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Tasmania, Local History

127490
BLACKWOOD, ROBERT LESLIE.

The Quest of the Trout.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. [xii],106; tipped in frontispiece portrait, 4 b/w. tipped-in photographs in text, 7 line drawings in text, original stiff illustrated wrappers with tipped-on plate on front wrapper, some off-setting and browning front the tipped-in photographs as usual, wrapper a little chipped and worn, inscription on front endpaper, good copy. Scarce.
Melbourne; Robertson & Mullens Ltd.; 1926.
A posthumous publication: the author 'died on the seventeenth of September, 1926, before this book had gone through the press; but it is written exactly as he left it, save that Part IV ['Where to Fish'] has been added by Mr. Frank Cudmore, a close friend and fellow angler'. Click here to Order
AUD$150

127254
BROUGH SMYTH, R.

The Aborigines Of Victoria: With Notes Relating To The Habits Of The Natives of other Parts of Australia and Tasmania. Compiled From Various Sources For The Government Of Victoria.
First Editions; Demy 4to; Two Volumes; Vol. I. pp. lxxii, 483; Vol. II. pp. vi, 456; b/w frontispieces, numerous b/w illustrations, lacks maps called for in at the end of each volume (photocopies of each missing map provided), bound in blue cloth, title labels on spine, working set only.
Melbourne; George Robertson; 1878. Click here to Order
AUD$250

127245
BUCKLAND PARISH, TASMANIA.

Centenary of Buckland Parish 1846 - 1946.
First Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. 8 (including wrappers); 3 b/w. illustrations, list of rectors, bound in original illustrated stapled wrappers, very good copy.
Hobart; Mercury Press; n.d. (1946). Click here to Order
AUD$35

127189
DONALD, IRENE.

Her Blood in Our veins: The Story of Ellen Wainwright (Alias Esther Eccles).
First Edition; Oblong demy 4to; pp. (102); text with numerous b/w. illustrations and maps, numerous family trees, bound in stiff laminated wrappers with removable clasp on spine, good copy.
Irene Donald; 1988. Click here to Order
AUD$65

127198
DUMONT D'URVILLE, CAPTAIN (later Rear-Admiral) JULES S-C.

An Account in Two Volumes of Two Voyages To The South Seas. To Australia, New Zealand, Oceania 1826-1829 in the corvette Astrolabe and to the Straits of Magellan, Chile, Oceania, South East Asia, Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand and Torres Strait 1837-1840 in the corvettes Astrolabe and Zelee. Translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman.
Two Volumes; Reprint; Super Royal 8vo; Vol.1. pp. lv, 312; frontispiece, 27 plates eight of which are in colour, 13 maps one of which is double page, appendices, notes, Vol.11. pp. xiv, 319; frontispiece, 29 plates two of which are coloured, 16 maps including one double page map appendices, notes biographical index bibliography, index, original full canvas binding title lettered in gilt on red leather label on spine, in original slip case, a fine set.
Carlton; Melbourne University Press, 1988.
Excellent illustrations including sealers hut in Westernport, Sydney Cove, horse races, racial types in New Guinea and everyday life amongst the sailors. Also, unique insights into the feelings of the French as colonists who only wish to return to France after making their fortune compared to the English who will happily live in a colony and develop farms and businesses in the colony never returning to their homeland. Click here to Order
AUD$95

127176
JOHNSTON, G. C.

A Preliminary Survey of the Tasmanian Deer Population. (Tasmanian Fauna Bulletin, June 1961).
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. [iii], 12; text with one illustration and several graphs and tables, bound in original stiff illustrated stapled wrappers, good copy.
Hobart; The Animals and Birds protection Board; 1961. Click here to Order
AUD$35