The Journal Of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin - 1800-1803, Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes Geographe and Naturaliste. Assigned by Order of the Government to a Voyage Of Discovery. Translated from French by Christine Cornell, B.A. With forward by Jean-Paul Faivre.
Deluxe Limited Edition; Med. 4to; pp. xxii, 610; frontispiece, 2 maps, appendices, index, large folding map of New Holland in pocket on inside back board, bound in quarter leather with blue cloth boards, raised bands, title labels on spine, title lettered in gilt on labels, embossed decoration to upper board, silk page marker, fine copy.
Adelaide; The Friends of the State Library of South Australia; 2004.
Edition limited to 300 copies of which 99 are numbered and bound in quarter leather. This copy being No. 51. Click here to Order

AUD$475

128619
BURDEN, PHILIP D.: The Mapping of North America, A List of printed maps 1511-1670.
First Limited Edition; Cr. Folio; xxxiv, 568; text with 11 coloured and 418 b/w. plates, index bibliography, bound in full maroon morocco, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt stamped decoration on front board, all edges gilt, housed in original cloth slipcase, fine copy.
Rickmansworth; Raleigh Publications; 1996.
Edition Limited to 25 numbered and signed copies. This copy being Number 7. Click here to Order

AUD$600

128423
COLLINGRIDGE, GEORGE.: The First Discovery Of Australia And New Guinea.
Reprint; Cr. 8vo; pp. xxii, 130; 14 maps, 34 colour and b/w illustrations; original stiff illustrated wrapper, a very good copy.
Sydney; Pan Books; 1982. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128414
RICHARDSON, MATTHEW.: The West & The Map Of The World : A Reappraisal of the Past.
First Edition; Roy. 4to; pp. (viii), 278; decorated endpapers, illustrated coloured frontispiece and title page, text lavishly illustrated with more than 100 outstanding maps from the State Library of Victoria, sources, chronological index, general index, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Carlton; The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University; 2010. Click here to Order

AUD$60