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Monday 23 July, 2018, at 6.30 pm Monday 23 July, AUSTRALIAN BOOK AUCTIONS AUSTRALIAN BOOK AUCTIONS Monday 23 July 2018 ABA0090 AUSTRALIAN BOOK AUCTIONS AUSTRALIAN BOOK AUCTIONS AUSTRALIAN BOOK AUCTIONS PTY. LTD. A.B.N. 60 088 582 030 A.C.N. 088 582 030 Barbara Hince, Director Jonathan Wantrup, Executive Director Dr Gavin De Lacy, General Manager Tony Long, Director Corporate Affairs GALLERY AND SALEROOM: 2/970 High Street, Armadale, Victoria, 3143 TELEPHONE: (+61) 03 9509 7424 EMAIL: [email protected] WEB ADDRESS: www.australianbookauctions.com Cover: lot 46 AUSTRALIAN BOOK AUCTIONS BOOKS DOCUMENTS MAPS Including Important Documents and Books from the Estate of the late Rodney Davidson AO; Voyages, Exploration and Travels, Ephemera, Literature, Natural History, Australiana, General Antiquarian &c. including art and illustrated, sport, travel and topography. To be sold by auction Monday 23rd July 2018 at 6.30 pm At Australian Book Auctions Gallery NEW ADDRESS: 2 / 970 High Street, Armadale, Victoria NEW Telephone (+61) 03 9509 7424 Email [email protected] www.australianbookauctions.com On View AT THE NEW GALLERY: 2 / 970 High Street, Armadale, Victoria Friday 20th July from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Saturday 21st July from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Monday 23rd July from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Catalogue Price: $33.00 Important Information for Buyers Registration and Buyer’s numbers payment is made by credit card, an additional charge of The auction will be conducted using Buyer’s 1.1% will be added to your invoice to cover bank fees numbers. All prospective bidders are asked to register and charges. and collect a Buyer’s number before the sale. Condition of lots Buyer’s premium All lots are sold “as is”, in accordance with clauses 6a- Please note that a Buyer’s premium of 19.8% f of the Conditions of Business, and Australian Book (inclusive of Goods and Services Tax) of the hammer Auctions makes no representation as to the condition of price on each lot is payable by the buyer. any lot. Buyers should satisfy themselves as to the Absentee bidding and Telephone bidding condition of any lot before the sale. As a convenience to buyers who are unable to attend Every attempt is made to describe all lots accurately in the auction in person, Australian Book Auctions will, the catalogue but condition of lots is not generally if so instructed in writing at least 24 hours before the noted. sale, execute bids on behalf of prospective buyers. Where a note describing the condition of any lot is Absentee bids can only be accepted on the included in the catalogue this is intended as general appropriate form fully completed (the form is to be guidance only for intending buyers who should satisfy found at the end of this catalogue). Absentee bids themselves as to the condition of any lot or as to any cannot be accepted by telephone unless confirmed in other matter affecting the value of any lot before the writing. sale, either by personal inspection or by obtaining any In the case of lots with a lower estimate of at least independent expert advice reasonable in view of the $1000, Australian Book Auctions will, if so requested buyers’ expertise and the value of the lot. Buyers will at least 24 hours before the sale, make all reasonable be deemed to have knowledge of all matters which efforts to contact prospective buyers by telephone so they could reasonably be expected to find out given the as to enable them to participate in bidding. Requests exercise by them of reasonable due diligence. See for this service must be confirmed in writing. In no especially clauses 6a-f and 7a-f of the Conditions of circumstance will Australian Book Auctions be held Business. responsible for any error or failure to execute bids. Sale Room Notices and Announcements from the Absentee bids should conform to the increments Rostrum published in this catalogue (see page 3). An absentee All conditions, notices, descriptions, statements and bid that does not conform to the published increments other matters concerning a lot are subject to any may be lowered to the next bidding interval. statement modifying or affecting that lot made by the Collection of purchases Auctioneer from the rostrum prior to any bid being All lots purchased must be collected from the place of accepted on that lot. In general and where possible, any auction within seven days of the sale date. Collection such matter will also be noted in a Sale Room Notice may be available for a brief period at the conclusion posted prior to the sale. of the sessions. Pre-sale estimates Uncollected lots may be placed in storage at the The pre-sale estimates are intended as a guide for Buyer’s risk and the Buyer’s expense. Australian prospective buyers only. A bid between the listed Book Auctions will be pleased to assist any Buyer figures should, in our opinion, offer a fair chance of who wishes to make special arrangements for success. However, all lots, depending on the level of collection. Please notify us before the sale if you competition, can realise prices either above or below require special assistance. the listed estimates. Methods of payment Please note that where any lot is subject to a seller’s Unless otherwise announced by the auctioneer, no reserve in no case will the seller’s reserve exceed the purchases may be collected until the end of the sale. lower estimate. Payment should be made in Australian dollars in Conditions of Business cash, or bank cheque, or by telegraphic transfer to The auction will be conducted in accordance with our Australian Book Auction’s account. Personal cheques Conditions of Business printed in this catalogue. may be accepted at the discretion of Australian Book Prospective bidders should read these Conditions Auctions and, unless prior arrangements have been carefully before bidding. The above notes are for made, must be cleared before delivery of any lots. general guidance and should not be taken as a Credit card payments by Mastercard or Visa can also summary of the Conditions of Business nor an be accepted by prior arrangement. Please note that if alternative to them. Order of Sale Monday, 23rd July 2018 at 6.30 pm. Lots 1 – 39 Important Australian Voyages, Travels, & Maps. Lots 40 – 52 Important Documents & Books from the Estate of the late Rodney Davidson AO. Lots 53 – 81 Ephemera, &c. Lots 82 – 106 General Australiana. Lots 107 – 128 General Antiquarian, &c., including sport, art and illustrated, travel and topography. Lots 129 – 141 Literature, including children’s books Lots 142 – 155 Natural History. Bidding Increments Bidding generally opens below the lower estimate and advances in increments of up to 10%, subject to the auctioneer’s discretion. Absentee bids that do not conform to these published increments may be lowered to the next bidding interval. Up to $200 by $10s $200 to $500 by $20s $500 to $1000 by $50s $1000 to $2000 by $100s $2000 to $5000 by $200s $5000 to $10,000 by $500s $10,000 to $20,000 by $1000s $20,000 to $50,000 by $2000s $50,000 to $100,000 by $5000s Over $100,000 auctioneer’s discretion AUSTRALIAN BOOK AUCTIONS where the best collections are sold In our 20th year of continuous book auctions, longer than any other rare book auctioneer in Australia, ABA has established an enviable record, one we believe can be equalled by no other auction house. In addition to the exceptional list of important collections we have sold, ABA holds the world record price for an Australian book sold at auction, record auction prices for an Australian book of the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, and the highest total value realised for any Australian collection sold at auction (Davidson Collection, $13,000,000). Here are some of the major collections sold by us: Rodney D. Davidson Kevin Crotty (UK) Arbon H. Abbott Dr. Ben Haneman Denis Joachim Berry Collection Bill Douglass Dr. John Harrison Michael Aitken Hawker Collection John Lane Mullins Peter Griffin H.N.B. Wettenhall Moornmoot Library Paul Dwyer Ken White Hugh Wettenhall Ian Halliday John Cummins Dr Geoffrey Lilburne Syd. Trigellis-Smith Sir Edward Stirling Dr. K.M. Bowden Dr. Lloyd Robson Dr John Tange Ian McLaren Ralph Renard Nancye Kent Perry Dr John Loder Dr. Eric Stock Joe Bedford ABA will offer your collection for sale within as little as two months of your consigning your books to us and you will receive the full realisation one month later. No other auction house or occasional auctioneer can offer such a speedy, efficient, and well-catalogued service, with an individual catalogue of your collection if desired. We are always consigning important or interesting individual items – books, ephemera, manuscripts and documents, maps, prints, artworks (historical, topographical, and voyage art). Record Price C17th Record Price C18th Record Price C19th Record Price C20th Important Australian Voyages, Travels, & Maps. Lots 1 – 39 [1] [TASMAN] ROBINSON, Sir Tancred (editor). AN ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL LATE VOYAGES & DISCOVERIES TO THE SOUTH AND NORTH. Towards the Streights of Magellan and the South Seas, the vast tracts of land beyond Hollandia Nova & also toward Nova Zembla, Greenland or Spitsberg, Groynland or Engrondland, &c. By Sir John Narborough, Captain Jasmen Tasman, Captain John Wood, and Frederick Marten of Hamburgh. To which are Annexed a large introduction and supplement, giving an Account of other Navigations to those Regions of the Globe. Octavo, title printed in red and black, 19 engraved plates (some folding; one with repaired tear), folding table, two folding engraved maps (one with short repaired tear), old calf.

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