CATALOGUE NUMBER 392
A Miscellany: AUSTRALIANA, ASIA, HISTORY, THE PACIFIC REGION; BOOKS ON BOOKS, PRINTING AND TYPOGRAPHY; VOYAGES & TRAVELS, EXPLORATION, &c.
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A Miscellany: Australiana, Asia, History, Pacific Region; Books on Books, Printing and Typography; Voyages, Travels and Exploration; with a section of Odd Volumes at Modest Prices (see items 417 too 447).
1 Abbott, J. H. M. OUT OF THE PAST. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 72; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; The Currawong Publishing Company; N.D. [1944]. ***Brief accounts of various bits of early Australian history including voyages and explorations. #15192 A$40.00
2 Absalom, Jack. SAFE OUTBACK TRAVEL. 9th Impression; pp. 96(last 3 blank); several figures, index; original stiff wrappers; (name on half-title). (Balwyn); The Five Mile Press; (1990). #62111 A$15.00
3 Adams, William Howard; Editor. THE EYE OF TH[OMAS] JEFFERSON. 4to, First Edition; pp. xlii, 412; 12 coloured plates, very numerous b/w. illustrations, chronology, biographies, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers. Washington; National Gallery of Art; 1976. ***Detailed annotated catalogue of a remarkable exhibition of important material drawn from a wide variety of sources illustrating Jefferson’s extensive interests and intellectual enquiries. #19659 A$45.00
4 Aldington, Richard. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. A Biographical Enquiry. First Edition; pp. 448; portrait frontispiece, 3 maps, 10 plates, genealogy, Errata slip at Page 332, sources, bibliography, index; original cloth (a litle marked); a very good copy. London; Collins; 1955. ***O’Brien E192. #7116 A$95.00
5 Aldis, Harry G.; M.A. THE PRINTED BOOK. Small cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [viii], 156, [4](adv.); 8 b/w. plates, 3 reproductions of the printer’s devices of Caxton, John Siberch and Cambridge University Press in the 18th century, bibliography, index; original decorated cloth; a very good copy. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1916. ***Number 89 in “The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature”. #27279 A$50.00
6 Aldis, Harry G.: THE PRINTED BOOK. The Original Manual by Harry G. Aldis revised & brought up to date by John Carter and Brooke Crutchley. Third Edition. F’cap 8vo, Third Edition; pp. [xii], 142, [2](blank); 14 b/w. plates, 3 reproductions of the printer’s devices of Caxton, John Siberch and Cambridge University Press in the 18th century, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1951. #30414 A$65.00
7 Alexander, J. J. G. and de la Mare, A. C. THE ITALIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF MAJOR J. R. ABBEY. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. xliv, 188(last blank); 6 coloured & 80 b/w. plates, catalogue,, index of manuscripts, general index; original buckram; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber; (1969). ***A superb colection of illuminated manuscripts. #57341 A$150.00
8 Allen, Charles. A MOUNTAIN IN TIBET. The Search for Mount Kailas and the Sources of the Great Rivers of India. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 256(last blank, including endpapers); 4 maps, numerous illustrations, glossary, notes and sources, index; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Andre Deutsch; (1982). #26493 A$65.00
9 Allen, Kenneth S. “THAT BOUNTY BASTARD”. The True Story of Captain William Bligh. First Edition; pp. 224; 2 maps (1 double-page), 12 plates, sources, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper (spine faded). London; Robert Hale & Company; (1976). #2299 A$110.00
10 Allen, W. E. D.; Editor. RUSSIAN EMBASSIES TO THE GEORGIAN KINGS (1589-1605). Edited with Introduction, Additional Notes, Commentaries and Bibliography by W. E. D. Allen. Texts translated by Anthony Mango. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxxii, 368; 5 folding & 1 full-page maps, 2 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 11 plates (3 coloured); Vol. II, pp. x, 369-640, [6](blank); 1 folding map & 1 full-page coloured map, 2 coloured & 5 b/w plates, genealogical notes & tables, bibliography, index; original cloth; (waterstain to cloth of Vol. I, otherwise a fine set in dustwrappers). Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; 1970. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vols. 138 & 139. #19099 A$95.00
11 Angas, George French: DESCRIPTION OF THE BAROSSA RANGE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA BY “AGRICOLA” [John Howard Angas?]. Illustrated with maps and coloured plates, from original drawings made on the spot, by George French Angas. London, Published by Smith, Elder & Co., Cornhill, 1849. Impl. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], 20; 3 endpaper maps, facsimile reproduction of original wrappers, folding map & full-page map, 6 fine, full-page plates; original full leather, gilt; a fine copy in the original plain dustwrapper and publisher’s printed packing carton (this slightly bumped); scarce. Adelaide; South Australian Government Printer; 1979. ***Edition limited to 500 numbered copies of which 100 only were bound in full leather as here. An attractive production of a very rare and beautiful original work. #48314 A$395.00
12 Arago, J[acques]; Draughtsman to the Expedition. NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes, commanded by Captain Freycinet, during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820; on a Scientific Expedition undertaken by Order of the French Government. In a Series of Letters to a Friend. To which is prefixed, the Report made to the Academy of Sciences, on the General Results of the Expedition. 2 Parts in 1 vol., 4to, Facsimile Edition; Part I, pp. viii, xxxii, 286(last blank); Part II, pp. [ii], 302(last 3 blank); folding map, 25 plates, apendices; original imitation vellum; a fine copy. Amsterdam; N. Israel; (1971). ***Facsimile of the First and Best Edition in English, London, Treuttel & Wurtz, Treuttel, Jun. & Richter, 1823 - see FERGUSON 885. #2138 A$220.00
13 [Arden, George]. LATEST INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO AUSTRALIA FELIX, the finest Province in the Great Territory of New South Wales; including the History, Geography, Natural Resources, Government, Commerce, and Finances of Port Phillip; Sketches of the Aboriginal Population, and Advice to Immigrants; by the Editor of the Port Phillip Gazette, Melbourne. Australia Felix, Arden and Strode, Printers, Gazette Office, 1840. Med. 8vo, Third Edition; pp. [iv], [iv], ii, [5]-118, [10](1st Errata, rest adv.), [2](blank), [4](modern index & list of advertisers), [4](device & colophon); folding table; original half fine-grained morocco, buckram sides; a fine copy in card slipcase. (Carlton; Queensberry Hill Press; 1977). ***Edition limited to 300 numbered copies, hand-set & printed by hand in type-facsimile of the original edition. The First Edition [Ferguson 2909], was the first book printed and published in Melbourne and is very rare. It was later published in London under a different title; this also is very rare. #234 A$275.00
14 Arden, George. A SKETCH OF PORT PHILLIP. Being a Review of the Map of Australia Felix compiled, engraved and published by Thomas Ham of Melbourne. To which is added a Key to the Map of Australia Felix and its Squatting Districts in 1847. With a Modern Introduction by Thomas A. Darragh, Esq. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 50(last blank); large folding map; original quarter buckram; a fine copy in dustwrapper. [Willow Bend, Thumb Creek, N.S.W.]; Garravembi Press; 1991. ***Limited edition of 235 numbered copies. #34828 A$135.00
15 Armstrong, Terence; Editor. YERMAK’S CAMPAIGN IN SIBERIA. A selection of documents translated from the Russian by Tatiana Minorsky and David Wileman, and edited, with an introduction and notes, by Terence Armstrong. First Edition in English; pp. x, 318(last 3 blank); 2 maps (1 folding), folding frontis, 154 illustrations, references, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1975. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vol. 146. #19071 A$65.00
16 Austin, K. A.; Editor. MATTHEW FLINDERS ON THE VICTORIAN COAST APRIL-MAY 1802. Selected Documents Arranged with Introduction and Notes by K. A. Austin. Cr. 4to, First Edition; Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 3 pp. 64; numerous text maps, illustrations & photos., chronology, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers. Melbourne; Cypress Books; (1974). #34857 A$75.00
17 Australian Anthropology: MANKIND: Official Journal of the Anthropological Societies of Australia. Vol. 3, No. 7 (April, 1945). Cr. 4to; pp. [iv](wrappers), 189-216; original wrappers. Sydney; Anthropological Society of New South Wales; 1945. #64621 A$12.00
18 Australian History: AUSTRALIANA FESTIVAL. Wilson Hall, May 1959. First Edition; pp. [ii], 22; original wrappers. Melbourne; University of Melbourne; 1959. ***Exhibition and program of lectures on many aspects of Australian history, exploration, literature and art. #64714 A$20.00
19 Baines, Thomas. JOURNAL OF RESIDENCE IN AFRICA 1842-1853. Edited, with Introduction, Notes and Map, by R. F. Kennedy. Volume One 1842-1849 [Volume Two 1850-1853]. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xx, 252, [8](adv.); folding map, 21 plates, a few text illustrations, appendix, bibliog., index; Vol. II, pp. xii, 355+[9](adv., last blank); 2 maps (1 folding), 21 plates, 3 appendices, bibliog., index; original cloth (Vol. II slightly flecked); a very good set; scarce. Cape Town; The Van Riebeeck Society; 1961-64. #27827 A$295.00
20 Baines, Thomas; F.R.G.S. EXPLORATIONS IN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA. A Facsimile Reprint. Introduction by Frank R. Bradlow F.R.G.S. and additional colour plates from Thomas Baines paintings. Limited Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], XII, vi, [ii](Errata), [vii]-xiv, [1]-457, [390]-536(last blank); endpaper map, 3 folding coloured maps, 3 coloured plates, 8 b/w. plates, 26 text illustrations, index; original cloth, gilt, in facsimile of original edition; (name on endpaper verso); a fine copy in dustwrapper. Salisbury, Rhodesia; Pioneer Head; 1973. ***Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. First published in 1864. The irregular pagination is as in the original edition. #11450 A$350.00
21 Ball, Ian M. PITCAIRN. Children of the Bounty. First U.K. Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 382(last 2 blank); endpaper & 1 double-page map, 33 illustrations (2 double-page & several full-page), index; original papered boards; (small silverfished hole in front endpaper, otherwise a nice copy in dustwrapper). London; Victor Gollancz Ltd; 1973. ***A study of the island and a new look at the Bounty Mutiny. #33137 A$95.00
22 Barbot, Jean. BARBOT ON GUINEA. The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa 1678-1712. Edited by P. E. H. Hair, Adam Jones and Robin Law. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. 1, pp. cxxviii, 328(last blank); Vol. 2, pp. [ii], x, [329]-916; 1 full-page & 4 double-page maps, 46 plates, 3 full-page illustrations, chronology, appendices, bibliography, index of places and peoples, index of persons, index of authors & index of select subjects; original cloth; a fine set in dustwrappers. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1992. #39448 A$150.00
23 Barnard, Marjorie, A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA. Med. 8vo, Second Edition, Fifth Impression; pp. [x], 710; facsimile of Tasman Map as frontispiece, 3 other maps, 16 plates, references, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly worn d/w; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1969). #9069 A$85.00
24 Barratt, Glynn. THE RUSSIAN NAVY AND AUSTRALIA TO 1825. The Days before Suspicion. First Edition; pp. [x], vi, 120(last 2 blank); 2 maps, 4 plates, appendix, bibliography, notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Hawthorn Press; (1979). #94 A$55.00
25 Barth, Henry. TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA. [Vol. II, only]. Including Accounts of Timbuktu, Sokoto, and the Basins of the Niger and Benuwe. With Full- page Illustrations and the Original Woodcut Illustrations. Cr. 8vo; pp. xviii, 548, [10](adv.); 8 plates, several maps & numerous illustrations & diagrams in text, index; (sewing a little weak); original cloth, decorative endpapers; a good copy. London; Ward, Lock, and Co.; 1890. ***The Minerva Library of Famous Books, edited by G. T. Bettany, Volume 20. #15757 A$175.00 4 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 26 Bartholomew, John; Edited by. THE AUSTRALASIAN SCHOOL ATLAS. Physical, Political, Economic and Historical. With an Introduction and Historical Section by K. C. Cramp, M.A. Med. 4to, Fourth Edition, Third Impression; pp. xvi, 64(maps), [65]-68(index); 64 pages of coloured maps, index; original limp printed cloth wrappers; (several corners a little dog-eared); a very good copy. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1943). ***Compiled by the Melbourne binder Harry Syrett Green. #41309 A$85.00
27 Basedow, Herbert. THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL. Thick demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 422, [2](blank); full-page map, coloured frontispiece by the Author, 55 b/w. plates, 56 text figures, index; original cloth (spine & upper front board a little faded; some occasional trifling foxing); a very good copy; very scarce. Adelaide; F. W. Preece; 1925. #8413 A$650.00
28 Bassett, Marnie. REALMS AND ISLANDS. The World Voyage of Rose de Freycinet in the Corvette Uranie 1817-1820. From her Journal and Letters and the Report of Louis de Saulces de Freycinet, Capitaine de Corvette. First Edition; pp. xii, 276(last blank); endpaper & 2 other maps, 24 plates (including map), appendices; bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; 1962. #2140 A$135.00
29 Batchelor, John and Julie. IN STANLEY’S FOOTSTEPS. Across Africa from West to East. 4to, First Edition; pp. 176; map, numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Blandford; (1990). #15756 A$55.00
30 Batty, Beatrice. FORTY-TWO YEARS AMONGST THE INDIANS AND ESKIMO. Pictures from the Life of The Right Reverend John Hordern. Cr. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. 224(last blank); full-page map, 14 illustrations; original cloth; a fine copy. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 1996. ***First published in 1893 by The Religious Tract Society; the original portrait frontispiece was not reproduced in this facsimile. #32599 A$45.00
31 Battye, J. S.; Editor. THE CYCLOPEDIA OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Illustrated). In two volumes. Vol. I. [Vol. II]. An Historical and Commercial Review. Descriptive and Biographical Facts Figures and Illustrations. An Epitome of Progress. 2 vols., 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [v]-xvi(as issued?), 776; portrait frontispiece, a few maps, very numerous illustrations (including very many portraits), index; Vol. II, pp. [v]-xvi(as issued?), 1026(last blank); portrait frontispiece, very numerous portraits and other illustrations in text, index; original half leather with new cloth sides (rebacked, with original backstrips preserved and new endpapers; some damp-staining of foremargin of first few leaves of Vol. II and some general minor soiling throughout, but a very good set); very scarce, especially with the two volumes complete. Perth, Western Australia; Printed and Published for the Cyclopedia Company; 1912-13. ***Including much interesting material on early discovery and exploration. [with] Battye, Jas. S. THE HISTORY OF THE NORTH WEST OF AUSTRALIA, Embracing Kimberley, Gascoyne and Murchison Districts. Illustrated. With Descriptive and Biographical Information, compiled by Matt. J. Fox. Demy 4to, Facsimile of First Edition; pp. [viii], 324(last 3 blank); hundreds of illusts., indices; original cloth; a fine copy. (Carlisle, W. A.; Hesperian Press; 1985). Originally printed Perth, V. K. Jones, 1915. #28418 A$3000.00
32 Baudin, Nicolas. THE JOURNAL OF POST CAPTAIN NICOLAS BAUDIN, Commander-in- Chief of the Corvettes Geographe and Naturaliste. Assigned by Order of the Government to a Voyage of Discovery. Translated from the French by Christine Cornell, B.A. (Hons.). Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxii, 610(last blank); 2 maps, frontispiece, 8 appendices, index; original cloth (marked, especially the spine, but internally fine and clean). Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1974. ***The first publication in any language of Baudin’s Journal. #14566 A$275.00
33 Bauer, Ferdinand. FERDINAND BAUER’S NATURAL HISTORY DRAWINGS taken from the Zoological Specimens collected on the First Circumnavigation of Australia, 1801-1803. Large folio Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 5 (515 by 650 mm. approx.), First Edition; pp. [6]; 46 mounted coloured plates; title printed in red and black; unbound, as issued, in original full cloth Solander box with leather spine label; a fine copy; rare. London; Alecto Historical Editions in conjunction with The Natural History Museum; (1997). ***Edition limited to 50 numbered sets only for sale, plus 10 sets hors commerce. A magnificent and highly attractive work, beautifully reproducing at original size all fifty-two of Bauer’s superb original finished drawings of zoological subjects (mammals, birds, fishes and reptiles) gathered on Matthew Flinders’ voyage. The subjects include the Bandicoot, Koala, Wombat, Wallaby and Platypus, several parrots and related species, as well as fish, a frog, skink and crab, etc., many of these drawings being the first scientific depiction of the species. Apart from a few small illustrations in books such as Marlene Norst’s ‘Ferdinand Bauer, the Australian Drawings’ (1989), these stunning watercolour drawings have never before been published. Alecto has used stochastic lithography to prepare the plates and printed them by hand one colour at a time on a FAG flatbed proofing press to wonderful effect. The Natural History Museum has undertaken not to sanction another printing of this magnificent work for at least fifty years. Each plate is blind embossed with the chops of the publishers and is titled and numbered in pencil. Loosely enclosed is an example of the original prospectus and pre-publication information. We understand that 10 of the 50 sets have been sold as individual prints, leaving only 50 complete sets in existence (including those ‘hors commerce’). #15695 A$16,500.00
34 Bazin, Germain. THE LOOM OF ART. 146 colour plates, 273 black and white illustrations, 23 line drawings. (Translated by Jonathan Griffin). Super roy. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 328; very numerous coloured & b/w. plates, notes, index; original buckram; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Thames and Hudson; (1962). #20690 A$65.00
35 Bazin, Germain. THE BAROQUE. Principles, Styles, Modes, Themes. 418 colour and monochrome plates. (Translated from the French by Pat Wardroper). 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 372; very numerous coloured & b/w. plates, Errata slip, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Thames and Hudson; (1968). #20432 A$65.00
36 Beaglehole, Tim. A LIFE OF J. C. BEAGLEHOLE. New Zealand Scholar. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 560(last blank); double-page family tree, 8 coloured & 32 b/w. plates, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Wellington); Victoria University Press; (2006). ***A biography of the celebrated scholar of Captain James Cook, by his son. #51897 A$85.00
37 Beale, Edgar. STURT THE CHIPPED IDOL. A Study of Charles Sturt, Explorer. First Edition; pp. xiv, 270, [4](blank); endpaper and 5 other maps, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Sydney University Press; (1979). #5209 A$110.00
38 Beale, Edgar. KENNEDY, THE BARCOO, AND BEYOND, 1847. The Journals of Edmund Besley Court Kennedy and Alfred Allaston Turner, with New Information on Kennedy’s Life. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 292; endpaper maps, 3 folding & 1 full-page maps, 3 coloured & 16 b/w. plates, table of symbols, notes & references, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Hobart; Blubber Head Press; 1983. ***Edition limited to 750 copies numbered and signed by the Author. #5154 A$85.00
39 Beckford, William. RECOLLECTIONS OF AN EXCURSION TO THE MONASTERIES OF ALCOBACA AND BATALHA. By the author of “Vathek.” First Edition; pp. xii, 228; portrait frontispiece, notes; original quarter cloth, with papered sides (skilfully rebacked, preserving original spine & printed label; entirely uncut; a fine copy, housed in a custom folding box. London; Richard Bentley; 1835. ***William Beckford (1760-1844) recorded these travels in Portugal in his journal of 1794, but they are here published for the first time. Batalha intrigued Beckford and is thought to have had an important impact on various aspects of the design of Fonthill Abbey. #12594 A$550.00 6 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 40 Beddie, M. K.; Editor. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, R.N., F.R.S., Circumnavigator. [By] The Library of New South Wales. Thick med. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xvi, 896(last 2 blank); bibliography, errata, addenda, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Library of New South Wales; 1970. ***A revised and greatly expanded edition of the 1928 bibliography. #696 A$125.00
41 Beeby, Dean. IN A CRYSTAL LAND. Canadian Explorers in Antarctica. First Edition; pp. xii, 262, [6](blank); 1 map, 15 plates, notes, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Toronto; University of Toronto Press; (1994). #53392 A$60.00
42 Berger, Lee R., Ph.D.; with Brett Hilton-Barber. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF EVE. The Mystery of Human Origins. First Edition; pp. [x], 326(last blank); several illustrations, index, bibliog.; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Washington, D.C.; Adventure Press, National Geographic; (2000). #9502 A$50.00
43 Bickel, Lennard. SHACKLETON’S FORGOTTEN ARGONAUTS. [Foreword by Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton, K.C., P.C., O.B.E.]. First Edition; pp. xiv, 230; 2 endpaper & 1 full-page maps, 16 plates (including 2 double-page), index; original red-brown papered boards, spine lettered in white; a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. (Melbourne); Macmillan; (1982). ***Renard 131. #3949 A$195.00
44 Bickmore, Albert S. TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. With an Introduction by John Bastin. Facsimile Edition; pp. viii, 552(last adv.); 2 folding maps, 32 plates; 5 appendices, index; original slick illustrated boards; a fine copy. Singapore; Oxford University Press; 1991. #18093 A$95.00
45 Bird, Isabella L. THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE [and the way thither. Travels in Malaya in 1879]. With an Introduction by Wang Gungwu. Cr. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. x, xviii, 384; folding coloured map, 10 plates, 6 text illustrations, appendix, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; (1967). ***First published in 1883. #27400 A$85.00
46 Bishop, Captain Charles: THE JOURNAL AND LETTERS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES BISHOP ON THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA, in the Pacific and in New South Wales 1794-1799. Edited by Michael Roe. First Edition; pp. lvi, 344(last 2 blank); frontispiece (facsimile of page of Bishop’s MS. Memoranda, Amboyna to Port Jackson), 5 plates (6 maps, 2 folding), bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn d/w. Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; 1967. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, No. 131. The Ingleton copy with his bookplate on front endpaper & portions from a second dustwrapper tipped to rear endpaper. #9396 A$95.00
47 Bishop, George. TRAVELS IN IMPERIAL CHINA. The explorations and discoveries of Pere David. 4to, First Edition; pp. 192; double-page map, 16 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. [London]; Cassell; [1990]. #17577 A$75.00
48 Bishop, Morris. CHAMPLAIN: The Life of Fortitude. First Edition; pp. 368(last blank); folding map, full-page map, 7 plates, appendix, index; original cloth (spine a little dull); a very good copy. London; Macdonald; (1949). ***The great French explorer of Canada. #8085 A$30.00
49 Blackmer, Henry Myron, II: THE LIBRARY OF HENRY MYRON BLACKMER II. Sold by Order of the Executor. 4to; pp. [xviii], 636, [18]; very numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth, with mounted illustration; a fine copy. London; Sotheby’s; 1989. ***A fine catalogue of a magnificent collection of Greek, Turkish, Levantine and Egyptian material, comprising 1515 lots. #19238 A$165.00
50 Blainey, Geoffrey. A LAND HALF WON. First Edition; pp. vi, 390(last 2 blank); 2 text maps, 12 plates, sources, index; original papered boards (base of spine slightly worn); a very good copy in defective Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 7 dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Macmillan; (1980). #11739 A$65.00
51 Bligh, William: A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty’s Ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship’s Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Demy 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], [x], 264; 6 charts & plans (5 folding), 2 plates; (spine slightly faded; a little marginal foxing); a very good copy in faded dustwrapper. (Melbourne; Hutchinson; 1979). ***Facsimile of the First Edition, London, George Nicol, M.DCC.XCII [1792] - see Ferguson 125. Although probably best known for the Bounty mutiny, Bligh was a superb seaman and made many discoveries and observations of value, both in the voyage of the Bounty’s launch subsequent to the mutiny and in his second voyage with the ships Providence and Assistant. #98 A$135.00
52 Blunt, Lady Anne. A PILGRIMAGE TO NEJD. The Cradle of the Arab Race. A visit to the court of the Arab Emir, and “Our Persian Campaign”. Introduction by Dervla Murphy. 2 vols. in 1, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv](blank), xlii, 562(last 5 blank); 16 text. illustrations, 3 appendices; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. London; Century Publishing; (1985). ***First published by John Murray in 1881; this reprint omits the map and plates. #21292 A$65.00
53 Bond, George. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE COLONY OF PORT-JACKSON, in New South Wales; Its Native Inhabitants, Productions, &c. &c. By George Bond. First published by the Author at Southampton in 1803 and reprinted for Him at Oxford, Lond, Cork and Dublin in various Years to about 1810. Eighth Edition, faithfully reprinted from the first, incorporating the additions and corrections of the later editions. Edited, with bibliographical notes by Julien Renard. Melbourne: Published by Edition Renard, 2005. 8vo, Limited Edition; pp. [vi], 42(last colophon); sewn in original stiff wrappers, with french fold. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2005. ***Limited Edition of 100 copies within a total edition of 200 numbered copies, and now first published since about 1810. All the original editions are of great rarity. No copies of the 2nd or 3rd editions have been recorded and the first (Southampton, 1803) edition is extremely rare, while the 4th (Oxford, 1806), 5th (London, 1809), 5th (i.e. 6th, Cork, undated), and 6th (i.e. 7th, Dublin, also undated), editions are all very rare. The work is of considerable importance as one of the few accounts of Hunter’s period as Governor. Hunter was dissatisfied with Bond’s behaviour in the colony and complained of him in dispatches. Hunter was instructed to return him to England and Bond left the colony under a cloud in 1800, but his narrative was evidently very popular. He gives an account of the operation of the convict system and the economic corruption in the colony, and describes early efforts to encourage free settlers. He includes also comments on the Aborigines and on the natural history of the colony, including much from first-hand experience. See Ferguson 480; Wantrup, pp. 91-3. #15238 A$75.00
54 Bond, George. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE COLONY OF PORT-JACKSON, in New South Wales; Its Native Inhabitants, Productions, &c. &c. By George Bond. First published by the Author at Southampton in 1803 and reprinted for Him at Oxford, Lond, Cork and Dublin in various Years to about 1810. Eighth Edition, faithfully reprinted from the first, incorporating the additions and corrections of the later editions. Edited, with bibliographical notes by Julien Renard. Melbourne: Published by Edition Renard, 2005. 8vo, Deluxe Limited Edition; pp. [vi], 42(last colophon); sewn & cased in original papered boards, with printed title-label and translucent dustwrapper. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2005. ***Deluxe Limited Edition of 75 copies within a total edition of 200 numbered copies, and now first published since about 1810. #15237 A$110.00
55 Book-Lore: BOOK-LORE: A Magazine devoted to Old Time Literature. Four volumes, 4to, of this interesting journal comprising: Vol. II, June, 1885-November, 1885, pp. [iv], 188; Vol. IV, June, 1886-November, 1886, pp. [iv], 188; Vol. V, December, 1886-May, 1887, pp. 188(last blank); Vol. VI, June, 1887-November, 1887, pp. [iv], 180; a few illustrations, typographic decorations throughout, index to each vol.; binder’s quarter 8 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books morocco, with cloth sides; top edge gilt, others uncut; (covers a little dust-soiled); very good copies; scarce. London; Elliot Stock; 1885-87. ***This periodical, a veritable cornucopia of bibliographical, literary, and all sorts of book-related information and anecdote, covering such varied subjects as libraries, literary forgery, printing, typography, grangerising, etc., etc., etc., was the successor to The Bibliographer and later became The Bookworm after the sixth volume (the last of those presented here). #53505 A$200.00
56 Bowden, Keith Macrae. GEORGE BASS 1771-1803: His Discoveries, Romantic Life and Tragic Disappearance. First Edition; pp. xii, 172(last blank); 3 charts, 13 plates (of which 5 are charts), 3 appendices, index; original cloth; a very good copy in badly silverfished dustwrapper; scarce. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1952). ***The manuscript of this work was awarded first prize in the Biography Section of the Victorian State Government Centenary Literary and Historical Competition. #43367 A$145.00
57 Brassey, [Annie]. A VOYAGE IN THE “SUNBEAM”. Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months. By Mrs. Brassey. With 118 illustrations engraved on wood by G. Pearson chiefly after drawings by the Hon. A. Y. Bingham. Second Edition. Demy 8vo; pp. [ii], xvi, 512(last blank); 1 folding & 5 full-page coloured maps, folding temperature chart, 9 plates, 106 woodcuts in text; binder’s half calf (rubbed; maps and plates laid down on linen; considerably foxed & soiled, but sound and complete); scarce. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1878. #15929 A$135.00
58 Brassey, Annie. THE LAST VOYAGE. 1887. First Edition; pp. [ii], xxiv, 490; 2 folding coloured maps, 20 fine tinted plates, numerous tinted illustrations and wood engravings in text, index; original cloth, gilt (slightly marked); top edge gilt, others uncut; a very good copy; scarce. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1889. ***Ferguson 7361. Published posthumously, this copy is poignantly inscribed to Sir William Robinson, In Memoriam, and signed by Lord Brassey. Lady Brassey died on this voyage and was buried at sea on 14th September 1887. This work was compiled from her journals by M. A. Broome and covers her journey from India to Ceylon, Labuan, Brunei, Borneo and the Celebes, then to Australia (which the “Sunbeam” circumnavigated). Following Lady Brassey’s death off the north-west coast of Australia, the “Sunbeam” returned to Portsmouth via Cape Town. The full-page plates and the headings to the chapters are printed in “monotone” by E. Nister of Nuremberg and the wood engravings were executed by Edward Whymper J. D. Cooper and G. Pearson. #64110 A$575.00
59 Brassey, Earl; G.C.B., D.C.L. THE “SUNBEAM,” R.Y.S. Voyages and Experiences in Many Waters. Naval Reserves and other Matters. First Edition; pp. xvi, 450; 50 plates (1 in photogravure), 5 appendices, index; original cloth, decorated in gilt & colours (a little flecked; some mild foxing); a nice copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; John Murray; 1917. #64113 A$480.00
60 Briganti, Giuliano. THE VIEW PAINTERS OF EUROPE. (Translated from the Italian by Pamela Waley). Super roy. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. [vi], 318; 186 plates (many coloured), several b/w. illustrations, short biogs., bibliography, sources, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (London); Phaidon; (1970). #21142 A$65.00
61 Briggs, John. HISTORY OF THE RISE OF THE MAHOMEDAN POWER IN INDIA till the year A.D. 1612. Translated from the Original Persian of Mahomed Kasim Ferishta by John Briggs, M.R.A.S., Lieutenat-Colonel in the Madras Army. To which is added, An Account of the Conquest by the Kings of Hydrabad of those Parts of the Madras Provinces denominated the Ceded Districts and Northern Circars. With Copious Notes. 4 vols., 8vo; Vol. I, pp. lxiv, 360; several genealogical tables (2 folding), chronology; Vol. II, pp. xvi, 352; 3 genealogical tables (2 folding), chronology; Vol. III, pp. xx, 332(last 4 blank); 3 genealogical tables (1 folding), chronology; Vol. IV, pp. xxiv, 424(last blank); 8 genealogical tables (6 folding), chronology, alphabetical lists; original cloth; a very good set in dustwrappers. New Delhi; Oriental Books Reprint Corporation; (1981). #15725 A$145.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 9 62 British Coast: ROUND THE COAST. An Album of Pictures from Photographs of the Chief Seaside Places of Interest in Great Britain and Ireland. Oblong folio; pp. [iv], 284; comprising 284 full-page plates, each with 22 lines (double-column) of descriptive text beneath, illustrating the coastal towns and villages of Britain; original pictorial cloth (a little dull, with wear to extremities; some occasional minor internal soiling; lacking rear endpaper); a very good copy. London; George Newnes Limited; 1895. #12593 A$220.00
63 Brookes, Dame Mabel. ST. HELENA STORY. With a foreword by the Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies, C.H., Q.C., Prime Minister of Australia. First Edition; pp. xii, 312(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, coloured frontispiece, 28 plates, bibliography, index; original papered boards; (name on half-title); a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Heinemann; (1960). #58572 A$100.00
64 Brookes, Mabel. RIDERS OF TIME. With Illustrations by Harold Freedman. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xiv, 218(last blank); 75 illustrations (mostly in sepia & colours); original cloth; (name on endpaper); a nice copy in dustwrapper. (South Melbourne); Macmillan; 1967. ***Dame Mabel Brookes’s memories of most of the significant early Australians she (or her grandmother) have known. A nicely produced book. #49061 A$40.00
65 Brown, Philip L.; Editor. [THE TODD JOURNAL 1835]. Andrew alias William Todd (John Batman’s recorder) and his Indented Head Journal 1835 (chief illustrator, J. H. Wedge). Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 120(last blank); endpaper map; several sketch maps explanatory and illustrative of the original journal, by Peter F. B. Alsop, approx. 40 illustrations, 5 appendices; original stiff wrappers. Geelong; Geelong Historical Society; 1989. #19983 A$45.00
66 Brown, Lady Richmond; F.L.S., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S. UNKNOWN TRIBES, UNCHARTED SEAS. First Edition; pp. xvi, 268; 52 illustrations on 32 plates, index; original cloth; (some foxing); a very good copy. London; Duckworth & Co.; (1924). ***West Indies and the Caribbean. #12149 A$30.00
67 Brunton, Paul. AWAKE, BOLD BLIGH. William Bligh’s letters describing the mutiny on H.M.S. Bounty. Edited, with an introduction by Paul Brunton. 4to, First Edition; pp. [viii], 88; 15 illustrations including coloured portrait of Bligh’s daughter & 4 other coloured illustrations, as well as complete coloured facsimile of the letters and transcription, short bibliography; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Allen & Unwin [and] State Library of New South Wales; (1989). #35417 A$65.00
68 Bryan, Michael. DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS, Biographical and Critical, by Michael Bryan. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Edited by Robert Edmund Graves of the British Museum, and Walter Armstrong, B.A. Oxon. 2 vols., roy. 8vo; Vol. I, pp. viii, 756(last blank); Vol. II, pp. [iv], 780(last blank); Supplement, 5-page section of artist’s monograms; original quarter buckram (spine ends a little worn; some foxing & occasional minor soiling from inserted relevant newsclippings); a very good set. London; George Bell and Sons; 1893-95. ***First published in 1816. #19867 A$85.00
69 Burgess, Fred W. OLD PRINTS AND ENGRAVINGS. Roy. 8vo, U.S. Edition; pp. xiv, 282(last blank); 78 illustrations on 47 plates, tailpiece, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn & defective dustwrapper. New York; Tudor Publishing Company; MCMXXXVII [1937]. #22790 A$85.00
70 Burgess, H. T.; Editor. THE CYCLOPEDIA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Illustrated). In Two Volumes. An Historical and Commercial Review. Descriptive and Biographical Facts, Figures, and Illustrations. An Epitome of Progress. 2 vols., thick demy 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iv], viii, 630; Vol. II, pp. [iv], viii, 1102(last blank); about 2000 illustrations, including about 1000 or more portraits, biographical index to each vol.; original half leather, with cloth sides; all edges gilt; (a little rubbed, and cloth a little flecked, but a nice set); scarce. Adelaide; Published by The Cyclopedia Company (Alfred G. Selway); MCMVII-MCMIX [1907-09]. #23418 A$850.00 10 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 71 Burland, C. A. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. 4to; pp. 26(last blank); bibliography; “processed”; original stiff wrappers. London; Common Ground Ltd.; N.D. [c. 1950]. ***Lives of Famous Men Series. #64518 A$18.00
72 Burney, James. A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTH SEA OR PACIFIC OCEAN. 5 vols., cr. 4to; Facsimile Edition; Vol. 1, pp. [ii], [ii], xii, [viii], 392(last blank); 5 folding charts; Vol. II, pp. [iv], vi, [x], 482, [2](blank); 5 folding & 2 full-page charts & 2 in text, 3 plates & 2 text illustrations; Vol. III, pp. [ii], [x], 440(last 3 blank); 6 folding & 6 full-page charts, 7 plates (4 folding); Vol. IV, pp. [ii], xviii, 580; 3 folding, 1 full-page & 1 text charts; Vol. V, pp. [ii], viii, 178, [2], 179-340(last 3 blank); 1 folding & 1 full-page chart, folding view & 1 text illust.; original simile vellum (some corners slightly bumped); a nice set; very scarce. Amsterdam; N. Israel; (1967). ***First published 1803-17. A vastly comprehensive work covering the period from Magellan to 1764. This facsimile has been out of print for several years and the original edition is a rare and sought-after work. Burney sailed with James Cook on his second voyage. #4977 A$950.00
73 Burney, James: WITH CAPTAIN JAMES COOK IN THE ANTARCTIC AND PACIFIC. The private journal of James Burney, Second Lieutenant of the Adventure on Cook’s Second Voyage 1772-1773. Edited and with an Introduction by Beverley Hooper. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 112; 1 double-page & 4 other maps; 8 plates; appendix; bibliography; index; original brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, spine title on blue panel; illustrated endpapers; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Canberra; National Library of Australia; (1975). ***Not in Spence; Renard 231. A handsome production, finely printed by letterpress on light yellow laid stock by Brown Prior Anderson. #3967 A$175.00
74 Burton, Captain Sir Richard F. PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO AL- MADINAH & MECCAH. Edited by his Wife, Isabel Burton. Memorial Edition. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp., [ix]-xxviii, [xxix-xxxii], 436, [2](blank), [16](last blank; list of Dover Publications); Vol. II, pp. [v]-xvi, 480(last blank); 4 maps & plans (3 double-page), 16 plates, 28 text illustrations; original stiff wrappers; a very good set. New York; Dover Publications; (1964). #16919 A$65.00
75 Byrd, Richard Evelyn; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, Ret. ANTARCTIC DISCOVERY. The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Introduction by Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of the U.S. Navy. Thick med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xxiv, 424(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, full-page map, portrait frontispiece & 45 plates; appendix, index; original mid-blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; (some mild foxing); a very good copy. London; Putnam; (1936). ***Spence 230; U.S.N. 23-101.4; Renard 256 (collation incorrect and here corrected). Entirely reset from the U.S. Edition and printed in England. #3977 A$95.00
76 Calder, James: BR ADY. McCabe, Dunne, Bryan, Crawford, Murphy, Bird, McKenney, Goodwin, Pawley, Bryant, Cody, Hodgetts, Gregory, Tilley, Ryan, Williams and their Associates. Bushrangers in Van Diemen’s Land 1824-1827. From James Calder’s Text of 1873 together with newly discovered manuscripts edited by Eustace Fitzsymonds. F’cap folio, First Edition; pp. x, 182; endpaper maps, 4 plates, appendix, index; original buckram; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Adelaide); Sullivan’s Cove; 1979. ***Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. #749 A$150.00
77 Cameron, Hector Charles. SIR JOSEPH BANKS. 2nd Edition; pp. xx, 344(last 3 blank); 9 plates, 7 appendices, notes on Banks’ correspondence, chronology, references, index; original cloth; (some slight foxing); a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1966). #34837 A$85.00
78 Cameron, Ian. ANTARCTICA: The Last Continent. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 256; 1 coloured & 17 b/w. maps, 31 coloured & numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a very good copy in torn dustwrapper. London; Cassell & Company Ltd; (1974). ***Spence 241; Renard 275. #3971 A$60.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 11 79 Campbell, R . J. LIVINGSTONE. Facsimile Edition; pp. xvi, 298(last 3 blank); portrait frontispiece, 8 maps (1 folding), 10 plates, itinerary, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy; scarce. Westport, Connecticut; Greenwood Press, Publishers; (1972). ***First published by Dodd, Mead in 1930. #14666 A$85.00
80 Carre, Abbe. THE TRAVELS OF THE ABBE CARRE in India and the Near East 1672 to 1674. Translated from the manuscript journal of his travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett and edited by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. 3 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iii]-lvi, 316(last blank); 3 folding maps, 2 plates; Vol. II, pp. [iii]-xxiv, 317-676(last blank), [2](blank); 3 folding maps, 1 plate; Vol. III, pp. [iii]-xxiv, 677-984; 3 folding maps, 3 plates, index; original cloth; a very good set in dustwrappers. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 1990. ***First published in the Hakluyt Society Second Series, Nos. XCV-XCVII, 1947-48. #17610 A$145.00
81 Carron, Wm. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION, undertaken under the Direction of the late Mr. Assistant Surveyor E. B. Kennedy, for the Exploration of the Country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York. To which are added, 1. The Statement of the Aboriginal Native Jackey Jackey, who accompanied Mr. Kennedy. 2. The Statement of Dr. Vallack and Captain Dobson, who rescued the Survivors of the Expedition, and 3. The Statement of Captain Simpson, of the “Freak”, who proceeded in Search of Mr. Kennedy’s Papers, &c. Sydney: Printed by Kemp and Fairfax, Lower George Street. 1849. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], [ii], 126; folding map, full-page table, appendix; original vinyl; a fine copy. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1965]. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 9 (817 copies printed including a 1967 reprint). #11180 A$110.00
82 Carruthers, Douglas. UNKNOWN MONGOLIA. A Record of Travel and Exploration in North- West Mongolia and Dzungaria. With Three Chapters on Sport by J.H. Miller, F.Z.S. and a Foreword by The Right Hon. Earl Curzon of Kedleston, G.C.S.I., Etc. With 168 Illustrations, Panoramas and Diagrams, and 6 Maps. Second Edition. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, Second Edition; Vol. I, pp. xviii, 318; 2 folding coloured maps, 7 folding panoramas, 58 plates; Vol. II, pp. x, 319-660; folding coloured map, 3 maps & 4 diagrams in text, 6 folding panoramas, 57 plates (1 folding), 5 appendices, bibliography, index; original buckram; top edge gilt, others uncut; (a single wormhole passing through both volumes, mostly in margin, but with occasional trifling loss); a very good set; scarce. London; Hutchinson & Co.; 1914. #24015 A$900.00
83 Carruthers, Douglas; Editor. THE DESERT ROUTE TO INDIA. Being the Journals of Four Travellers by the Great Desert Caravan Route between Aleppo and Basra 1745-1751. Facsimile Edition; pp. xxxvi, 196; folding map, 6 plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 1996. ***First published by The Hakluyt Society in 1929. #36605 A$60.00
84 Carter, John. ABC FOR BOOK-COLLECTORS. Third Edition, revised; pp. 208; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Rupert Hart-Davis; (1961). ***First published 1952. #20129 A$65.00
85 Cassady, Richard F. THE NORMAN ACHIEVEMENT. Foreword by John Julius Norwich. Book Club Edition; pp. 480; a few maps & numerous illustrations including 32 pp. in coloured, notes, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Guild Publishing; (1987). ***A comprehensive chronological survey. #11006 A$65.00
86 Castle, William R. HAWAII, THEN AND NOW. Boyhood Recollections and Recent Observations by An American Whose Grandfather Came to the Islands 102 Years Ago. Roy. 8vo; pp. 419-462; 3 maps, 8 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations; contained in The National Geographic Magazine, October, 1938; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1938. ***Includes two additional articles on Pacific fishes and other marine life. #18359 A$25.00 12 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 87 Chapman, Frederick. THE SORRENTO BORE, MORNINGTON PENINSULA, with a description of New or Little-Known Fossils, by Frederick Chapman [etc.], Palaeontologist to the National Museum, Melbourne [etc.]. Assisted by Irene Crespin, B.A. and Robert A. Keble [etc.]. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 196(last blank); 12 plates (slightly wrinkled from water, but undamaged), bibliography, index; original wrappers; a very good copy. Melbourne; H. J. Green, Government Printer; 1928. ***Victoria, Department of Mines, Records of the Geological Survey of Victoria. (W. Baragwanath, Director). Vol. V, Part 1. #38480 A$35.00
88 Chardin, Sir John: SIR JOHN CHARDIN’S TRAVELS IN PERSIA. With an Introduction by Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xxx, 288(last blank); portrait & 2 folding plates, 4 illustrations (1 full-page) & 2 facsimile title-pages of earlier editions (1724 & 1720); original vinyl; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1971. ***Argonaut Press No. 3, first published (in this form) in 1927. #9127 A$110.00
89 Charlwood, Don. THE LONG FAREWELL. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 338; 1 map, numerous illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; a nice copy in slightly faded dustwrapper; scarce. (Ringwood); Allen Lane; (1981). #18805 A$85.00
90 Chatwin, Bruce. WHAT AM I DOING HERE. First Edition; pp. [viii], 376(last 9 blank); original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1989). #13192 A$30.00
91 Cheyne, Andrew: THE TRADING VOYAGES OF ANDREW CHEYNE 1841-1844. Dorothy Shineberg, Editor. First Edition; pp. xvi, 352; 5 maps, 11 illustrations from Cheyne’s own sketches, references, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Canberra; Australian National University Press; 1971. ***Pacific History Series: No. 3. #8775 A$95.00
92 Chichester, Henry Manners & Burges-Short, George. THE RECORDS AND BADGES OF EVERY REGIMENT AND CORPS IN THE BRITISH ARMY. With twenty-four coloured plates and two hundred and thirty illustrations in text. First Edition; pp. xviii, 568, xvi(adv.); 24 coloured plates, 230 illustrations, appendix (including list of regimental histories; completely disbound, i.e. loose, in original cloth boards (tape-marks to inner margins of several leaves; interesting ink notes in margins of several others). London; William Clowes and Sons, Limited; 1895. ***Complete, but needs rebinding; the coloured plates are attractive. #23146 A$25.00
93 Chipman, Elizabeth. AUSTRALIANS IN THE FROZEN SOUTH. Living & Working in Antarctica. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [vi], 90; 2 maps, 16 coloured plates, numerous illustrations, bibliography, index; original pictorial boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Nelson; (1978). ***Not in Spence; Renard 330. #3990 A$35.00
94 Christie’s: THE POLAR SALE INCLUDING THE SHACKLETON COLLECTION. [London], Tuesday 25 September 2001. 4to; pp. 358; 250 lots, lavishly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2001. ***A wonderful collection of books, photographs, manuscripts, original diaries and relics, mostly relating to Antarctica, but including some Arctic material. #23941 A$45.00
95 Christie’s: EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL INCLUDING THE BLIGH RELICS. [London], Thursday 26 September 2002. 4to; pp. 144; 129 lots, mostly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2002. ***As well as interesting travel books, the Bligh material includes his coconut shell drinking cup, horn beaker, compass needle, a number of his watercolour sketches, etc. #23940 A$45.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 13 96 Christie’s: THE POLAR SALE INCLUDING THE NEIL SILVERMAN COLLECTION. [London], Wednesday 25 September 2002. 4to; pp. 338; 394 lots, lavishly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2002. ***A wonderful collection of books, photographs, manuscripts, original diaries and relics, mostly relating to Antarctica, but including some Arctic material. #23946 A$45.00
97 Christie’s: THE POLAR COLLECTION OF ANDREAS ZUST. [London], Thursday 9 May 2002. 4to; pp. 190; 237 lots, lavishly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2002. ***A wonderful collection of books, photographs, manuscripts, original diaries and relics, relating to both Antarctica and the Arctic regions, including the search for the North-West Passage and material on the Eskimo. #23949 A$45.00
98 Christie’s: EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL WITH THE POLAR SALE. [London], Thursday 23 September 2004. 4to; pp. 276; 226 lots, mostly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2004. ***This sale included some interesting Cook relics including his original pocket hammer, the original watercolours for John Cleveley’s series of Views in the South Seas, and some fine Antarctic material. #17835 A$45.00
99 Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): TERRITORY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND REPORT FOR 1963-1964. 4to; pp. 24(last 3 blank); large folding coloured map, several tables; original wrappers. Canberra; Department of Territories; 1964. #64579 A$14.00
100 Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): TERRITORY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND REPORT 1976. Roy. 8vo; pp. 58; full-page map; original wrappers. Canberra; Australian Government Publishing Service; 1977. #64580 A$14.00
101 Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): Department of Home Affairs. CHRISTMAS ISLAND. Annual Report 1978-79. Roy. 8vo; pp. 28(last 2 blank); full-page map; original wrappers. Canberra; Australian Government Publishing Service; 1979. #64581 A$10.00
102 Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): Department of Home Affairs. CHRISTMAS ISLAND. Annual Report 1979-80. Roy. 8vo; pp. 36(last blank); full-page map; original wrappers. Canberra; Australian Government Publishing Service; 1980. #64582 A$10.00
103 Clair, Colin. CHRISTOPHER PLANTIN. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 302, [2](blank); 16 plates, numerous decorations in text, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper; scarce. London; Cassell & Company Ltd.; (1960). ***Attractively produced and printed on high quality paper. #36248 A$150.00
104 Clark, C. M. H.; Editor. SELECT DOCUMENTS IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY 1788-1850. With the Assistance of L. J. Pryor. [With] Idem, 1851-1900. 2 vols.; Vol. I, Twelfth Impression; pp. xii, 450, [2](blank); Vol. II, Seventh Impression; pp. xx, 866, [2](blank); appendix to Vol. I, note on sources, index to each vol.; original cloth; a fine set in dustwrappers. (Sydney); Angus & Robertson, Publishers; (1975). #22209 A$95.00
105 [Clark, John Heaviside]. ABORIGINAL LIFE IN OLD AUSTRALIA, being an enhanced Facsimile of Field Sports, &c. &c. of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales; With Ten Plates. First published in 1814, and now faithfully reprinted by Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2003. 4to, Limited Facsimile Edition; pp. [60], including 10 fine coloured plates from the original hand-coloured aquatints, and 2 illustrations of the extremely rare original wrapper; finely bound in half emu and kangaroo leathers, with printed cloth sides; coloured and 14 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books glazed edges, head- and tail-bands and marker ribbon. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2003. ***Edition limited to 212 numbered copies, 200 for sale (including 75 Large Paper & Special copies). The text has been entirely reset in the recreated original types, faithfully matching the original edition. Included is an essay on the bibliography and publishing history of the work and interesting speculations on the text. #18783 A$495.00
106 [Clark, John Heaviside]. ABORIGINAL LIFE IN OLD AUSTRALIA, being an enhanced Facsimile of Field Sports, &c. &c. of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales; With Ten Plates. First published in 1814, and now faithfully reprinted by Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2003. Folio, Deluxe Large Paper Facsimile Edition; pp. [80], including 10 fine coloured plates from the original hand-coloured aquatints, 10 tinted plates from one of the rare uncoloured original copies, and 2 illustrations of the extremely rare original wrapper; finely bound in half emu and kangaroo leathers, with printed cloth sides; coloured and glazed edges, head- and tail-bands and marker ribbon. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2003. ***Edition limited to 60 numbered copies for sale (within a total edition of 212 copies). These Large Paper Deluxe copies include an additional suite of the uncoloured plates taken from one of the very rare original uncoloured copies. The text has been entirely reset in the recreated original types, faithfully matching the original edition. Included is an essay on the bibliography and publishing history of the work and interesting speculations on the text. #18784 A$1100.00
SPECIAL OFFER 107 [Clark, John Heaviside]. FIELD SPORTS, &c. &c. OF THE NATIVE INHABITANTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. We have recently purchased half a dozen loose individual plates from this interesting work. We offer one of these original plates, matted ready for framing, together with our Deluxe Edition facsimile reprint (as listed in preceding item) at a special price: #11909 A$1350.00
108 Clark, Kenneth. LEONARDO DA VINCI. An Account of his Development as an Artist. The Ryerson Lectures delivered October and November 1936 at the School of Fine Arts Yale University New Haven, Connecticut. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 210; 68 plates, chronology, bibliography, index; original buckram (spine darkened & ends a little worn; some minor foxing & soiling; a review copy with unobtrusive perforating stamp at foot of last leaf ). Cambridge; at the University Press; 1939. #17111 A$35.00
109 Clark, Kenneth. THE NUDE. A Study of Ideal Art. First Edition; pp. xxiv, 408; 298 illustrations, references, notes, index; original buckram; (endpapers a little foxed); a very good copy. London; John Murray; (1956). #53343 A$50.00
110 Clark, Kenneth. THE NUDE. A Study of Ideal Art. Book Club Edition; pp. xxiv, 408; 298 illustrations, references, notes, index; original quarter buckram, with patterned papered sides; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; The Reprint Society; (1958). #22706 A$45.00
111 Clark, Kenneth. CIVILISATION. A Personal View. Roy. 8vo, First Edition, Third Impression; pp. xx, 360(last blank); 48 coloured plates, 238 b/w. illustrations, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); British Broadcasting Corporation and John Murray; (1969). #21448 A$30.00
112 Clark, Kenneth. THE ROMANTIC REBELLION. Romantic vesrus Classic Art. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 368(last 2 blank); 24 coloured plates, 278 b/w. illustrations, index; original cloth; (edges very slightly foxed); a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); John Murray, Sotheby Parke Bernet; (1973). ***With original prospectus loosely inserted. #15250 A$45.00
113 Clark, Kenneth. ANIMALS AND MEN. Their relationship as reflected in Western Art from prehistory to the present day. With 219 illustrations, 84 in color. Demy 4to, First U.S. Edition; pp. 240; 84 coloured illustrations (10 double-page) & numerous b/w. illustrations (many full-page), list of sources, Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 15 index of artists ans works & index of animals and birds; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. New York; William Morrow and Company, Inc.; (1977). #21447 A$35.00
114 Clark, Lt. Ralph: THE JOURNAL AND LETTERS OF LT. RALPH CLARK 1787-1792. Edited by Paul G. Fidlon & R. J. Ryan. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xx, 344; 8 plates, 3 illustrations, appendix, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. Sydney; Australian Documents Library; (1981). #5142 A$135.00
115 Clarke, Peter. HELL AND PARADISE. Square 4to (250 x 240mm.), First Edition; pp. 190; endpaper, 2 double-page, 3 full-page & several text maps & very numerous double-page, full-page & other illustrations, mostly in colour, appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. [Ringwood]; Viking [Penguin Books Australia Ltd; 1986]. #16115 A$135.00
116 Clarke, Thurston. EQUATOR. A Journey Round the World. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. [5]- 464, [2](blank); endpaper map, 3 double-page & 4 full-page maps; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Hutchinson; (1989). ***Complete, as issued. #23952 A$25.00
117 Clay, John. MACONOCHIE’S EXPERIMENT. First Edition; pp. x, 276; 1 map, several illustrations, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; John Murray; (2001). ***The “Mark” system on Norfolk Island. #23966 A$35.00
118 [Clemens, Samuel L.]. THE WRITINGS OF MARK TWAIN. Royal Edition. 23 vols., 8vo; pp. in total xxxx; xx plates (each with title-tissue) & 23 engraved title-pages, several text illust.; half red morocco, with marbled sides; top edges gilt, others uncut; (spines a little faded; some occasional minor foxing or soiling; a small waterstain to lower margin of first few leaves in Vol. I & to foremargin of several leaves in Vol. IX); a nice set. Hartford; American Publishing Co.; 1899-1905. ***The “Limited and Registered” Royal Edition of 1000 numbered sets. Comprising: THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (2 vols.), Vol. I, pp. [ii], xliv, [2], 45-378(last blank); 7 plates; Vol. II, pp. [ii], viii, [2], 9-446; 5 plates; A TRAMP ABROAD (2 vols.), Vol. I, pp. [ii], viii, [2], 9-314; 6 plates, several text illusts.; Vol. II, pp. [ii], viii, [2], 9-320(last blank); 5 plates, several text illusts.; FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR (2 vols.), Vol. I, pp. [ii], xiv, [2], 15-346; 7 plates; Vol. II, pp. [ii], x, [2], 11-410; 6 plates; ROUGHING IT (2 vols.), Vol. I, pp. [ii], xiv, [2], 15-326; 5 plates; Vol. II, pp. [ii], 366; 5 plates; LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, pp. [ii], 482(last blank); 6 plates; THE GILDED AGE, A Tale of To-Day, by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) and Charles Dudley Warner (2 vols.), Vol. I, pp. [ii], xii, [2], 13-350; 4 plates; Vol. II, pp. [ii], 360; 3 plates, appendix; TOM SAWYER, pp. [ii], xiv, [2], 15-328; 5 plates; HUCKLEBERRY FINN, pp. [ii], xiv, [2], 15-376(last blank); 5 plates; PUDD’NHEAD WILSON and Those Extraordinary Twins, pp. [ii], x, [2], 11-324; 8 plates; THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, A Tale for Young People of all Ages, pp. [ii], xvi, [2], 17-316(last blank); 5 plates; A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT, pp. [ii], x, [2], 11-408; 7 plates; PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC by The Sieur Louis de Conte (Her Page and Secretary) freely translated out of the Ancient French into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France by Jean Francois Alden (2 vols.), Vol. I, pp. [ii], xiv, [2], 15-346(last blank); 3 plates; Vol. II, pp. [ii], vi, [2], 7-318; 4 plates; SKETCHES NEW AND OLD, pp. [ii], x, [2], 11-424; 7 plates; TOM SAWYER ABROAD; TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE and Other Stories, Etc., Etc., pp. [ii], vi, [2], 7-448(last blank); 7 plates; THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT and Other Stories and Sketches, pp. [ii], viii, [2], 9-538; 4 plates; HOW TO TELL A STORY and Other Essays, pp. [ii], vi, [2], 7-334; 4 plates; MY DEBUT AS A LITERARY PERSON with Other Essays and Stories, pp. [ii], 368(last blank); 4 plates. [A further two volumes were later published (1907), containing: THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG, THE 30,000 BEQUEST, and CHRISTIAN SCIENCE]. #53402 A$1500.00
119 [Clemens, Samuel Langhorne]. MARK TWAIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. With an Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 370(last 2 blank); Vol. II, [viii], 370(last 16 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 3 blank); frontispiece & index to each vol.; top edges gilt, others uncut; in the original navy-blue cloth, with gilt facsimile signature on both front covers; a nice set. New York; Harper & Brothers; MCMXXIV [1924]. ***Dictated by Clemens over several years with the stipulation that it not be published until after his death (he originally said until he had been dead “at least a hundred years”!). “As might be expected of anything which Mark Twain wrote, this autobiography is unlike any other ever written--as unconventional and unorthodox as its great author. Always, when the time came for him to go on with the dictation, he chose as his subject whatever was most interesting to him at the moment, regardless of chronological order. For he believed that a man’s thoughts, not his outward acts are his true history, which alone reveal him completely. The resulting book is a stream of table-talk: anecdotes, humorous and serious; reminiscences of his mother, his daughter Susy, his boyhood days in Missouri; chronicles of his friendships with all manner of men, from General Grant and President Cleveland to his Irish coachman and the unfamed intimates of his vagabond youth; bold expressions of opinion on every sort of topic--all are here, full of the vigor and the humanity of their author, and forming an inexhaustible mine of entertainment, amusement, and delight.” --publisher’s blurb. #18963 A$295.00
120 Clifford, Edward. FATHER DAMIEN. A Journey from Cashmere to his Home in Hawaii. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xii], 176, [4](adv.); portrait & facsimile note; original cloth (hinges weak; spine worn); scarce. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1889. #1755 A$100.00
121 Clune, Frank. A TALE OF TAHITI. First Edition; pp. xvi, 208; endpaper maps, 5 text maps, frontispiece, 16 plates; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1958). ***Including also Fiji and Samoa. Burnet 49. This copy inscribed and signed by the Author. #8546 A$60.00
122 Cobham, Sir Alan J. SEEING THE WORLD FROM THE AIR. Roy. 8vo; pp. 349-384; map, 36 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, March, 1928; (lacks wrappers). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1928. ***Including also an article on Bali, Indonesia, with 16 col. photographs. #23133 A$30.00
123 Collingridge, Vanessa. CAPTAIN COOK. Obsession and Betrayal in the New World. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 376; endpaper map, several illustrations, select bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); Ebury Press; (2002). ***The Author is a distant cousin, and revisits the conclusions of George Collingridge with respect to the early discovery of Australia. #18394 A$65.00
124 Collis, Maurice. THE LAND OF THE GREAT IMAGE. Being Experiences of Friar Manrique in Arakan. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. 260(last blank); 5 maps (1 folding), 16 plates; index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; Faber and Faber Limited; (1943). #36518 A$35.00
125 Conrad, Joseph. GEOGRAPHY AND SOME EXPLORERS. Roy. 8vo; pp. 239-274; map, 28 photos. (mostly full-page, including 16 of the Antarctic by Herbert G. Ponting, & one by Frank Hurley of Torres Strait; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, March, 1924; original wrappers (soiled; top margin trimmed). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1924. ***Including, also, “Australia’s Wild Wonderland”, by M. P. Greenwood Adams, pp. 329-356, with map & 36 illusts. #23931 A$30.00
126 Cook, Captain James: A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, in His Majesty’s Ship Endeavour, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; Undertaken in Pursuit of Natural Knowledge, at the Desire of the Royal Society: Containing all the various Occurrences of the Voyage, with Descriptions of several new discovered Countries in the Southern Hemisphere; and Accounts of their Soil and Productions; and of many Singularities in the Structure, Apparel, Customs, Manners, Policy, Manufactures, &c. of their Inhabitants. To which is added A Concise Vocabulary of the Language of Otahitee. London, Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, in the Strand. MDCCLXXI. Demy 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii](modern title), [ii](original title-page), 130, [4](vocabulary of Otaheite, last blank), [2](blank); (slight mark to top edge, otherwise a fine Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 17 copy); scarce. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1967]. ***Bibliotheca Australiana No. 14. This edition Beddie 701; see Holmes 3, Beddie 694, for original edition. The first issue contained a Dedication to Banks and Solander, which was suppressed after a small number of copies had been circulated, following the publication of an advertisement by Banks and Solander, disclaiming any responsibility for its publication. The dedication is not reproduced in this facsimile. This rare surreptitious account of Cook’s First Voyage preceded Hawkesworth’s official account by two years. It is the first published account of Cook’s First Voyage and of his discovery of the Eastern Coast of Australia, which led to the Foundation of Australia eighteen years later. The authorship of the work is a matter of conjecture - it has been ascribed to JAMES MAGRA (or MATRA) and others, but the evidence is inconclusive. #26437 A$500.00
127 Cook, Captain James. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE AND ROUND THE WORLD. Performed in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775. In which is included, Captain Furneaux’s Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, and a Variety of Portraits of Persons and Views of Places; drawn during the Voyage by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent Masters. 2 vols. med. 4to, Facsimile of First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [viii], xl, 378; portrait frontispiece, large folding chart & 6 smaller charts (2 double-page), 2 folding plans, 27 plates (10 double-page, 2 folding); Vol II, pp. [ii], [viii], 364, [ii] (folding plate), [367]-370, 369-396; 7 charts (3 folding), 20 plates (3 folding & 8 double-page), folding language table, appendices, including vocabularies; original canvas; a very fine set. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1970]. ***Spence 318; Renard 370. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 191. Only 781 sets were printed of this facsimile from the first edition of W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1777. The pp. [viii] in Volume I contains an introduction written specially for this facsimile reprint by A. Grenfell Price and the pp. 369-396 in Vol. II contain Sir John Pringle’s discourse on the health of mariners (from Cook’s paper on the subject). The two sets of pages 369-70 contain variations in the text of Sir John Pringle’s introduction. #2162 A$1100.00
128 Cook, James. CAPTAIN COOK IN THE SOUTH SEAS. Two Letters Written to Captain John Walker 1771 and 1775. Facsimile Edition with Transcriptions. 4to, First Edition; pp. 24; 11 pp. facsimiles; original wrappers (a little marked). Sydney; The Council of the Library of New South Wales; 1970. #49355 A$65.00
129 Cooke, Capt. Edward. A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, and Round the World, Perform’d in the Years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711, by the Ships Duke and Dutchess of Bristol. Containing a Journal of all memorable Transactions during the said Voyage; the Winds, Currents, and Variation of the Compass; the taking of the Towns of Puna and Guayaquil, and several Prizes, one of which a rich Acapulco Ship. A Description of the American Coasts, from Tierra del Fuego in the South, to California in the North, (from the Coasting-Pilot, a Spanish Manuscript). Wherein an Account is given of Mr. Alexander Selkirk, his Manner of living and taming some wild beasts during the four Years and four Months he liv’d upon the uninhabited Island of Juan Fernandes. Illustrated with Cuts and Maps. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], [xxii], 432, [433-442](index); 3 folding & 1 full-page charts & plans, 16 plates; Vol. II, pp. [ii], [viii], xxiv, 328, [8](index), [2](blank); 2 folding & 2 full-page charts, 2 plates, 5 full-page & numerous smaller charts & 300-400 coastal diagrams in text, 3 folding journal tables; tables of longitudes, separate index to each vol.; a fine set. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1969]. ***First published London, Printed by H. M. for B. Lintot [& others], 1712. #15301 A$220.00
130 Cornwall, Peter Bruce. IN SEARCH OF ARABIA’S PAST [and] SAUDI ARABIA, OIL KINGDOM, by Maynard Owen Williams. Roy. 8vo; pp. 493-522; 2 maps, numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, April, 1948; original wrappers (spine a little worn). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1948. #18203 A$25.00
131 Cranley, Victor B. 27,000 MILES THROUGH AUSTRALIA. Photographs by H. M. Berney. First Edition; pp. 188, [4](blank); map, 12 plates; original papered boards (marked; long inscription on endpaper); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Robert Hale Limited; (1963). #4299 A$30.00 18 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 132 Crawfurd, John. JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY TO THE COURTS OF SIAM AND COCHIN CHINA. With an Introduction by David K. Wyatt. Cr. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [viii], viii, 598; double-page view as frontispiece, large folding map, 3 other maps & plans, 11 other plates, 11 illustrations in text, appendix; original slick illustrated boards; a fine copy. Singapore; Oxford University Press; 1987. #32041 A$185.00
133 Critchett, B. THE POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1834, being a list of the Merchants, Traders, &c. of London and Parts Adjacent. List of the Lord Mayor, & Court of Aldermen. List of the Bankers in London, List of the Country Bankers, with the Bankers they draw on in London. List of Public Notaries. List of London and Country Newspapers, with the Places and Days of Publication. Lists of Army and Navy Agents, Directors of Fire and Life Insurance Offices. List of the London, West India, & East India Dock Companies, Foreign Ministers, &c, &c. List of the Country Bankers, Alphabetically Arranged, General Information relating to the Post-Office, including the last rates of postage; Regulations of the Twopenny Post-Office, &c. The Thirty- Fifth Edition. By B. Critchett. Pp. xii, 48, [xiii]-xvi, 612. [Bound with, as issued?] A NEW GUIDE TO STAGECOACHES, WAGGONS, CARTS, VESSELS, &c. For 1834, Being a List of all the Inns in London, Where Stage Coaches and Waggons put up and set out from, with their respective Days and Hours; also the names of the Carriers, the Places they go to, and the Inns they go from. Likewise A List of Coasting Vessels, Barges and Boats, with the Wharfs, Quays, &c. At which they lie for the reception of Goods and Passengers. Also Rates of Carriage, Hackney Coaches, and Porterage, and a Correct List of all the Mail Coaches, with their Respective Routes. The Whole being corrected Annually, is designed as a Guide for Merchants, Tradesmen, and Others, who have Occasion to send Goods into the Country. The Thirty-Second Edition. By B. Critchett. Pp. xii, 156. Together, two works in one volume; original cloth, with gilt label on spine; (spine & edges a little worn; crude tape repair to inner rear margin, but sound and complete); a very good copy; very scarce. London; Printed for the Proprietor, by Edward Lowe ... ; 1834. ***All editions of both of these works appear to be very rare; they contain a veritable treasure-trove of historical information, names and addresses, etc. #26058 A$1500.00
134 Crocombe, R. G. & Marjorie. THE WORKS OF TA’UNGA. Records of a Polynesian Traveller in the South Seas, 1833-1896. With annotations by Jean Guiart, Niel Gunson, and Dorothy Shineberg. First Edition; pp. xxvi, 166(last blank); 16 maps & figures, references, index; original cloth (endpapers foxed); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Canberra; Australian National University Press; (1968). ***Pacific History Series: No. 2. #1864 A$65.00
135 Crowe, J. A. and Cavalcaselle, G. B. A HISTORY OF PAINTING IN NORTH ITALY. Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Ferrara, Milan, Friuli, Brescia. From the Fourteenth to the Sixteenth Century. Edited by Tancred Borenius, Ph.D. In three volumes illustrated. 3 vols., Second Edition; Vol. I, pp. xii, 300; 75 plates, Vol. II, pp. x, 458; 73 plates, Vol. III, pp. x, 582; 59 plates, bibliography, index of artists, index of places; original cloth (a little flecked; some minor foxing), top edges gilt; a very good set. London; John Murray; 1912. #22044 A$125.00
136 Cumes, J. W. C. THEIR CHASTITY WAS NOT TOO RIGID. Leisure Times in Early Australia. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 378; coloured frontispiece, 51 illustrations; notes, bibliography, index; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Longman Cheshire/Reed; (1979). #4297 A$75.00
137 Cummins, J. S.; Editor. THE TRAVELS AND CONTROVERSIES OF FRIAR DOMINGO NAVARRETE, 1618-1686. Edited from Manuscript and Printed Sources by J. S. Cummins. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. cxx, 164(last blank); 1 text & 2 full-page maps, 7 plates; Vol. II, pp. x, 165-478(last 3 blank); text, 1 full-page & 1 folding maps, 2 folding & 9 other plates, 6 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine set in dustwrappers. Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; 1962. ***A “racy account of [the Dominican missionary’s] travels and work in Mexico, the Philippines, Macao, China, India and Macassar, among other places.” Hakluyt Society Second Series, Nos. CXVIII and CXIX. #52266 A$225.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 19 138 Cumpston, J. H. L. THOMAS MITCHELL. Surveyor General & Explorer. First Edition; pp. xvi, 270, [2](blank); 12 maps, portrait frontispiece & 16 plates, 4 appendices, references, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press; 1954 (1955). #5017 A$165.00
139 Cumpston, J. H. L. THE INLAND SEA AND THE GREAT RIVER. The Story of Australian Exploration. First Edition; pp. [xvi], 208(last 3 blank); 19 maps (1 folding), bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus & Robertson; (1964). #6535 A$110.00
140 Cumpston, J. H. L. AUGUSTUS GREGORY AND THE INLAND SEA. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 130, [13](maps), 131-147(last blank); 57 illustrations on 28 plates, several other maps & illustrations in text, appendices, abbreviations, references, indices; original pictorial boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Canberra); Roebuck; (1972). #56 A$75.00
141 Cunningham, Peter; Surgeon, R.N. TWO YEARS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Edited by David S. Macmillan. Med. 8vo; pp. xlviii, 412(last 3 blank); folding map, coloured frontispiece & 16 plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson in association with the Royal Australian Historical Society; (1966). ***Pp. xi/xii is a cancel. Originally published London, Henry Colburn, 1827. #14601 A$135.00
142 Currey, C. H. THE BROTHERS BENT. Judge-Advocate Ellis Bent and Judge Jeffery Hart Bent. First Edition; pp. 176; 8 plates, notes, index; original buckram; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Sydney University Press; (1968). #57204 A$50.00
143 Dahl, Folke. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH CORANTOS AND PERIODICAL NEWSBOOKS 1620-1642. First Edition; pp. [iv], 284, [4](blank); 16 full-page illustrations, bibliography; original quarter cloth; a very good copy. London; The Bibliographical Society; 1952. #11910 A$65.00
144 Dampier, William. A NEW VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. With an Introduction by Sir Albert Gray. Cr. 4to; First Edition under this editorship; pp. xl, 376, [4](colophon, last 3 blank); 3 folding & 1 full-page charts, portrait, reproduction of title-pages to First Edition & the edition of 1729 (from which this edition is taken), and reproduction of a page of Dampier’s MS. Journal, index; original quarter vellum, buckram sides; entirely uncut; a nice copy; scarce. London; The Argonaut Press; 1927. ***Edition limited to 975 numbered copies on Japon Vellum. Sir Albert Gray’s Introduction includes a resume of Dampier’s career, both before and after his voyages, and there is a very valuable preface by N. M. Penzer giving bibliographical information on the various early editions of Dampier’s voyages. #6500 A$450.00
145 Dampier, William. VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES. With an Introduction and Notes By Clennell Wilkinson. Cr. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xxxvi, 312; 4 folding maps, notes on the text, index of persons, places & ships; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1971]. ***Originally published by Argonaut Press, 1931 in a limited edition. #18385 A$110.00
146 Danielsson, Bengt. FORGOTTEN ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH SEAS. Translated by F. H. Lyon. First English Edition; pp. 204, [4](adv.); 4 maps, 31 plates, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; George Allen & Unwin; (1957). #1705 A$50.00
147 Danvers, Frederick Charles. THE PORTUGUESE IN INDIA. Being a History of the Rise and Decline of their Eastern Empire. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. liv, 572, [4](blank); 11 plates (6 folding, including map & plan); Vol. II, pp. xviii, 580(last blank),; 4 folding maps, 6 plates (2 folding), 4 20 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books appendices, index; original cloth; (neat library stamp on titles & numbers at head of following leaf, but no other marks); a fine set. (London); Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.; 1966. ***Originally published in 1894. #41444 A$145.00
148 Darby, Madge. WHO CAUSED THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY? First Edition; pp. [vi], 128, [2](blank); a few text illustrations, appendix, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1965). ***Du Rietz 281. #9360 A$85.00
149 Darragh, Thomas A. THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENGRAVING AND LITHOGRAPHY IN MELBOURNE to the Time of the Gold Rush. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 64; 25 mounted plates, notes, sources, Errata slip; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. [Willow Bend, Thumb Creek, N.S.W.]; Garravembi Press; 1990. ***Limited edition of 425 numbered copies. The first book of the Press. #34827 A$135.00
150 Dash, Mike. BATAVIA’S GRAVEYARD. First U.K. Edition; pp. xviii, 398; 3 maps (1 double-page), extensive notes, bibliography, Dutch pronunciation guide, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; (2002). #12303 A$50.00
151 David, Andrew. THE VOYAGE OF HMS HERALD to Australia and the South-west Pacific 1852- 1861 under the command of Captain Henry Denham. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxviii, 524(last blank); 8 maps, 16 coloured & 8 b/w. plates, 11 survey charts, note on measurements, appendices, glossary, notes & references, bibliog, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); The Miegunyah Press, (Melbourne University Press; 1995). ***”The authoritative account of one of the longest and most important surveying cruises of the golden age of world hydrography”. Excellent use is made of the journals of Denham and his officers to create a detailed vision of mid-nineteenth-century surveying and charting techniques. Significant forays were made into botanical and ornithological studies, much of which are detailed here. Its anthropological content clearly illustrates the paradoxical nature of the south-west Pacific at the time of the voyages, where missionary, colonist and the lords of commerce co-existed with the native peoples in an often uneasy alliance. Included is an account of the resettlement of the Pitcairn Islanders on Norfolk Island. This is number 3 in the second Miegunyah Press series; only 1200 copies were printed. #46753 A$95.00
152 David, M. E. PROFESSOR DAVID. The Life of Sir Edgeworth David K.B.E., D.S.O., F.R.S., M.A., D.Sc., LL.D. First Edition; pp. 320; full-page map, 8 plates, 3 text figures, index; original pinkish purple cloth, spine gilt; fore & lower edges uncut; a very good copy in ragged partly defective dustwrapper, with portrait on front; very scarce. London; Edward Arnold & Co.; (1937). ***Spence 351. Margaret David was Professor David’s daughter. #19366 A$275.00
153 Davidson, J. W. PETER DILLON OF VANIKORO: Chevalier of the South Seas. Edited by O. H. K. Spate. First Edition; pp. xx, 352(last blank); endpaper & 4 sketch maps, 8 plates, 2 appendices, notes, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1975). ***It was Dillon who solved the riddle of the fate of the French Pacific navigator, La Perouse. #1849 A$85.00
154 Davies, Hunter. A WALK AROUND THE WEST INDIES. First Edition; pp. [x], 294; endpaper & 10 full-page maps, 16 coloured plates, 4 appendices; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; (2000). #13165 A$50.00
155 Davies, John: THE HISTORY OF THE TAHITIAN MISSION 1799-1830. Written by John Davies, Missionary to the South Sea Islands. With Supplementary Papers from the Correspondence of the Missionaries. Edited by C. W. Newbury. First Edition; pp. liv, 394(last 2 blank); folding map (in pocket), folding frontispiece, 11 plates (3 folding maps), 5 full-page & 3 text illustrations, folding genealogical table, Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 21 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; 1961. ***Davies’ account is here published for the first time. Hakluyt Society Second Series, No. 116. #1828 A$165.00
156 Davis, John. TRACKS OF McKINLAY AND PARTY ACROSS AUSTRALIA. By John Davis, one of the Expedition. Edited from Mr. Davis’s Manuscript Journal; with an Introductory View of the Recent Australian Explorations of McDouall Stuart, Burke and Wills, Landsborough, Etc., by William Westgarth. First Edition; pp. xvi, 408, 16(adv., dated June, 1863); large folding map (in pocket), 14 tinted litho. plates, 1 text illust.; (tears in 4 leaves of text and margins of a few plates neatly repaired without loss; map strengthened at folds); a very good, complete copy in the original cloth (rubbed, but quite sound); a very good copy; scarce. London; Sampson Low, Son, & Co.; 1863. ***Ferguson 9005; Wantrup 180. John Davis was a member of McKinlay’s South Australian Relief Expedition which journeyed almost to the Gulf of Carpentaria in search of Burke and Wills. The expedition then made for Port Denison on the Queensland coast. The journey is vividly described in Davis’s journal and is preceded by a summary of inland exploration, 1858-62, by William Westgarth. #16298 A$1750.00
157 Day, Kenneth; Editor. BOOK TYPOGRAPHY 1815-1965. In Europe and the United States of America. Edited with an Introduction by Kenneth Day. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 408(last 5 blank); 192 plates, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly faded & rubbed dustwrapper. London; Ernest Benn Limited; 1966. ***First published 1965 in the Netherlands, by NV Drukkerij G. J. Thieme, Nijmegen. #27734 A$135.00
158 de Beatis, Antonio: THE TRAVEL JOURNAL OF ANTONIO DE BEATIS: Germany, Switzerland, the Low Countries, France and Italy, 1517-1518. Translated from the Italian by J. R. Hale and J. M. A. Lindon. Edited by J. R. Hale. First Edition in English; pp. xii, 206, [2](blank); folding map, 2 plates, genealogical table, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1979. ***Hakluyt Society, Second Series No. 150. #16757 A$60.00
159 De la Loubere, Simon. THE KINGDOM OF SIAM. With an Introduction by David K. Wyatt. F’cap folio, Facsimile Edition; pp. x, [ii], 260, [2](adv., verso blank); 11 plates including 2 maps; original slick boards; a fine copy. Singapore; Oxford University Press; 1986. ***First published in 1693. #32066 A$145.00
160 de Morga, Antonio. SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS. Translated and Edited by J. S. Cummins. First Edition in English; pp. xii, 348(last blank); 2 folding maps, portrait frontispiece, 2 full-page illustrations, glossary of Spanish Terms, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; 1971. ***An account of the history of the Spanish colony in the Philippines during the sixteenth century. Hakluyt Society, Second Series Vol. 140. #37003 A$145.00
161 Dening, Greg. MR BLIGH’S BAD LANGUAGE. Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 450(last 5 blank); several maps & illustrations including portraits of many of the people connected with Bligh, notes, references bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Cambridge); Cambridge University Press; (1992). ***A compelling and useful new contribution, with much interesting background on the Bounty Mutiny and subsequent developments over 200 years. #35904 A$50.00
162 de Pinedo, Commander Francesco. BY SEAPLANE TO SIX CONTINENTS. Cruising 60,000 Miles, Italian Argonauts of the Air See World Geography Unroll, and Break New Sky Trails Over Vast Brazilian Jungles. Roy. 8vo; pp. 247-301; 2 maps, 60 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, September, 1928; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1928. #22767 A$45.00 22 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 163 Derry, T. K. and Williams, Trevor I. A SHORT HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY. From the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900. First Paperback Edition; pp. [iii]-xviii(lacking half-title), 784; 353 figures, 8 tables, bibliography, index of subjects, index of persons and place names; original wrappers; a very good copy. London; Oxford University Press; (1970). ***First published 1960. #20054 A$25.00
164 Dickens, Charles. PICTURES FROM ITALY. The Vignette Illustrations on Wood by Samuel Palmer. F’cap 8vo, Second Edition; pp. [vi], 270, [2](adv.); a few illustrations; original vertically ribbed blind-stamped blue-grey cloth; a very nice copy; very scarce. London; Published for the Author, by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars; MDCCCXLVI [1846]. ***Published in the same year as the First Edition, and identical to it, but for the advertisement at start here replaced by half-title; see Smith, Vol. II, No. 7. #12933 A$250.00
165 di Varthema, Ludovico: THE ITINERARY OF LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA OF BOLOGNA from 1502 to 1508, as Translated from the Original Italian Edition of 1510, by John Winter Jones, F.S.A. in 1863 for the Hakluyt Society. With a Discourse on Varthema and his Travels in Southern Asia by Sir Richard Carnac Temple. Cr. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. lxxxvi, 122(last blank); 5 maps, 2 plates, index; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1970]. ***Facsimile of the Argonaut Press limited edition of 1928. #10206 A$100.00
166 Dixon, Captain George; [& Beresford, William]. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD; but More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and [the] Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Dedicated, by Permission, to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xxxii, 360, 48(Appendix II; last blank); large folding chart, 4 double-page charts, 3 double-page & 7 full-page b/w. plates, & 7 full-page natural history plates, 2 appendices; original imitation vellum; a fine copy. Amsterdam; N. Israel; (1968). ***Originally published by Geo. Goulding, London, 1789 (see Sabin 64390, Hill, first edition, page 23). Copies of the original editions of either Dixon or Portlock’s works are not easy to obtain. The major part of the text consists of a series of letters from William Beresford, supercargo of the Queen Charlotte, to a friend in England, and Dixon’s not insubstantial contribution includes the valuable maps, the navigational details and the natural history. The fine natural history plates were drawn by William Lewin, author of “The Birds of Great Britain” and father of John William Lewin, whose fine illustrated works on the birds and insects of New South Wales are well-known and much sought after. The expedition carried out important exploration work on the North-West Coast, supplementing Cook’s work with much detail. #13578 A$165.00
167 Dow, Gwyneth M. SAMUEL TERRY: The Botany Bay Rothschild. First Edition; pp. xiv, 266; 3 full- page maps, 12 plates, 2 genealogical tables, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Sydney University Press; (1974). #11972 A$50.00
168 Downton, Nicholas: THE VOYAGE OF NICHOLAS DOWNTON TO THE EAST INDIES, as Recorded in Contemporary Narratives and Letter[s]. Edited by Sir William Foster. Facsimile Edition; pp. [iii]-xxxviii, 224; 2 full-page maps & 1 text map, 5 plates, index; original vinyl; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (New Delhi); Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; (1997). ***Originally published by The Hakluyt Society in 1939, Second Series, No. 82. #36512 A$45.00
169 Duff, E. Gordon. EARLY PRINTED BOOKS. First Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 220(last blank); 11 plates, index of printers and places; original buckram; uncut; (spine faded; endpapers foxed; a little browning adjacent to plates from original tissues); a very good copy; scarce. London; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.; MDCCCXCIII [1893]. ***A volume in the series Books about Books edited by Alfred W. Pollard, giving a short account of the European invention of printing with moveable type, and follows its introduction into the principal countries and towns of Europe, confining the treatment so far as possible to facts rather than theories, and drawing attention to less well-known information rather than regurgitating previously published accounts. #16017 A$95.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 23 170 Dunmore, John. WHO’S WHO IN PACIFIC NAVIGATION. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 312; bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Honolulu; University of Hawaii Press; 1991. ***A wonderful and much-needed work giving short biographical and historical details of numerous figures in the history of maritime activity in the Pacific, some well-known and many much less so. Of great utility and interest. #62816 A$125.00
171 Dunmore, John. WHERE FATE BECKONS. The Life of Jean Francois de La Perouse. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 292; 7 maps, 12 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); ABC Books; (2006). #37019 A$45.00
172 Dutton, Geoffrey. THE HERO AS MURDERER. The Life of Edward John Eyre, Australian Explorer and Governor of Jamaica, 1815-1901. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 416; endpaper maps, 3 full-page maps, 9 plates, appendices, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Glasgow); Collins, & (Melbourne), Cheshire; (1967). #4994 A$120.00
173 Duyker, Edward. NATURE’S ARGONAUT. Daniel Solander, 1733-1782. Naturalist and Voyager with Cook and Banks. Med. 8vo, Second Impression; pp. xx, 384(last 3 blank); 4 maps, 36 plates (several coloured), 1 text illust., glossaries of scientific & Swedish terms, appendix, notes, bibliography, indices (botanical, zoological & general); a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Carlton South); The Miegunyah Press (Melbourne University Press; 1999). ***No. 17 in the second Miegunyah series. Having co-edited his Collected Correspondence, Duyker concerns himself again with Daniel Solander, naturalist on the Endeavour voyage, and intimately explores this character at the very epicentre of eighteenth century naturalism and exploration. #63367 A$50.00
174 Eccles, Lord. ON COLLECTING. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. viii, 136; 8 plates, 2 appendices, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Longmans; (1969). ***Mostly on books and art, and on the philosophy of collecting, with a chapter on women collectors. First published in 1968. #51787 A$30.00
175 Edison, Thomas F. EDISON’S HANDY ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GENERAL INFORMATION and Universal Atlas. .... Compiled by Thomas F. Edison, A.M. assisted by Fred T. Bailey, A.M. and Charles J. Westinghouse. Small 12mo (132 x 93 mm), New Edition; pp. 512; frontispiece, 53 maps; original cloth, cut flush (paper a little browned); a very good copy. Chicago; Laird & Lee, Publishers; 1901. #31226 A$35.00
176 Edwards, Ralph. EARLY CONVERSATION PICTURES from the Middle Ages to about 1730. A Study in Origins. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 176; 64 plates (with 95 illustrations), notes, index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; Country Life Limited; (1954). #22503 A$25.00
177 Edwards, S. H. (Barney). SHOOTING AND SHOOTING BUSHCRAFT. [An Australian Book on Guns, Rifles, Ammunition, Stalking, Decoys, Skinning, Game Drives, Bushcraft]. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [x], 96, [2](blank); 29 figures (including photographic illustrations); original papered boards (top of spine taped); a very good copy; very scarce. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; (1951). #45767 A$75.00
178 Eichenberg, Fritz. THE ART OF THE PRINT. Masterpieces, History, Techniques. Thick med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 612(last blank); 64 coloured plates, 654 b/w. illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index; original buckram; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Thames and Hudson; (1976). #18172 A$145.00
179 Eldershaw, M. Barnard [pseud. Flora Eldershaw & Marjorie Barnard]. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CAPTAIN JOHN PIPER. Illustrated by Adrian Feint. Cr. 4to, New Edition; pp. [x], 202(last blank); several illustrations from wood-engravings by Feint; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. Sydney; Ure Smith in association with The National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.); (1973). ***First published in a limited edition in 1939. #9043 A$65.00 24 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 180 Erhardt, Caspar. HIMMELS=LEITER / Fur bettende Und Gott=liebende Seelen Gingericht Auss Jugend=reichen Ubungen / krafftigen und heylsamen Morgen=und Abends=Mess und Vesper=Leicht und Communion Gebett und Andachten. Zur HH. Dreyfaltigkeit / zu Chisto / seinem bittern Leyden / zarten Fronleichnam / hochmurdigisten Herk / Jungfraulichen Mutter / und H.H. Frenuden: Fur Lebendige / Krancke / Versuchte / Betrangte und Abgestorbne. Samt einem Bett=Calender und 10. Litaneyen eingericht / und mit schudnen Kupffern geziert: Thro Hoch=Furstl. Durchleucht der Shur=Bayrischen Princessin Mariae Annae, Unterthanigst dediciert und offeriert Von Caspar Erhardt / der H. Schrifft Doctor, und geistl. Rechten Licentiaten / Pfarrern zu Parz. Cum gratia & Privilegio S. C. Majestat. & permissu Superiorum. Augspurg / Gebruckt und verlegt von Afra Metin Wittib[?], Catholischen Buchtruckerin und Erben. Anno 1718. 8vo; pp. [40], 178, 191-406, 411-523, [524-540](Register); frontispiece (trimmed to image & mounted on preliminary blank) & 9 plates bound in appropriate places as indicated, 7 additional plates loosely inserted (probably from another, roughly contemporary, source); full contemporary decorated vellum (a little worn; two small holes in spine; a few leaves remargined with minor loss); top edge gilt; a very good copy. Augsburg; Afra Metin Wittib; 1718. ***Pages 179-190 and 407-410 are missing, evidently so for a long time, perhaps since originally bound. #14508 A$75.00
181 Estensen, Miriam. THE LIFE OF GEORGE BASS. Surgeon and Sailor of the Enlightenment. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xxviii, 260(last blank); portrait frontispiece, 5 maps, 8 coloured plates, appendix, chronology, glossary, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); National Maritime Museum; (2005). #18173 A$60.00
182 Ettinger, Nathalie; Huxley, Elspeth & Hamilton, Paul. AFRICA AND ASIA: MAPPING TWO CONTINENTS. A History of Discovery and Exploration. Cr. 4to, Second Edition; pp. 488; 2 double-page, 9 full-page & 16 other maps, very numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations (many double & full-page), index; (a couple of leaves at start a little creased); a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Aldus Books / Jupiter Books; (1973). ***Part 1 The Heartland of Asia. Part 2 The Challenge of Africa. Part 3 Seas of Sand. #18758 A$65.00
183 Fanning, Edmund. VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS, INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS, China Sea, North-West Coast, Feejee Islands, South Shetlands, &c. &c. With an Account of the New Discoveries Made in the Southern Hemisphere, Between the Years 1830-1837. Also, The Origin, Authorization and Progress of the First American National South Sea Exploring Expedition. With Explanatory Notes relative to the Enterprise. By Edmund Fanning, Author of “Fanning’s Voyages.” Fourth Edition. New-York: William H. Vermilye. 1838. Demy 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 13-324; frontispiece, appendix; original pictorial cloth; a nice copy. [Upper Saddle River, N.J.; The Gregg Press; 1970]. ***Renard 526. Facsimile of the “Fourth Edition” of a quite separate work from the Author’s “Voyages Round the World” which was first published in 1833, and not reprinted until 1924. #25433 A$135.00
184 Farwell, George. GHOST TOWNS OF AUSTRALIA. First Edition; pp. [xii], 248(last blank); 12 plates; original papered boards; a very good copy in d/w. Adelaide; Rigby Limited; (1965). #21316 A$65.00
185 Favenc, Ernest. THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION From 1788 to 1888. Compiled from State Documents, Private Papers and the Most Authentic Sources of Information Issued under the Auspices of the Governments of the Australian Colonies. Thick roy. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. xvi, [17]-475, [6](adv.); 3 double-page & 1 full-page maps, 8 plates (2 double-page), appendices, chronological summary, index of names, places & incidents; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. Sydney, Turner & Henderson, 1888. (Reprinted Sydney; Golden Press; 1983). ***See Ferguson 9563. #34051 A$125.00
186 Fawcett, Lt. Col. P. H. EXPLORATION FAWCETT. Arranged from his manuscripts, letters, log-books, and records by Brian Fawcett. With Decorations by Brian Fawcett. Introduction by Robin Hanbury-Tenison. New Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 312, [6](blank); double-page map, several illustrations, index & glossary; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. London; Century; (1988).***First published in 1953. #17127 A$40.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 25 ONE OF THIRTY COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
187 Ferguson, Charles D. EXPERIENCES OF A FORTY-NINER IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. Introduction by E. Daniel Potts and Annette Potts. Line Drawings by Ninon Phillips. F’cap 4to; pp. xxvi, 182; portrait & 10 illustrations by Ninon Phillips, index; original cloth; a fine copy. Melbourne; Gaston Renard Publisher; 1979. ***Limited Edition of 450 numbered copies, this copy being one of thirty which were signed by the Artist. The Author spent thirty-three years in Australia and New Zealand, mainly on the diggings. This edition is a reprint, with new illustrations, of the Australian and New Zealand portion of the original work of 1888. #21752 A$100.00
188 Finlay, Iain & Sheppard, Trish. ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Island-hopping from Santiago to Sydney. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii, 250(last 5 blank); 1 double-page & 11 full-page maps, 16 coloured plates; original papered boards; (inscription on half-title verso); a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus & Robertson Publishers; (1981). #33993 A$25.00
189 Finlayson, George. THE MISSION TO SIAM AND HUE. With an Introduction by David K. Wyatt. Facsimile Edition; pp. xii, [v]-xxxii, 412, [4](adv., last 3 blank); frontispiece; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Singapore; Oxford University Press in association with The Siam Society, Bangkok; 1988. #32036 A$95.00
190 Fisher, John. THE AFRIKANERS. First Edition; pp. xviii, 380, [2](blank); 8 maps (2 double-page), 16 plates, bibliography, index; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Cassell; (1969). #14998 A$65.00
191 Fitzhardinge, L. F. WILLIAM MORRIS HUGHES. A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY: Vol.I; That Fiery Particle 1862-1914. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 322(last blank); portrait frontispiece, 22 plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1964). #19131 A$75.00
192 Fleming, Peter. TRAVELS IN TARTARY. One’s Company and News from Tartary. Cr. 8vo, New One-Volume Edition; pp. 608(last 5 blank); 2 endpaper maps, index; original cloth (marked). London; The Reprint Society; (1941). #18331 A$25.00
193 Fletcher, Harold. ANTARCTIC DAYS WITH MAWSON. A personal account of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929-31. First U.K. Edition; pp. 316(last 3 blank); endpaper & 3 other maps, 18 full-page & double-page illustrations; original grey cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in white; a fine copy in pictorial dustwrapper. (London); Angus & Robertson Publishers; (1984). ***Renard 541. #4012 A$110.00
194 Fleurieu, [Le Comte] C[harles] P[ierre] Claret. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, performed during the Years 1790, 1791, and 1792, by Etienne Marchand, preceded by a Historical Introduction, and Illustrated by Charts, etc. Translated from the French. 2 vols., 4to, Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], [viii], cxxvii(Historical Introduction), 362(last blank); 3 large folding charts, 1 smaller folding Chart, 3 full- page charts & 1 plate; Vol. II, pp. [ii], xii, 504(last blank), 106(last blank - Journal of the Route); original imitation vellum; a fine set. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1969]. ***Facsimile of the First Edition in English, London, Longman & Rees, 1801. The historical introduction comprises over 120 pages and includes accounts of several little-known voyages. #2193 A$275.00
195 Flinders, Matthew. A VOYAGE TO TERRA AUSTRALIS; undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty’s Ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the Armed Vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner. With an Account of the Shipwreck of the Porpoise, Arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and Imprisonment of the Commander 26 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books during Six Years and a Half in that Island. By Matthew Flinders, Commander of the Investigator. In two volumes with an Atlas. 3 vols., super roy. 4to; First Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iv], xx, cciv(Introduction), 270(last blank); 4 plates; Vol. II, pp. [iv], 614(last blank); 5 plates; [Vol. III] Atlas of charts & plates (loose in folding box, as issued); 16 folding charts, 2 double (i.e., in 2 sheets) folding plates of coastal views, 10 folding botanical plates, several tables, appendices; original cloth (faded; some occasional mild foxing to edges or margins only; the large general chart of Australia has had the inset map of Carpentaria neatly excised and later neatly reinserted and also has an extra illustration attached, but is quite complete); a very good set. Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1966. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions, No. 37. The nine plates in the text volumes were drawn by WILLIAM WESTALL, landscape draughtsman on the “Investigator”. The ten botanical plates in the atlas were drawn by FERDINAND BAUER, botanical draughtsman under ROBERT BROWN, naturalist to the voyage; these plates illustrate BROWN’s “General Remarks, Geographical and Systematic, on the Botany of Terra Australis”, 1814, and also the botanical Appendix to the “Voyage to Terra Australis”. The Introduction contains a summary of earlier voyages to the Australasian Region, including an account of BLIGH’s second voyage in the “Providence”, in which FLINDERS served. The charts of the Australian Coast produced by Flinders were of high accuracy and were put to practical use for a long period. #5225 A$950.00
196 Flynn, John. THE BUSHMAN’S COMPANION. A Handful of Hints for Outbackers. Prepared by J. Flynn. Issued by the Home Mission Committee of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, under the Bush Publishing Scheme. Second Edition. F’cap 8vo, Second Edition; pp. 112(last blank); several figures; original limp cloth; a nice copy; scarce. Melbourne; Brown, Prior & Co.; 1910. #11365 A$75.00
197 Flynn, John. THE BUSHMAN’S COMPANION. A Handful of Hints for Outbackers. Prepared by Rev. John Flynn, Inland Superintendent of the Presbyterian Church of Australia. Published by The Australian Inland Mission. 1916 Edition. F’cap 8vo, Third(?) Edition; pp. 112(last blank); several figures; original limp cloth; a very good copy; scarce. Melbourne; Brown, Prior & Co.; 1916. #24288 A$60.00
198 Forrester, Charles & Co. IMPORTANT REALISING SALE BY AUCTION of Valuable Residential Property “LISSADURN” - South Yarra. With frontages to Toorak Rd., Park St., Leopold St. A Splendid Brick Cemented Family Residence. 4to; pp. [4]; locality plan, fine photo. illust on front; (lightly folded). Melbourne; Charles Forrester & Co.; 1927. ***An interesting record of a now-gone property. #13587 A$20.00
199 Foster, Sir William; Editor. THE TRAVELS OF JOHN SANDERSON IN THE LEVANT 1584- 1602. With his Autobiography and Selections from his Correspondence. Facsimile Edition; pp. [iii]- xliv(as issued), 322; 5 maps (3 full-page), 5 illustrations, 3 appendices, index; original buckram; a fine copy. Nendeln/Liechenstein; Kraus Reprint Limited; 1967. ***First published by the Hakluyt Society in 1931, Second Series, No. 67. #34108 A$135.00
200 Foster, William; Editor. THE JOURNAL OF JOHN JOURDAIN, 1608-1617, describing his experiences in Arabia, India, and the Malay Archipelago. Facsimile Edition; pp. lxxxii, 394; 4 maps, 5 appendices, bibliography, index; original vinyl; a very good copy. (New Delhi); Asian Educational Services; 1992. ***First published by The Hakluyt Society in 1905. #36513 A$45.00
201 Foster, William; Editor. THE VOYAGE OF THOMAS BEST TO THE EAST INDIES, 1612-14. Facsimile Edition; pp. lvi, 316, [2](blank); several maps, index; original cloth. (New Delhi); Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; (1997). ***First published by The Hakluyt Society, 1943, Second Series, No. LXXXVIII. #35697 A$65.00
202 Freile, Juan Rodriguez. THE CONQUEST OF NEW GRANADA. Translated into English by William C. Atkinson. Engravings by Harold Bennett. First Edition in English; pp. 228; endpaper map, 7 full-page illustrations, index; original cloth, gilt; (some foxing). London; Folio Society; 1961. #12925 A$30.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 27 203 Frost, Alan. THE PRECARIOUS LIFE OF JAMES MARIO MATRA. Voyager with Cook. American Loyalist. Servant of Empire. With the assistance of Isabel Moutinho. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 266(last blank); 12 plates (including several maps), notes, sources, bibliography, index; original canvas; (a corner bumped, otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper). (Carlton, Melbourne); The Miegunyah Press; (1995). ***Using his letters and a probing biographical narrative, Frost builds up a picture of Matra, an important, but little-known figure in Australian history. An enigmatic American who sailed with Cook, Matra (who changed his name from Magra) was the first (in 1771) to have published a major book on the “Endeavour” voyage, and strove to found a colony in New South Wales for dispossessed American loyalists, only to end his days as Consul at Tangier. This is number six in the second Miegunyah Press series. #48600 A$65.00
204 Fry, Roger. TRANSFORMATIONS. Critical and Speculative Essays on Art. 4to, First Edition; pp. viii, 230, [2](blank); 36 plates, several b/w. illustrations, appendix, index; original quarter linen (spine & corners a little worn; new front endpaper); a very good copy; scarce. London; Chatto & Windus; 1926. #20431 A$120.00
205 Fry, Roger. LAST LECTURES. By Roger Fry, Slade Professor of Fine Arts in the University of Cambridge, 1933-1934. With an Introduction by Kenneth Clark. 4to, First Edition; pp. [ii], xxx, 232, [128](plates), 361-372(last blank); 346 illustrations, index; original buckram; (a few light pencillings); a very good copy. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1939. #19868 A$45.00
206 Fryer, John. A NEW ACCOUNT OF EAST INDIA AND PERSIA. Being Nine Years’ Travels 1672- 1681. Edited with Notes and an Introduction by William Crooke. 3 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. xlii, 354(last blank); 2 maps, 5 plates (2 folding) & facsimile of title-page of original edition of 1698; Vol. II, pp. viii, 374(last 3 blank); full-page map; Vol. III, pp. x, 274(last 3 blank); folding plate, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good set in dustwrappers. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 1992. ***A rather crudely produced facsimile of The Hakluyt Society edition of 1909; first published in 1698. #32342 A$145.00
207 Furst, Herbert. PORTRAIT PAINTING. Its Nature and Function. Illustrated with 166 reproductions of portraits. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. xx, 156(last blank); 49 plates, index; original cloth; top edge dyed, others uncut; (some foxing); a very good copy in torn dustwrapper. London; John Lane The Bodley Head Limited; (1927). #22425 A$45.00
A COMPLETE SET 208 Ganf, Rosemary Woodford; Illustrations by. MARSUPIALS OF AUSTRALIA. [A Complete Set]. 3 vols., super roy. folio, First Editions. Volume 1: Possums, the Koala and Wombats. Text by Meredith J. Smith. Foreword by J. H. Calaby. Pp. 202, [2](blank); 24 col. & 4 tinted plates. Volume 2: Carnivorous Marsupials and Bandicoots. Text by Heather J. Aslin. Foreword by J. H. Calaby. Pp. 292; 48 col. plates. Volume 3. Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-kangaroos. Text by John Calaby AO and Tim Flannery. Pp. 272(last blank); 50 coloured & 1 b/w. plates; glossary, references & Systematic List of Species to each volume; original full canvas, with decorative blind-stamped leather panel with gilt edge, inlaid on front covers, & with similar title panel on spines; a fine set, as issued. Melbourne; Lansdowne Editions (Vols. 1 & 2) and Mallon Publishing; (1980-1987-2005). ***Editions limited to 1000 numbered copies (Vols. 1 & 2) and 650 numbered copies, signed by the authors and artist. #25556 A$2500.00
209 [Garran, Hon. Andrew; Editor]. PICTURESQUE ATLAS OF AUSTRALASIA. Reduced facsimile edition, 2 vols. in 1, demy 4to; pp. [xii], 254, [4]; [255]-530; 26 full-page plates & about 700 illustrations in text; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Ure Smith; (1974). ***Originally published in 1886. #32419 A$45.00 28 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 210 Gasser, Manuel. SELF-PORTRAITS. From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day. Translated by Angus Malcolm. (From the German original Das Selbstbildnis). 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 304(last blank); 70 coloured plates, a few b/w. illustrations, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; (1963). #20437 A$40.00
211 Gilbert, Thomas; Esq., Commander of the Charlotte. VOYAGE FROM NEW SOUTH WALES TO CANTON, in the Year 1788, with Views of the Islands Discovered. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], [iv], x, 86(last blank), [2](adv.); title vignette, 4 large folding plates showing 11 coastline views of islands; original imitation vellum; a fine copy. Amsterdam; N. Israel; (1968). ***Facsimile of the First Edition, London, Debrett, 1789 - see Ferguson 38. The original edition is very rare. #5139 A$85.00
212 Giles, W. E. A CRUIZE IN A QUEENSLAND LABOUR VESSEL TO THE SOUTH SEAS. Edited by Deryck Scarr. First Edition; pp. xiv, 126(last 2 blank); map, 4 plates, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper; scarce. Canberra; Australian National University Press; (1968). ***From the original manuscript, written in 1880, some few years after the voyage. No. 1 in the Pacific History Series. #1866 A$135.00
213 Glass, Charles. TRIBES WITH FLAGS. A Journey Curtailed. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 510, [8] (blank); full-page map, index; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Secker & Warburg; (1990). ***The Author was kidnapped in Beirut by pro-Iranian gunmen and made a daring escape 62 days later. #31966 A$55.00
214 Goddard, Roy H. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMES MILSON. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 206, [2](blank); endpaper map & genealogical table, 11 other maps, 16 plates, 21 decorations by Geoffrey C. Ingleton; bibliography, appendices, ref. notes, summary of letters, index; original cloth; (some foxing; torn dustwrapper). Melbourne; Georgian House; 1955. #4343 A$65.00
215 Goldscheider, Ludwig. FIVE HUNDRED SELF-PORTRAITS. Chosen, Edited and Introduced by Ludwig Goldscheider. Translated by J. Byam Shaw. Impl. 8vo, First English Edition; pp. 528(last blank); 7 mounted coloured plates, very numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, sources; original cloth (rear board bubbled); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Vienna [&] London; Phaidon Press, George Allen & Unwin Ltd; MCMXXXXVII (1937). #19862 A$35.00
216 Gonzalez, Captain Don Felipe: THE VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN DON FELIPE GONZALEZ in the Ship of the Line San Lorenzo, with the Frigate Santa Rosalia in company, to Easter Island in 1770-1: Preceded by an Extract from Mynheer Jacob Roggeveen’s Official Log of his discovery of and visit to Easter Island, in 1722. Transcribed, Translated, and Edited by Bolton Glanvill Corney, Companion of the Imperial Service Order. Facsimile Edition; pp. lxxviii, 176; 3 folding maps, 2 plates, 4 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy. Nendeln/Liechtenstein; Kraus Reprint; 1967. ***Originally published by the Hakluyt Society in 1908 (Second Series No. XIII). #2201 A$175.00
217 Good, Margaret; Kenrick, Josephine & Samuel, Merran; Compilers. THE GOOD FAMILY TREE. Descendants of Seven Pioneers. 1821-1982. 4to; ff. [i], 32(versos blank), [2](index); original comb binding. [Melbourne?]; The Compilers; N.D. [c. 1982]. #64407 A$12.00
218 Gordon, Mona. THE MYSTERY OF LA PEROUSE. First Edition; pp. 188(last blank); endpaper maps, full-page map, 25 plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. (Christchurch); Bascands Limited; (1961). #7954 A$85.00
219 Gordon and Gotch: 100 “YEARS TO REMEMBER”. The Story of Gordon and Gotch [wrapper title]. 4to, First Edition; pp. [60]; numerous illustrations; original wrappers. [Melbourne]; Gordon and Gotch; 1953. #64554 A$35.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 29 220 Gordon-Brown, A. MADEIRA AND THE CANARY ISLANDS. A Concse Guide for the Vistor. With Photographs, Maps and Town Plans. Second Edition-1959. Cr. 8vo; pp. 144, 56(adv.); 13 maps, 15 plates, subject index, geographical index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Robert Hale Ltd.; 1959. #21038 A$20.00
221 Gould, John. HUMMING BIRDS. Eulampis Jugularis. A full size facsimile print of this bird (two specimens shown) being Plate 82 from Volume II of the Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Humming- Birds. A fine, colourful and attractive print, 370 by 540 mm. (image 310 by 380 approx. plus captions). Melbourne; Hill House; 1993. ***The colours are very faithful to the originals. #58678 A$65.00
222 Govett, William Romaine: SKETCHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Written and Illustrated for The Saturday Magazine in 1836-37 by William Romaine Govett. Together with an Essay on The Saturday Magazine by Gaston Renard and an Account of his Life by Annette Potts. Demy 4to, First Edition (as a book); pp. xxxii, 96; portrait frontispiece and one plate (see below), sketch map, 20 illustrations, notes, index; original decorated printed cloth. Melbourne; Gaston Renard Publisher; 1977. ***Edition limited to 200 numbered copies for sale, 30 for private circulation and 20 for copyright, publicity and other circulation. This is one of the 30 numbered copies for private circulation, having an additional plate of Govett’s Leap facing the limitation notice. The original twenty Sketches published in The Saturday Magazine over a period have never before been published in book form. [FERGUSON, incidentally, in his “Bibliography of Australia” - item 2175 - records only the first fourteen sketches]. GOVETT was Assistant Surveyor under Major T. L. MITCHELL from 1828 to 1833, and recorded many of the topographical features of Sydney’s environs for the first time. Govett’s Leap was named in his honour. #48117 A$250.00
223 Graham, R. B. Cunninghame. CARTAGENA AND THE BANKS OF THE SINU. Roy. 8vo, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. [ii], xiv, 248(last blank); portrait frontispiece; original cloth; a very good copy. London; William Heinemann; 1922. ***Columbia. #58025 A$75.00
224 Graham, R. B. Cunninghame. PEDRO DE VALDIVIA. Conqueror of Chile. [Being a Short Account of his Life, together with his Five Letters to Charles V]. First Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 228(last blank); portrait frontispiece, folding map, index; original cloth (spine slightly faded); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; William Heinemann; 1926. #28306 A$85.00
225 Graham, R. B. Cunninghame. MOGREB-EL-ACKSA. [A Journey in Morocco]. Introduction by Philip Healy. Foreword by Jean Cunninghame Graham. Facsimile Edition; pp. xxiv, 323+[5](adv.); full-page map, 3 appendices; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. London; Century; 1988. ***First published by Heinemann in 1898. #24636 A$40.00
226 Gray, Albert; assisted by H. C. P. Bell. THE VOYAGE OF FRANCOIS PYRARD OF LAVAL to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas and Brazil. Translated from the Third French Edition of 1619. 2 vols. in 3, Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. lx, 452; several illustrations; Vol. II, part I, pp. xlviii, 288(last blank); several illustrations; Vol. II, part II, pp. xii, [289]-572; several illustrations & maps (3 folding), dictionary of the Maldive language, 5 appendices, index; original cloth; a fine set. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 2000. ***Originally published by the Hakluyt Society in 1887-90. #26944 A$175.00
227 Gray, Nicolette. XIXTH CENTURY ORNAMENTED TYPES AND TITLE PAGES. First Edition; pp. 216(last 3 blank); 8 plates, 32 illustrations, chart of ornamental types, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn d/w; scarce. London; Faber and Faber Limited; (MCMXXXVIII) [1938]. #31725 A$85.00
228 Gregory, J. W. Stanford’s Compendium of Geography and Travel (New Issue). AUSTRALASIA. Vol. I. Australia and New Zealand. Maps and Illustrations. Second Edition, Rewritten. Thick cr. 8vo, 30 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Second Edition; pp. xxiv, 658, [2](adv.); 33 maps (16 folding of which all but 2 coloured), frontispiece & 79 illustrations in text; index; original cloth, gilt; a nice copy; scarce. London; Edward Stanford; 1907. ***The first edition (1894) of this volume was written by Alfred Russel Wallace while volume two: Malaysia and the Pacific Archipelagoes was written by F. H. H. Guillemard and deals with Malaysia and the Pacific archipelagoes. The second edition of volume two was not published until 1908 and the two volumes are rarely found together. This volume is quite important, authoritative, and complete in itself. #22730 A$175.00
229 Grey, Edward. THE TRAVELS OF PIETRO DELLA VALLE IN INDIA. From the Old English Translation of 1664, by G. Havers. In two volumes. Edited, with a Life of the Author, an Introduction and Notes. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [viii], iv, lvi, 192; portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps; Vol. II, pp. xii, [193]-454; portrait frontispiece, index; original cloth; a very good set. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 1991. ***First published by The Hakluyt Society in 1892. #27776 A$65.00
230 Growoll, A. and Eames, Wilberforce. THREE CENTURIES OF ENGLISH BOOKTRADE BIBLIOGRAPHY. An Essay on the Beginnings of Booktrade Bibliography since the Introduction of Printing and in England since 1595 by A. Growoll. Also a List of the Catalogues, Etcetera Published for the English Booktrade from 1595-1902 by Wilberforce Eames. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 196(last blank); 2 folding plates, several illustrations, folding table, appendix, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Holland Press; 1964. ***First published in 1903. #11621 A$50.00
231 Gsell-Fels, Th.; Dr. med. DIE BADER UND KLIMATISCHEN KURORTE DER SCHWEIZ. Mit 1 Baderkarte der Schweiz. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxxii, 524, 40(adv.), [4](adv.); large folding coloured map, smaller folding map (some tape repairs), 17 plates (2 folding); original cloth (slightly worn); a very good copy; scarce. Zurich; Verlag von Caesar Schmidt; 1880. #17578 A$95.00
232 Guarmani, Carlo. NORTHERN NAJD. A Journey from Jerusalem to Anaiza in Qasim. Translated from the Italian by Lady Capel-Cure. With introduction and notes by Douglas Carruthers, Gold Medallist of the Royal Geographical Society. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xliv, 136(last 2 blank); facsimile title-page (of original Italian edition), 2 maps (1 folding), 7 plates, glossary, bibliography, 17 appendices, index; original vinyl; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1971]. ***Argonaut Press No. 16. First published (in this form) in 1938. #9132 A$110.00
233 Guillemard, F. H. H. THE CRUISE OF THE MARCHESA TO KAMSCHATKA & NEW GUINEA. With Notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various Islands of the Malay Archipelago. With Maps and numerous Woodcuts drawn by J. Keuemans, C. Whymper, and others and engraved by Edward Whymper. 2 vols., med. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xx, 284; 5 tinted maps (1 folding), coloured frontispiece, 10 engraved plates & 42 engravings in text, 2 appendices, index; Vol. II, pp. xviii, 400(last blank); 8 tinted maps (4 folding) & 1 full-page engraved map, coloured frontispiece & 18 engraved plates, 7 appendices, index; old half calf with contrasting morocco labels; (moderate foxing, pretty well throughout; the folding maps laid down on linen); a very good sound & complete set; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1886. ***This first edition, much superior to the one-volume second edition, is now very seldom found. The two coloured frontispieces (not in the second edition) are of birds by Keulemans, and there are also many engravings of birds of paradise and other species. There are numerous notes, descriptions and observations on the birds of the areas visited, including new species and an Appendix in Volume I on the birds of Kamschatka. The birds of New Guinea are well noticed, and lists of the birds collected in the various areas also are included. #1273 A$650.00
234 Gwynne-Jones, Allan. INTRODUCTION TO STILL-LIFE. First Edition; pp. xx, 72, [138] (plates); 68 plates; original cloth; a very good copy in repaired dustwrapper. London; Staples Press; (1954). #22499 A$20.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 31 235 Haddelsey, Stephen. BORN ADVENTURER. The Life of Frank Bickerton Antarctic Pioneer. Foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 256(last blank); 3 maps, 8 plates, notes & sources, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Stroud); Sutton Publishing; (2005). ***Bickerton was mechanical engineer on Mawson’s Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14. #8962 A$60.00
236 [Hakluyt, Richard]. VIRGINIA VOYAGES FROM HAKLUYT. Edited with an Introduction by David B. Quinn and Alison M. Quinn. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxviii, 196(last blank); folding map, 12 plates, notes, bibliography, chronology, 2 indices; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; 1973. ***Oxford English Memoirs and Travels. #50106 A$85.00
237 Hall, Captain Basil. TRAVELS IN INDIA, CEYLON AND BORNEO. Selected and edited with a Biographical Introduction by Professor H. G. Rawlinson. First Edition in this series; pp. [xii], 272, [10](adv., last 2 blank); 4 plates, index; original buckram (slightly marked); a very good copy. London; George Routledge & Sons Ltd.; (1931). ***The Broadway Travellers. Edited by Sir E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power. #52484 A$135.00
238 Hall, Norman; Johnston, R. D.; & Chippendale, G. M. FOREST TREES OF AUSTRALIA. Reduced cr. 4to, Third Edition, revised & enlarged; pp. xiv, 334; coloured endpaper map, distribution map & illustrations (some coloured) for each species, references, keys, glossary, index; (a few leaves very lightly creased); original cloth; a very good copy. Canberra; Australian Government Publishing Service; 1970. #8523 A$45.00
239 Hall, Richard. STANLEY: An Adventurer Explored. Med. 8vo, Book Club Edition; pp. 400; endpaper map, 42 illustrations, bibliography, sources; 2 indices; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (London; Purnell Book Services; 1974). ***Identical with the First Edition but for the imprint. #14869 A$65.00
240 Hamilton, Genesta. IN THE WAKE OF DA GAMA. The Story of Portuguese Pioneers in East Africa 1497- 1729. With an Introduction by Elspeth Huxley. 2nd Edition; pp. 176; coloured map frontispiece, 23 b/w. plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; scarce. London; Skeffington and Son Limited; (1955). #34696 A$70.00
241 Hannas, Linda. THE ENGLISH JIGSAW PUZZLE. 1760-1890. With a descriptive check-list of Puzzles in the Museums of Great Britain and the Author’s Collection. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 164; 5 coloured & 32 b/w. plates, several text illustrations, check-list of dissected puzzles, biographical index, bibliography, general index; original cloth; a very good ex-library copy in dustwrapper, with markings on front endpaper & title-verso only. London; Wayland Publishers; (1972). #10994 A$60.00
242 Hansler, Dr. Rolf. MASTER DRAWINGS. Edited and Selected by J. E. Schuler. Text by Dr. Rolf Hansler. Translated from the German by Gillian Brydone. Super roy. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 236; 112 plates (7 mounted, many coloured); original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.; (1963). #22480 A$50.00
243 Harris, Alexander. THE EMIGRANT FAMILY or The Story of an Australian Settler. Edited, with an introduction, by W. S. Ramson. 3rd Edition; pp. xii, 418, [2](blank); appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good ex-library copy, with the usual markings. Canberra; Australian National University Press; (1967). ***First published anonymously in 1849 as a “three-decker” novel and reprinted in 1852 under the title “Martin Beck” after the name of its principal character. #49287 A$30.00
244 Hart, [B. H.] Liddell. ‘T. E. LAWRENCE’. In Arabia and After. 2nd (New and Enlarged) Edition, Sixth Impression; pp. [ii], 494(last 3 blank); 9 maps (5 folding), 12 plates, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1940). ***O’Brien E059. #17214 A$120.00 32 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 245 Haskell, Francis. PATRONS AND PAINTERS. A Study in the Relations Between Italian Art and Society in the Age of the Baroque. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xx, 456(last 2 blank); 64 plates, 7 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in torn dustwrapper. London; Chatto & Windus; 1963. #22500 A$75.00
246 Haskell, Francis and Penny, Nicholas. TASTE AND THE ANTIQUE. The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900. 4to, First Edition; pp. xvi, 376; 180 illustrations, appendix, extensive bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New Haven and London; Yale University Press; 1981. #19783 A$50.00
247 Hayes, Edward Leo: THE VENERABLE ARCHDEACON EDWARD LEO HAYES COLLECTION. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [ii], 22; 11 illustrations; original stiff wrappers (a little foxing). No Place [St. Lucia]; University of Queensland Library; 1970. ***Books of exploration and travel, Australian history, literature, religion, manuscripts, bookplates, stamps, etc.: a descriptive account. #44840 A$18.00
248 Hayes, Walter. THE CAPTAIN FROM NANTUCKET AND THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. A Recollection of Mayhew Folger, Mariner, who Discovered the last Mutineer & his Family on Pitcairn’s Island: together with Letters & Documents never previously Published. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 144; 17 illustrations (mostly full-page & in coloured), 6 facsimile letters & facsimiles of Log entries (32 pp. in all), notes, bibliography; quarter cloth, with canvas sides; a fine copy. Ann Arbor, Michigan; The William L. Clements Library; 1996. ***Edition of 1000 copies. An attractively produced book with new material on the “Bounty” - Pitcairn affair. #54965 A$185.00
249 Hayter, S. W. ABOUT PRINTS. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 176; 65 plates (8 coloured), several figures, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; 1962. ***An excellent and original contribution to the subject - a valuable reference work. #41922 A$100.00
250 Haywood, Ian. FAKING IT. Art and the Politics of Forgery. First Edition; pp. [vi], 154; bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Brighton, Sussex); The Harvester Press; (1987). ***Including a chapter on literary forgery. #38621 A$45.00
251 Heaps, Leo. LOG OF THE CENTURION. Based on the original papers of Captain Philip Saumarez on board HMS Centurion, Lord Anson’s flagship during his circumnavigation 1740-44. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 264; endpaper & 14 other maps (including 2 col & 2 double-page), 8 coloured illustrations (including double-page), numerous b/w. illustrations, glossary, bibliography; original blind-stamped vinyl; (some foxing); a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Hart-Davis, MacGibbon; (1973). ***Tew 136. #34564 A$85.00
252 Hedin, Sven. MY LIFE AS AN EXPLORER. With 168 Illustrations from Drawings by the Author. Thick roy. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xii, 498, [2](blank); very numerous illustrations & 14 maps in text, index; original cloth, gilt (spine ends a little worn; a single stamp on half-title & labels removed from front endpaper, but no other marks); a very good copy; scarce. London; Cassell and Company, Limited; (1926). #41811 A$125.00
253 Hedin, Sven. JEHOL CITY OF EMPERORS. Translated from the Swedish by E. G. Nash. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 278, [2](blank); map, 63 plates, 3 full-page illustrations, index, original cloth; a fine copy in trimmed dustwrapper. London; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.; 1932. #41763 A$250.00
254 Heinrich, Fritz. MANUAL FOR SKI BABIES. Published for the National Union of Students of the Universities and Colleges of England and Wales by the Oxford University Press. F’cap 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], x, 96(last blank); 7 plates, 29 diagrams in text; original cloth; (name on endpaper); a fine copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. (London); Oxford University Press; 1935. ***A fine introduction to the art of skiing. #55552 A$45.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 33 255 Hemming, John. RED GOLD. The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians. Thick med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 680(last 3 blank); 4 maps (2 double-page), 16 plates, appendix, glossary, notes & references, index; a very good copy in slightly worn & faded dustwrapper. (London); Macmillan; (1978). #17566 A$60.00
A SCARCE GENEALOGICAL RECORD 256 Henderson, Alexander; Compiler and Editor. HENDERSON’S AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES. A Genealogical and Biographical Record. Volume I [all published]. 4to, First Edition; pp. [xxiv], 408, [8] (blanks for Births, Deaths, etc.); numerous illustrations, index of families, index of persons & index of stations, runs & estates, abbreviations, addenda & corrigenda; original cloth, gilt; (a little wear; upper blank corners of pp. xi/xii and 31/32 cut away; some minor internal soiling and general signs of use, but a very good copy); very scarce. Melbourne; A. Henderson (Henderson’s Australian Families) Publisher; 1941. ***Covering Victoria and the Riverina. #19760 A$3250.00
257 Henderson, John. OBSERVATIONS ON THE COLONIES OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. By John Henderson. Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, Circular Road. 1832. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xxviii, 154(last blank), [2](table of Experiments on the Temperature of the Ocean, made during a voyage from N. S. Wales to Bengal, verso blank), [155]-180(A letter on Nomenclature, etc.), [2](blank); 3 plates; original vinyl; a fine copy. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1965]. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 103. Only 492 copies were printed. The main text is in 2 sections, each with half-title: pp. 1-106, Observations on the Political Economy of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land; and pp. 107-154, Observations on the Natural History, &c. [including Geology, etc.] of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land. #11181 A$165.00
258 Heney, H. M. E. IN A DARK GLASS. The Story of Paul Edmond Strzelecki. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 256(last blank); portrait frontispiece, bibliography, references, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1961). #5158 A$135.00
259 Hibbert, Christopher. THE DRAGON WAKES. China and the West, 1793-1911. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 430(last 3 blank); full-page map, 20 plates, notes, references, index; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. (London); Longman; (1970). #36509 A$65.00
260 Hibbert, Christopher. AFRICA EXPLORED. Europeans in the Dark Continent, 1769-1889. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 336; 16 maps, 24 plates, glossary, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Allen Lane; (1982). #30822 A$95.00
261 Hickman, John. THE ENCHANTED ISLANDS. The Galapagos Discovered. First Edition; pp. 172(last 3 blank); map, 8 coloured plates, text illust., table, appendix, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Shropshire); Anthony Nelson; (1985). #24781 A$75.00
262 Hickman, John. THE ENCHANTED ISLANDS. The Galapagos Discovered. First Paperback Edition; pp. [iv], 172(last 3 blank); map, 8 coloured plates, text illust. (portrait of Darwin), table, appendix, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Shropshire); Anthony Nelson; (1991).***First published in 1985: the preface and foreword are new to this edition. #13264 A$50.00
263 Hildebrand, J. R . THE PATHFINDER OF THE EAST. Setting Sail to Find “Christians and Spices,” Vasco da Gama Met Amazing Adventures, Founded an Empire, and Changed the History of Western Europe. Roy. 8vo; pp. 503-550; map, 44 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, November, 1927; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1927. ***Containing also two articles on Portugal, with 14 col. plates. #23452 A$45.00 34 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 264 Hillary, Sir Edmund. NO LATITUDE FOR ERROR. First Edition; pp. 256(last blank); 6 maps, 23 plates, 2 diagrams, index; original black cloth-grained papered boards, spine gilt; (some foxing; torn & soiled dustwrapper). London; Hodder & Stoughton; (1961). ***Spence 592; Renard 721. #4030 A$35.00
265 Hillier, Bevis. POSTERS. Cr. 4to; pp. 296; very numerous illustrations (including 40 pp. in colour), bibliography, index; original papered boards (a little foxing at start); a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Spring Books; (1974). #47180 A$45.00
266 Hoare, Merval. NORFOLK ISLAND: An Outline of Its History 1774-1968. First Edition; pp. [x], 174(last blank); endpaper maps, 8 plates (including map), notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; (name on half-title); a nice copy in dustwrapper. (St. Lucia); University of Queensland Press; (1969). ***Including Pitcairn Island and the settlement of the Pitcairn Islanders after closure of the penal settlement. #33143 A$65.00
267 Hobson, Anthony. GREAT LIBRARIES. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 320; about 60 coloured & 330 b/w. illustrations (some double-page & full-page), glossary, bibliography, references, index; original cloth (a corner slightly bumped); a very good copy. London; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; (1970). #20572 A$65.00
268 Hogbin, H. Ian. COCONUTS AND CORAL ISLANDS. Roy. 8vo; pp. 265-298; map, 8 coloured plates, 24 b/w. illustrations; contained in National Geographic Magazine, March, 1934; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1934. #19100 A$40.00
269 Holmes, J. Macdonald. AUSTRALIA’S OPEN NORTH. A study of Northern Australia bearing on the urgency of the times. Med. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xviii, 506(last blank); numerous text maps, 33 coloured map plates (some double-page) & 16 b/w. plates, index; a nice copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1966). ***There is no map plate numbered 1, but this appears to be as issued; the First Edition (of 1963) had 42 map plates and a coloured frontispiece. #9073 A$75.00
270 Hough, Richard. CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN. The Men and the Mutiny. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 320; endpaper maps, 18 plates (1 double-page), 13 text illustrations & maps, chronology, sources, index; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Hutchinson of London; (1972). #2114 A$75.00
271 Hough, Richard. CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR CHRISTIAN. The Men and the Mutiny. Med. 8vo, Second Edition, with additions; pp. 320; double-page map, 3 text maps, 18 plates (1 double-page), 10 text illustrations, including sketches of the Bounty & the Bounty’s Launch, chronology, sources, index; a fine copy in slightly faded dustwrapper. London; Cassell; (1979). #2116 A$65.00
272 Hubbard, Elbert. LITTLE JOURNEYS to Homes of Great Musicians. Volume Nine New Series. Written by Elbert Hubbard and done into book form by The Roycrofters at their shop, which is in East Aurora, New York, A.D. MCMI. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [x], 34, [4], 35-56, [4], 57-76, [4], 77-96, [4], 97-116, [4], 117-142(last 4 blank); 6 portrait plates; several initial letters & text decorations; original quarter leather, with papered sides; top edge gilt, others uncut; (spine faded). [East Aurora, New York; The Roycrofters; MCMI [1901]. ***An attractive book, nicely printed on handmade paper by letterpress. The musicians included are the composers Liszt, Beethoven, Handel, Verdi, Schumann and Brahms. #30338 A$65.00
273 Huc, Evariste-Regis and Gabet, Joseph. TRAVELS IN TARTARY, THIBET, AND CHINA. 1844- 6. Translation by William Hazlitt. Introduction by Paul Pelliot. 2 vols. in 1, Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. xliv, 388(last blank); Vol. II, pp. vi, 406, [16](adv., last blank); index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. New York; Dover Publications, Inc.; 1987. ***A reprint of the Broadway Travellers edition of 1928. #36515 A$65.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 35 274 Huc, M. [Evariste-Regis]. THE CHINESE EMPIRE. Forming a Sequel to the Work entitled “Recollections of a Journey through Tartary and Thibet.” In Two Volumes. Second Edition. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxxii, 422(last blank); full-page map; Vol. II, pp. viii, 440; index; original cloth; a fine set. Port Washington, N.Y.; Kennikat Press; (1970). ***Second edition originally published in 1855. #36504 A$185.00
275 Hunter, Dard. PAPERMAKING. The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Med. 8vo, Second Edition, U.K. Issue, Second Impression; pp. [ii], xxiv, 612(last blank), xlii(index, last 5 blank); frontispiece, folding map, 322 illustrations including folding diag., chronology, bibliography, notes, index; original buckram; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; The Cresset Press; 1957. ***John Gartner’s copy, with his bookplate. #16155 A$350.00
276 Hutter, Heribert. DRAWING. History and Technique. 16 hand-mounted colour plates, 57 photogravure plates, 22 line illustrations. (Translated from the German Die Handszeichnung by D. J. S. Thomson). 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 152; 16 mounted coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Thames and Hudson; (1966). #19658 A$50.00
277 Huxley, Elspeth. THEIR SHINING ELDORADO. A Journey through Australia. First Edition; pp. [ii], 382; 1 folding & 6 full-page maps, 20 plates, bibliography, glossary, index; a nice copy in dustwrapper illustrated by Donald Friend. London; Chatto & Windus; 1967. #34645 A$45.00
278 Illustrated London News: ANTARCTICA. Two pages comprising three photographs with accompanying text celebrating the reaching of the pole by Fuchs’ party; contained in the complete issue for Jan. 25, 1958, folio, 44 pp. plus advertising wrappers (a little spotted); very good. London; Illustrated London News; 1958. #37846 A$25.00
279 Ingleton, Geoffrey C. MATTHEW FLINDERS: Navigator and Chartmaker. Foreword by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Large med. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 468; endpaper map, 8 full-page manuscript charts (Flinders’s surveys) & numerous other maps & charts in text, 17 full-page coloured plates, including frontispiece from watercolour by Ingleton, 2 portraits of Flinders, 6 natural-history plates by Ferdinard Bauer & 8 topographical views by William Westall, both of whom sailed with Flinders on his circumnavigatory voyage; 8 black & white plates (views, portraits & instruments), 252 text illustrations, including many maps, plans, portraits & a variety of other subjects; notes & references, appendices, bibliography, 3 indices (persons, ships & general); original cloth, gilt, with colour illust. on front board; a fine copy. Genesis Publications; in association with Hedley Australia; 1986. ***The work is far more than a biography and record of a man’s work - it is also a picture of an historical era and activity which had a vital impact on the development of our nation. #15948 A$250.00
280 Inman, Colonel Henry. THE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL. The Story of a Great Highway. First Edition; pp. xviii, 496(last 3 blank); portrait frontis, folding map, 8 plates, index; old half roan (spine very worn; a few corners lightly creased, otherwise internally very good); scarce. New York; The Macmillan Company; 1897. #13195 A$120.00
281 Innes, Emily. THE CHERSONESE WITH THE GILDING OFF. With an Introduction by Khoo Kay Kim. 2 vols. in 1, Facsimile Edition; pp. xx, 274; [iv], 250, [2](adv.); frontispiece to each vol.; original buckram; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; 1974. ***Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints. #16971 A$85.00
282 Irvine, Nance. MARY REIBY - MOLLY INCOGNITA. A Biography of Mary Reiby 1777 to 1855, and her World. First Edition; pp. xii, 164(last 3 blank); 3 maps, 8 plates, a few illustrations, references, notes, appendix, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Library of Australian History; (1982). #23 A$65.00 36 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 283 Jackson, Catherine Charlotte Lady. FAIR LUSITANIA. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 408; 20 fine engraved plates, appendix; original cloth (neatly rebacked, with original backstrip preserved; one plate & one text leaf misplaced, but quite complete); a nice copy; scarce. London; Richard Bentley and Son; 1874. #12316 A$350.00
284 Jackson, Carmault B. THE FLIGHT OF FREEDOM 7 [America’s First Manned Venture Into Space]. [and] THE PILOT’S STORY: A PERSONAL REPORT by Alan B. Shepard. Roy. 8vo; pp. 416-431, 432-444; numerous coloured illustrations; contained in The National Geographic Magazine, September, 1961; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1961. #16002 A$25.00
285 Jackson, Holbrook. THE READING OF BOOKS. First Edition; pp. 292; notes, index; original cloth (slightly marked); a very good copy. London; Faber and Faber Limited; (1946). #16275 A$45.00
286 Jackson, Holbrook. DREAMERS OF DREAMS. The Rise and Fall of 19th Century Idealism. First Edition; pp. 284(last blank); index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber Limited; mcmxlviii (1948). ***Carlyle, Ruskin, William Morris, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. #16362 A$60.00
287 Jackson, Holbrook. THE ANATOMY OF BIBLIOMANIA. Thick 8vo, Fourth (?) Edition; pp. 668, [4](blank); 2 indices; original buckram (front cover slightly marked), a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber Limited; mcml (1950). ***First published in 1930 in two volumes. #23861 A$85.00
288 Jackson, Spencer: EARLY AUSTRALIA. An Exhibition of Books - Pictures and Objects of Historic Interest from the Collection of Spencer Jackson, Esq. at the Atheneum Gallery, 188 Collins Street, 16th March to 11th April, 1953. Souvenir Catalogue. Direction: Mr. J. K. Moir, O.B.E., Mr. G. Page Cooper. Manager: Mr. L. L. Politzer. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [12]; original wrappers; scarce. Melbourne; Melbourne Legacy Club; 1953. #64695 A$45.00
289 Jaguar Cars Limited: SPARE PARTS CATALOGUE FOR JAGUAR MARK V. 2½ / 3½ Litre Models. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [224](irregularly paginated); numerous plates showing exploded diagrams of all parts of the vehicle, index; original post & hole binding, gilt; a fine copy; very scarce. No Imprint [Melbourne; Jaguar Car Club of Victoria; c. 1978]. ***First published in 1949, this is a Facsimile of the Revised Second Edition of 1958. Only about 50 copies of this invaluable guide for the Jaguar enthusiast were done. #64535 A$135.00
290 (Jean-Richard, Pierette). GRAVEURS EN TAILLE-DOUCE DES ANCIENS PAYS-BAS 1430/1440 - 1555 dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild. 4to, First Edition; pp. 176; 6 coloured plates, 104 b/w. illustrations, index of artists, index of titles, bibliography, list of exhibitions, annotated index of technical terms; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Paris); Reunion des Musees Nationaux; (1997).***An attractive and well illustrated and annotated catalogue of a fine exhibition. #19482 A$25.00
291 Jennett, Sean. THE MAKING OF BOOKS. First Edition; pp. 480(last 6 blank); 199 illustrations (many full-page, incl 4 coloured & many b/w. plates), bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. (London); Faber & Faber; (mcmli) [1951]. #16062 A$75.00
292 Jennett, Sean. PIONEERS IN PRINTING. Johann Gutenberg. William Caxton. William Caslon. John Baskerville. Alois Senefelder. Frederick Koenig. Ottmar Mergenthaler. Tolbert Lanston. First Edition; pp. xii, 196; 14 plates (1 double-page & 2 half-page), 54 text illustrations, index; original cloth (spine a little faded); a very good copy. London; Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited; (1958). #42900 A$50.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 37 293 Johnson, A. F. TYPE DESIGNS: Their History and Development. First Edition; pp. viii, 232; 58 illustrations (all but 3 full-page), bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. London; Grafton & Co.; 1934. #32690 A$75.00
294 [ Johnson, A. F. and Scholderer, Dr. V.]. SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM and of Dutch and Flemish Books Printed in Other Countires from 1470 to 1600 now in the British Museum. First Edition; pp. viii, 276(last blank); index of Printers and Publishers; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Trustees of The British Museum; 1965. #16052 A$65.00
295 Jones, A. G. E. ANTARCTICA OBSERVED. Who Discovered the Antarctic Continent? First Edition; pp. x, 118; 6 maps and charts, 4 plates, appendix, index; original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Whitby Yorkshire; Caedmon of Whitby; (1982). ***Renard 816. Including Cook and those before him, and Captain William Smith, Bellingshausen, and Nathaniel Palmer. #2459 A$95.00
296 [Kaden, Waldemar]. SWITZERLAND. Its Mountains, Valleys, Lakes, and Rivers. With Two Hundred and Fifty Illustrations. New and Revised Edition. Cr. 4to; pp. xii, 388; numerous engraved illustrations; original blue cloth, illustrated in gold and black, slight rubbing to corners; gilt edges; a nice copy. London; William Glaisher; 1903. ***A comprehensive work on the culture, nature, folklore and geography of Switzerland, probably the third edition in English: a translation of a work originally published in German by Waldemar Kaden in 1877. #13266 A$195.00
297 Kay, J. BOOKBINDING FOR BEGINNERS. 55th Thousand; pp. 48; numerous figures; original printed cloth wrappers; a very good copy. London; Cassell and Company, Limited; N.D. [c. 1930?]. #24762 A$30.00
298 Kelley, Austin P.; and the Staff of Sotheby Parke Bernet. THE ANATOMY OF ANTIQUES. 4to, First U.K. Edition; pp. 192; 19 illustrations on 16 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, Errata slip loosely inserted; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); Nelson; (1974). #22182 A$35.00
299 Kepes, Gyorgy; Editor. THE MAN-MADE OBJECT. 4to, First U.K. Edition; pp. [vi], 234; very numerous illustrations, biographical notes on authors; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Studio Vista; (1966). ***Vision + Value Series. #17976 A$60.00
300 Kerr, Colin. ‘A EXELENT COLINEY’ The Practical Idealists of 1836-1846. First Edition; pp. [x], 174; endpaper map, 16 plates, references; (slightly damage to front board, otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper). (Adelaide); Rigby; (1978). ***Migrants to South Australia. #11045 A$30.00
301 Kerr, John. MATTERS FOR JUDGMENT. An Autobiography. First Edition; pp. [xii], 468; 16 plates, notes & sources, appendix, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Macmillan; (1978). #18 A$30.00
302 Killy, Jean-Claude; with Mike Halstead. SITUATION SKIING. Photographs by John C. Russell. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 208(last 5 blank); 16 coloured plates, numerous illustrations; original vinyl; a fine copy in torn dustwrapper. London; Hodder & Stoughton; (1979). #32418 A$35.00
303 King, Hazel. ELIZABETH MACARTHUR AND HER WORLD. First Edition; pp. xii, 228(last blank); 4 plates, appendix, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Sydney University Press; (1980). #21758 A$60.00 38 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 304 Knight, David M. NATURAL SCIENCE BOOKS IN ENGLISH 1600-1900. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 262; 4 coloured plates, 96 illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth; (a little foxing at beginning and end); a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; B. T. Batsford Ltd; (1972). #19208 A$110.00
305 Koschatzky, Walter. WATERCOLOUR. History and Technique. 24 colour plates, 32 monochrome plates. (Translated from the German Das Aquarell by Mary Whittall). 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 128; 24 coloured plates, 32 b/w. illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy. London; Thames and Hudson; (1970). #19674 A$35.00
306 Krenn, Peter and Karcheski, Walter, Jr. IMPERIAL AUSTRIA. Treasures of Art, Arms & Armour from the State of Styria. Coordinated by Katherine S. Howe. 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 134; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, glossary, index; original stiff wrappers (inscription on half-title); a nice copy. [Sydney]; Art Exhibitions Australia Limited; (1999). #21435 A$25.00
307 Lander, Richard. RECORDS OF CAPTAIN CLAPPERTON’S LAST EXPEDITION TO AFRICA. By Richard Lander his Faithful Attendant, and the only Surviving Member of the Expedition. With the Subsequent Adventures of the Author. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xxiv, 312(last 2 blank); portrait frontispiece; Vol. II, pp. [iv], vi, 294(last blank); appendix; original buckram, gilt; a fine set. London; Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.; 1967. ***”Travels and Narratives”, No. 21 in the Cass Library of African Studies, originally published in 1830. #47599 A$225.00
308 Landor, A. Henry Savage. ACROSS COVETED LANDS, or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland. With 175 illustrations, diagrams, plans and maps by author. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. viii, 462; folding map, 50 plates; Vol. II, pp. viii, 460; folding map, 74 plates, appendix, index; original cloth (spines a little faded; front endpapers replaced); a very good set; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1902. #11806 A$350.00
309 Landsborough, William: JOURNAL OF LANDSBOROUGH’S EXPEDITION from Carpentaria, in Search of Burke & Wills. Facsimile Edition, Second Impression; pp. [ii], [iv], 128; large folding coloured map, frontispiece; original vinyl; a nice copy. Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1971. ***First published in Melbourne in 1862, by F. F. Bailliere; the original edition is not recorded by Ferguson, but see F. 11329. #5156 A$120.00
310 Landstrom, Bjorn. SAILING SHIPS in words and pictures from papyrus boats to full-riggers. Narrow med. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. 192(last blank); numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, diagrams, sources, index; a very good copy in worn & taped dustwrapper. London; George Allen & Unwin; (1978). ***A larger format re-issue of the 1969 concise edition of “The Ship” first published in 1961. #34697 A$65.00
311 Lang, John Dunmore. AN HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, both as a Penal Settlement and as a British Colony. 2 vols, post 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xiv, 402; folding coloured map, with inset plan of Sydney (a little foxed), appendix; Vol. II, pp. iv, 444(last blank); a very fine, clean & crisp copy, entirely uncut, in the original pebbled dark blue-green cloth with paper title-labels on spines (label to Vol. I very slightly chipped); an exceptional set; very scarce, rare in such condition. London; Cochrane and McCrone; 1834. ***Ferguson 1806. #17069 A$1500.00
312 Langley, Michael. STURT OF THE MURRAY. Father of Australian Exploration. Illustrated and with maps. First Edition; pp. 272; 4 maps, 12 plates, 4 facsimiles of handwritten documents, 6 appendices, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Robert Hale; (1969). #43424 A$110.00
313 Language Game: GAME OF THE LATIN VERB No. 2 [and No. 4]. Two games, each of 48 cards, Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 39 each 65 x 90 mm, printed on rectos only, together with 4-page booklet of rules to each; enclosed in original gilt-printed papered boxes (broken, but complete). In very good condition; rare. Appleton, Wis.; The Latin Game Co.; [1907]. ***An interesting survival. The games consist of a series of questions and answers in English and Latin designed to show or improve one’s skill with the language. #30231 A$75.00
314 Latrobe, The Rev. C. I. JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA in 1815 and 1816 with Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the united Brethren, nea The Cape of Good Hope. With a New Introduction by Frank R. Bradlow. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], 48, viii, 406, [2](adv.); portrait frontispiece, folding coloured map, 16 plates (13 coloured), index; original cloth; a fine copy. Cape Town; C. Struik (Pty) Ltd.; 1969. ***Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. Christian Ignatius Latrobe was the father of Charles Joseph Latrobe who became Superintendent of the Port Phillip District. #16801 A$195.00
315 Law, Phillip & Bechervaise, John. ANARE. Australia’s Antarctic Outposts. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 152; endpaper & other maps, numerous illustrations (many full-page & some coloured); appendix, index; original cloth; (some foxing); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; 1957. ***Spence 692. #4139 A$95.00
316 Lawrence, A. W.; Editor. T. E. LAWRENCE. By His Friends. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. 596(last blank); 8 plates, Editor’s postscript; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; Jonathan Cape; (1937). ***O’Brien E107. Inscribed and signed by Leonard Green, one of the contributors. #17218 A$165.00
317 Lawrence, T. E.: THE LETTERS OF T. E. LAWRENCE. Edited by David Garnett. Thick med. 8vo, Third Impression; pp. 896; 4 maps (2 folding), 16 plates, index; original cloth; a fine, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1938). ***First published November 1938 (two impressions); this impression December 1938. O’Brien A202. #47922 A$195.00
318 Lawrence, T. E. THE HOME LETTERS OF T. E. LAWRENCE AND HIS BROTHERS. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 732(last blank); title-page in red & black, portrait frontispiece & 44 photographic illustrations on 37 plates, several sketch illustrations in text, index for each of the three brothers; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper; scarce. Oxford; Basil Blackwell; 1954. ***O’Brien A246. “This collection is a primary source for the pre-war correspondence of Lawrence.” #17307 A$375.00
319 Leahy, Michael J. EXPLORATIONS INTO HIGHLAND NEW GUINEA. 1930-1935. Edited by Douglas E. Jones. Foreword by Jane C. Goodale. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 256(last 2 blank); full-page map, several illustrations, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Bathurst; Crawford House Press; (1994). ***The diary of the often controversial Leahy, recording his five years spent in the pursuit of gold in the New Guinea highlands, and the human discoveries he made there. Leahy’s encounters with the Highlanders in the 1920s and ‘30s, and his often extraordinary photographs of them provide a broad and rich contribution to world enthnography. #49231 A$95.00
320 Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut. PETER SCHOEFFER of Gernsheim and Mainz, with a list of his surviving books and broadsides. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 146; 20 plates (4 coloured), 25 text figures, notes, list of Peter Schoeffer’s books and broadsides, index; original cloth; a nice copy in silverfished dustwrapper; scarce. Rochester, New York; The Printing House of Leo Hart; 1950. ***Finely printed. #51790 A$85.00
321 Leigh, W. H. RECONNOITERING VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, with Adventures in the New Colonies of South Australia; a Particular Description of the Town of Adelaide, and Kangaroo Island; and an Account of the Present State of Sydney and Parts Adjacent during the Years 1836, 1837, 1838. Facsimile Edition; 40 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books pp. [ii], [xii], 220(last 5 blank); 4 plates, notes; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. (Sydney); Currawong Press; (1982). ***Originally published at London by Smith, Elder, 1839 - see Ferguson 2786. The final portion of the original work, treating of other parts of the world has been omitted from this edition. #5114 A$45.00
322 Lempriere, J.; D.D. A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY; containing a full account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors, with Tables of Coins, Weights, and Measures, in use among the Greeks and Romans. To which is now prefixed a Chronological Table. A New Edition, revised and considerably enlarged by Rev. T. Smith, of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Pp. xvi, 726, [12](tables ), xvii-xxiv(last blank), [2](value of coin, verso blank); contemporary half calf, with marbled sides (spine worn; boards detached; internally fine). London; T. Allman; 1845. ***First published at Reading in 1788, with a first London edition in 1792. #23120 A$30.00
323 Lessa, William A. DRAKE’S ISLAND OF THIEVES. Ethnological Sleuthing. Foreword by Fred Eggan. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xviii, 292(last 3 blank); 11 full-page maps, 35 text illustrations (19 full-page), 5 tables, notes, bibliography, index; original imitation leather, gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Honolulu; The University Press of Hawaii; (1975). ***Fascinating detective work concerning the identity of Francis Drake’s Pacific landfall after leaving the California coast in 1579. His reception by the inhabitants earned it the sobriquet “Island of Thieves” and its identity has since been much debated and speculated upon. #2336 A$85.00
324 Letts, Malcolm; Editor. PERO TAFUR. Travels and Adventures 1435-1439. Translated and Edited with an Introduction by Malcolm Letts. First Edition; pp. xvi, 264(last 3 blank); double-page map, 8 plates, notes, index; title-page in red & black; original cloth (slightly worn; name stamp of former owner at foot of a couple of pp.); a very good copy; scarce. New York and London; Harper & Brothers; (1926). ***The Broadway Travellers Edited by Sir E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power. #31950 A$95.00
325 Letts, Malcolm; Editor. HANS STADEN. The True History of His Captivity 1557. Translated and Edited by Malcolm Letts with an Introduction and Notes. First Edition; pp. xx, 192(last blank); 3 full-page maps, numerous woodcuts in text, notes, index; title-page in red & black; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly defective dustwrapper; scarce. New York; Robert M. McBride & Company; 1929. ***The Argonaut Series Edited by Sir E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power. #30337 A$120.00
326 Letts, Malcolm; F.S.A. THE PILGRIMAGE OF ARNOLD VON HARFF, KNIGHT from Cologne, through Italy, Syria, Egypt, Arabia, Ethiopia, Nubia, Palestine, Turkey, France and Spain, which he accomplished in the years 1496 to 1499. Translated from the German and edited with notes and an introduction. First Edition; pp. xxxvi, 328(last 3 blank); 47 illustrations (several full-page), bibliography, index; original cloth, gilt; (top of spine a little worn); a nice copy; scarce. London; Printed for the Hakluyt Society; 1946. #34109 A$165.00
327 Levien, Michael; Editor. NAVAL SURGEON. The Voyages of Dr. Edward H. Cree, Royal Navy, as Related in His Private Journals, 1837-1856. Illustrated by the Author. Edited and with an Introduction by Michael Levien. Cr. 4to, First U.S. Edition; pp. 276; endpaper maps, portrait frontispiece, 8 maps (7 full-page), 3 large folding coloured views, 4 double-page coloured views, 22 full-page coloured plates, 109 coloured illustrations in text, 2 b/w. text illustrations, all by the Author, appendices; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; E. P. Dutton; (1982). ***A most attractive book, illustrated in colour throughout and published in England as “The Cree Journals”. #8035 A$110.00
328 Lewin, John William. PRODROMUS ENTOMOLOGY. Or, a Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales. Illustrated with Nineteen Plates. By John William Lewin, A.L.S. First published in 1805, re-issued in 1822 and now re-published by Edition Renard Melbourne 2007. 4to, Limited (Third) Edition; pp. [ii](half-title, being a reproduction of the fly-title [i.e. Page 1] of the second edition, verso modern notes), [iv](modern title-page, verso publishing details, and modern Contents, verso blank), [ii](title-page to first edition, verso blank), vi(title-page to second edition, verso blank, Dedication, verso blank, and Preface), [vii- Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 41 viii](Table of Contents [i.e. list of plates], verso blank, as issued in second edition only), [1]-20(the text, being a facsimile of the first edition, each leaf of text being faced by the plate from the second edition to which it refers), [21]-56(modern scientific names, commentary, acknowledgements and colophon); 19 fine coloured plates comprising frontispiece & 18 coloured plates, as issued in the second edition of 1822; detailed historical and bibliographical commentary and census of known copies of the original editions, table of modern scientific names of the species depicted; finely bound in half brown natural leather, with grey papered sides and printed title-label to match the original publisher’s binding, spine titled in genuine gold, marker ribbon; a fine copy. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2007. ***One of 100 numbered copies (within a total edition of 212 copies) bound in the style of the first issue of the second edition of 1822. This is the sixth publication from Edition Renard. Both the first and second editions of the original work are very rare, with only about 50 copies in total so far recorded. #30288 A$660.00
329 Lewin, John William. PRODROMUS ENTOMOLOGY. Or, a Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales. Illustrated with Nineteen Plates. By John William Lewin, A.L.S. First published in 1805, re-issued in 1822 and now re-published by Edition Renard Melbourne 2007. 4to, Limited (Third) Edition, Deluxe Issue; pp. [ii](half-title, being a reproduction of the fly-title [i.e. Page 1] of the second edition, verso modern notes), [iv](modern title-page, verso publishing details, and modern Contents, verso blank), [ii](title-page to first edition, verso blank), vi(title-page to second edition, verso blank, Dedication, verso blank, and Preface), [vii-viii](Table of Contents [i.e. list of plates], verso blank, as issued in second edition only), [1]-20(the text, being a facsimile of the first edition, each leaf of text being faced by the plate from the second edition to which it refers), [21]-56(modern scientific names, commentary, acknowledgements and colophon); 19 fine coloured plates comprising frontispiece & 18 coloured plates, as issued in the second edition of 1822, plus plain interleaves as issued in the latter issues of the second edition; detailed historical and bibliographical commentary and census of known copies of the original editions, table of modern scientific names of the species depicted; finely bound in half brown natural leather, with specially commissioned hand-marbled sides to match the original publisher’s binding, and printed title-label, spine with raised bands, titled in genuine gold, yellow tinted edges and marker ribbon; a fine copy. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2007. ***One of 70 numbered copies (within a total edition of 212 copies) bound in the style of the later superior issue of the second edition, complete with plain interleaves and hand-marbled sides. This is the sixth publication from Edition Renard. Both the first and second editions of the original work are very rare, with only about 50 copies in total so far recorded. #30148 A$925.00
330 Lewin, John William. PRODROMUS ENTOMOLOGY. Or, a Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales. Illustrated with Nineteen Plates. By John William Lewin, A.L.S. First published in 1805, re-issued in 1822 and now re-published by Edition Renard Melbourne 2007. Impl. 4to, Limited (Third) Edition, Special Large Paper Issue; pp. [ii](half-title, being a reproduction of the fly-title [i.e. Page 1] of the second edition, verso modern notes), [iv](modern title-page, verso publishing details, and modern Contents, verso blank), [ii](title-page to first edition, verso blank), vi(title-page to second edition, verso blank, Dedication, verso blank, and Preface), [vii-viii](Table of Contents [i.e. list of plates], verso blank, as issued in second edition only), [1]-20(the text, being a facsimile of the first edition, each leaf of text being faced by the plate from the second edition to which it refers), [21]-56(modern scientific names, commentary, acknowledgements and colophon); 37 fine coloured plates comprising frontispiece, as issued in the second edition of 1822, 18 coloured plates of the second edition and 18 coloured plates of the first edition, separated by hand-tinted pink interleaves as issued in the superior issues of the First Edition; detailed historical and bibliographical commentary and census of known copies of the original editions, table of modern scientific names of the species depicted; finely bound in full red-brown natural leather, decorated in genuine gold and in blind, morocco title-label and raised bands on spine; a fine copy. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2007. ***One of 30 numbered copies (within a total edition of 212 copies) printed on large paper with two sets of plates reproducing those issued in both first and second editions. This is the sixth publication from Edition Renard. Both the first and second editions of the original work are very rare, with only about 50 copies in total so far recorded. #30114 A$2500.00 42 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 331 Lewis, David. FROM MAUI TO COOK. The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific. Drawings by Walter Stacpool. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [x], 214(last blank); endpaper maps, 1 double-page & 3 full-page maps, numerous drawings (some full-page), bibliography; original cloth; (name stamp on half- title); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Sydney; Doubleday; (1977). ***Nicely printed in green and black. #9272 A$60.00
332 Lewis, F. THE KOALA, OR AUSTRALIAN TEDDY BEAR. Roy. 8vo; pp. 346-355; 12 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, September, 1931; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1931. #20735 A$18.00
333 Lewis, John N. C. A HANDBOOK OF PRINTING TYPES WITH NOTES ON THE STYLE OF COMPOSITION AND GRAPHIC PROCESSES USED BY COWELLS. First Edition; pp. 96(last blank); 6 coloured plates & several coloured & b/w. illustrations, glossary; a very good copy in original pictorial boards & worn dustwrapper. Ipswich; W. S. Cowell Ltd; (1947). #28273 A$75.00
334 Lifton, David S. BEST EVIDENCE. Disguise and Deception in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy. Thick med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 748(last blank); 24 plates, 45 text figures, chronology, sources, references, name index, general index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc.; (1980). ***A detailed and well argued case, with much supporting evidence, first published in 1980 after over 25 years of research. An epilogue and afterword were added to later editions. #56424 A$135.00
335 Lindbergh, Col. Charles A. TO BOGOTA AND BACK BY AIR. The Narrative of a 9,500-Mile Flight from Washington, Over Thirteen Latin-American Countries and Return, in the Single-Seater Airplane “Spirit of St Louis”. Roy. 8vo; pp. 529-301; map, 98 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, May, 1928; original wrappers (spine crudely repaired). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1928. #22799 A$55.00
336 Livingstone, David: THE LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. Carefully Compiled from Reliable Sources. 4to; pp. viii, 632; fine chromolitho. frontispiece & chromolitho. (additional) title, 19 tinted litho. plates; contemporary half leather (a few minor marks); a very good copy; scarce. London; Adam & Co.; N.D. [c. 1875]. ***Without the map present in some copies. #49286 A$185.00
337 Livingstone, David. MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA. With Notes by Frederick Stanley Arnot. Cr. 8vo; pp. 468, [36](adv.); folding map, 35 illustrations (many full-page); original cloth (half-title foxed); a very good copy. London; John Murray; 1912. #15822 A$65.00
338 Lloyd, Christopher. PACIFIC HORIZONS. The Exploration of the Pacific before Captain Cook. First Edition; pp. 188; endpaper map, 8 plates (5 of early maps, 1 double-page), references, index; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; George Allen and Unwin Ltd., (1946). #2219 A$65.00
339 Lorimer, Joyce; Editor. ENGLISH AND IRISH SETTLEMENT ON THE RIVER AMAZON 1550-1646. First Edition; pp. xxvi, 502(last 3 blank); 1 full-page & 9 double-page maps, references, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1989.***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vol. 171. #33634 A$110.00
340 Low, Sampson: LOW’S POCKET ENCYCLOPAEDIA. A Compendium of General Knowledge for Ready Reference. Second Edition. Small 8vo, Second Edition; pp. [iv], [604](1206 columns + colophon); 32 plates; original cloth, gilt (a little marked); a very good copy. London; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, Limited; 1888. #31633 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 43 341 Lucas, Ian F. M. THE ROYAL EMBASSY. The Duke and Duchess of York’s Tour in Australasia. With forty-six illustrations and a map. First Edition; pp. xii, 252, 8(adv.); endpaper map, 31 plates, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Methuen & Co. Ltd.; (1927). #12580 A$65.00
342 Lyon, G. F. A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA IN THE YEARS 1818- 1819 AND 1820. Accompanied by Geographical Notices of Soudan and of the Course of the Niger. Cr. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xii, 384(last blank); b/w. frontispiece, large folding map, 16 full-page plates, several text illustrations, appendix, index; original cloth (a little marked). (London); Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.; 1966. ***First published in 1821 by John Murray. #47625 A$135.00
343 McAfee, Robert J. DAWES’S METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. Historical Note No. 2. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. vi, 30(last blank); 30 illustrations & maps, bibliography; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Canberra; Australian Government Publishing Service; 1981. ***With microfiche of the entire original journal for the period 1788-1791 in pocket at rear. #17083 A$45.00
344 McCrum, Robert; Cran, William & MacNeil, Robert. THE STORY OF ENGLISH. 4to, First Edition, Paperback Issue; pp. 384; 34 coloured maps, 156 coloured & b/w. illustrations, notes & sources, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. London; Faber and Faber [and] BBC Books; (1987). #20495 A$25.00
345 MacDonald, Donald. THE BUSH BOY’S BOOK. Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo, Fourth Edition; pp. [x], 330; several illustrations; original papered boards (faded); a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. Sydney; Angus & Robertson Limited; 1930. #54978 A$95.00
346 Macdonald, John Graham. JOURNAL OF J. G. MACDONALD, on an Expedition from Port Denison to the Gulf of Carpentaria and Back. Brisbane: Published by George Slater, Queen Street; Melbourne: G. Robertson. Printed by T. P. Pugh, Brisbane. MDCCCLXV. Cr. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [vi], iv, [5]-40, [41]-60(Appendices); large folding map, portrait frontispiece, 3 appendices; full black cloth, gilt; a fine copy. (Bundaberg; Corkwood Press; 1994). ***Limited edition of 250 numbered copies. See Ferguson 11936; Wantrup 184 for the very rare original edition. The appendices comprise tables of distances, meteorological readings, and a paper by A. C. Gregory on the Geology of Northern Australia. #45844 A$65.00
347 MacDonnell, Freda. BEFORE KINGS CROSS. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [x], 118; 16 b/w. plates (including 2 double-page), bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Nelson; (1967). #25194 A$45.00
348 McEwan, P. J. M.; Editor. AFRICA FROM EARLY TIMES TO 1800. First Edition; pp. xxiv, 436; 14 maps, chronological table, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; 1968. #7065 A$85.00
349 McGuire, Paul. INNS OF AUSTRALIA. First Edition; pp. xii, 284; 8 coloured & 29 b/w. plates, 10 text figures, 3 indices (of inns, people & places); original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. Melbourne; William Heinemann Ltd.; (1952). ***A fascinating historical review, nicely illustrated. #4702 A$95.00
350 McIntyre, Kenneth Gordon. THE SECRET DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA. Portuguese Ventures 200 Years before Captain Cook. First Edition; pp. xxii, 430(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, 8 plates, many sketch maps & figures, appendix, notes, bibliography, 2 indices; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. London; Souvenir Press; (1977). #15605 A$165.00 44 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 351 Mack, James D. MATTHEW FLINDERS 1774-1814. First Edition; pp. xiv, 270; 5 maps, 13 illustrations on 12 plates, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Nelson; 1966. #5177 A$85.00
352 Mackay, Mercedes. THE INDOMITABLE SERVANT. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xii], 332(last 3 blank); portrait frontispiece, endpaper map, 16 plates, 3 appendices, index; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Rex Collings; 1978. ***Richard Lander, explorer of West Africa. #17245 A$95.00
353 Mackenzie, Alexander; Esq. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE’S VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN 1793. Historical introduction and footnotes by Milo Milton Quaife. Cr. 8vo, First Edition (in this form); pp. xlii, 384, [6](blank); portrait frontispiece, double-page map, index; original cloth (a couple of leaves creased); a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. New York; The Citadel Press; (1967). #29657 A$65.00
354 McKinlay, John: McKINLAY’S JOURNAL OF EXPLORATION IN THE INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA. (Burke Relief Expedition.) With three maps. Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], 136; 3 large folding maps; original vinyl; a nice copy. [Adelaide; Public Library of South Australia; 1962]. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 1. Originally published in Melbourne, c. 1863. #26094 A$195.00
355 McLaren, Ian F. IN THE WAKE OF MATTHEW FLINDERS. Pp. 99-106; 1 illust.; original wrappers; a fine copy. Melbourne; Victorian Historical Society; May 1974. ***Reprinted from The Victorian Historical Magazine Vol. 45. No. 2. #28606 A$15.00
356 McLean, Donald. FINDING OUT ABOUT AUSTRALIAN HISTORY. 2nd Edition; pp. xvi, 104(last blank); original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1964). #11038 A$12.00
357 McLean, Donald & Rodd, L. C.; Compiled by. VENTURING THE UNKNOWN WAYS. Foreword and introductory notes by Kylie Tennant. First Edition; pp. x, 198; original boards; a fine copy. Melbourne; F. W. Cheshire; (1965). ***An anthology of Australian historical and literary writing. #11031 A$20.00
358 McLynn, Frank. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. A Biography. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 568(last blank); 16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper (spine fafed). London; Hutchinson; (1993). #12307 A$60.00
359 MacMinn, Ney; Hainds, J. R. & McCrimmon, James McNab. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF JOHN STUART MILL. Edited from his Manuscript with Corrections and Notes. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 112(last 11 blank); original cloth; a fine copy. Bristol; Thoemmes; (1990). ***First published in 1945. #11900 A$35.00
360 McMurtrie, Douglas C. THE BOOK. The Story of Printing & Bookmaking. Thick cr. 4to; pp. xxxii, 680(last 3 blank); 24 plates, 175 text illustrations, including 100 full-page, bibliographies, index; original buckram (a little marked); a very good copy in restored dustwrapper. New York; Oxford University Press; (1948). ***Second Impression of the Third Revised Edition (first issued 1943) under this title, which is the Seventh Edition as successor to four editions of the Golden Book, first published in 1927. #23841 A$135.00
361 [Maggs, Frank B.]. WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD The Story of a Fifteenth Century Pilgrimage [by Leo Rozmital]. 4to, First Edition; ff. 17 (processed on rectos only); nicely bound in quarter cloth with marbled sides and gilt leather title-label on front board; a fine copy; scarce. [London]; Radlett Literary Society; 1960. ***Inscribed to Harold J. Finniss by the Author and signed. #64543 A$110.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 45 362 Maitland and Krone, Publishers: THE CYCLOPEDIA OF TASMANIA. (Illustrated). Vol. I. [Vol. II.] An Historical and Commercial Review. Descriptive and Biographical, Facts, Figures, and Illustrations. An Epitome of Progress: Business Men and Commercial Interests. 2 vols., 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], 628; 8 plates of portraits, very numerous illustrations in text (including many more portraits), index; Vol. II, pp. [ii], 426(last blank); very numerous illustrations, index; modern binder’s half leather in imitation of original binding (upper corner of first few leaves of Vol. I slightly torn with trifling loss of blank margin; some occasional minor soiling; a few informative pencilled marginalia); a very good set; very scarce. Hobart; Maitland and Krone, Publishers; [1899]-1900. ***A valuable source to the people, commercial enterprises and public works of the time, profusely illustrated, especially with portraits and with biographical information of the personages involved. #30037 A$1350.00
363 Major, R. H.; Editor. INDIA IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. Being a Collection of Narratives of Voyages to India in the Century preceding the Portuguese Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope from Latin, Persian, Russian, and Italian Sources, now first translated into English. Facsimile Edition; pp. [vi], iv, xc, 50(last blank), 40(last blank), 32, 10, [8](index, last blank); original cloth; a very good copy. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 1992. ***First published by the Hakluyt Society in 1858. Includes accounts of the travels of Ard-er-Razzak, Nicolo Conti, Athanasius Nikitin, and Hieronimo di Santo Stefano. #14533 A$75.00
364 Malaspina, Alejandro: THE MALASPINA EXPEDITION 1789-1794. Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Volume I. Cadiz to Panama. Edited by Andrew David, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Carlos Novi, Glyndwr Williams. Introduction by Donald C. Cutter. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xcviii, 338; endpaper map, 9 text maps, 39 plates & illustrations in text (several coloured, some sepia & some b/w.), 2 appendices, bibliography; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society in association with The Museo Naval, Madrid; 2001. ***Hakluyt Society Series III, Volume 8. #8206 A$150.00
365 Malraux, Andre. THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE GODS. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Cr. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. [xii], 402; very numerous illustrations (31 coloured, 8 sepia, 4 folding); original cloth; (one of the folding plates separated at fold without loss); a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Secker and Warburg; 1960. #22694 A$50.00
366 Malraux, Andre. L’INTEMPOREL. La Metamorphose des Dieux. 4to, First Edition; pp. [vi], 434(last blank); 187 col. & b/w. illusts.; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. N.P. [Paris]; Gallimard; [1977]. #15224 A$50.00
367 Man, Felix H. 150 YEARS OF ARTISTS’ LITHOGRAPHS 1803-1953. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxxvi, [88], [xxxvii]-lxii; 12 coloured plates, 88 b/w. plates, a few text illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original canvas; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; William Heinemann Ltd; (1953). #21402 A$75.00
368 Man, John. THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION. The story of a genius and an invention that changed the world. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [viii], 312; double-page map, 8 plates (6 coloured), several figures, 2 appendices, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Review; (2002). #22728 A$35.00
369 Mandeville, Sir John: THE TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE. The version of the Cotton Manuscript in modern spelling. With three narratives, in illustration of it, from Hakluyt’s “Navigations, Voyages & Discoveries”. 4th Impression (in this form); pp. xvi, 390, [2](adv., last blank); glossary and index; original cloth; (inscription on Contents page; some foxing); a very good copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; (1923). #57548 A$100.00
370 Manion, Margaret. THE WHARNCLIFFE HOURS. A fifteenth-century illuminated prayerbook in the collection of The National Gallery of Victoria, Australia. With an introduction and commentaries 46 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books by Margaret Manion. 32 facsimile pages reproduced in colours and gold and 7 comparative illusts. in monochrome. Small f ’cap 4to, First Edition; pp. 96; 32 coloured plates, 7 b/w. illustrations, description of the MS., bibliography; original cloth; gilt edges; a fine copy in original slip-case. (London); Thames and Hudson; (1981). #5665 A$65.00
371 Marden, Luis. I FOUND THE BONES OF THE BOUNTY. Lonely Pitcairn Island, Home of the Descendants of History’s Most Famous Mutineers, Yields Its Secret to a Diver. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 725-790; numerous coloured illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, December, 1957; original wrappers (silverfished, internally fine). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1957. #58972 A$35.00
372 Markham, Clements R.; Editor. THE VOYAGES OF SIR JAMES LANCASTER, Kt. to the East Indies with abstracts of Journals of Voyages to the East Indies, during the 17th century, preserved in the India Office and the Voyage of Captain John Knight (1606), to seek the North-West Passage. Facsimile Edition; pp. [x], xxii, 314, [2](blank); list of ships, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (New Delhi); Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; (1998). ***First published by The Hakluyt Society in 1877. #32435 A$50.00
373 [Marra, John]. JOURNAL OF THE RESOLUTION’S VOYAGE, In 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. On Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere, by which the Non-Existence of an undiscovered Continent, between the Equator and the 50th Degree of Southern Latitude, is demonstratively proved. Also a Journal of the Adventure’s Voyage, in the Years 1772, 1773, and 1774. With an Account of the Separation of the two Ships, and the most remarkable Incidents that befel each. Interspersed with Historical and Geographical Descriptions of the Islands and Countries discovered in the Course of their respective Voyages. Illustrated with a Chart, in which the Tracks of both Vessels are accurately laid down, and other Cuts. [Edited by D. Henry]. London: Printed for F. Newbery, at the Corner of St. Paul’s Church-Yard. 1775. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 328, [2](blank); long folding chart, 5 plates; original imitation vellum; a fine copy; scarce. Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1967. ***Bibliotheca Australiana No. 15. This was the first published book to contain an account of the Antarctic regions based on actual knowledge. The track chart shows the three points of penetration of the Antarctic circle by the Resolution (the first accompanied by the Adventure - shortly afterwards the ships experienced great difficulty in keeping company due to the icy conditions, and were soon separated by a severe storm) and includes on the third occasion the notation “land seen” although the narrative makes it clear that this was by no means certain. Correspondence between Cook and the Admiralty indicates that the author was the Irishman, John Marra, whom Cook had picked up at Batavia on the Endeavour voyage, and who was gunner’s mate on the Resolution. The work was edited by David Henry, editor and a voluminous contributor to the “Gentleman’s Magazine” for many years, and author/editor of “An Historical Account of all the Voyages round the World”, published in 4 volumes in 1773- 4, to which in 1775 was added a fifth volume containing the Resolution voyage (i.e. the present account), and in 1786 a sixth, with an account of Cook’s third voyage (Rickman’s account). Hocken notes that “The preface discloses considerable knowledge of private matters connected with the voyage, and gives an account of the causes which led Mr. Banks and his staff to withdraw in high dudgeon from the expedition at the last moment.” The publication of Marra’s work preceded Cook’s Official Account by at least 18 months. #8236 A$500.00
374 Martin, Stephen. A HISTORY OF ANTARCTICA. Post 4to, First Edition; pp. 272; numerous illustrations (many in coloured), index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. [Sydney]; State Library of New South Wales Press; [1996]. ***Concentrating on the human element in Antarctica with many illustrations from unusual and less well-known sources. #53883 A$65.00
375 [Martin, Stephen; Curator]. LINES ON THE ICE. Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. 4to, First Edition; pp. iv, 28; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (Sydney; State Library of New South Wales; 2002). ***Well-illustrated catalogue of an exhibition July to October 2002 with some rarely-seen images as well as some better-known. #38510 A$20.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 47 376 Maryon, Herbert. MODERN SCULPTURE. Its Methods and Ideals. With 354 illustrations. 4to, First Edition; pp. xx, 260; 180 fine plates, 17 text illustrations, general index & index to illustrations; original cloth (a little faded & flecked); a very good copy. London; Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.; 1933. #21199 A$65.00
377 Mauch, Karl. KARL MAUCH AFRICAN EXPLORER. Edited and Translated by F. O. Bernhard. First Edition; pp. [xvi], 248(last blank); portrait frontispiece, 12 plates, index (verso of title-page slightly browned); a very good copy in dustwrapper. Cape Town; C. Struik (Pty) Ltd; 1971. ***Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies. #16813 A$75.00
378 Maude, H. E. OF ISLANDS AND MEN. Studies in Pacific History. First Edition; pp. xxii, 398(last blank); endpaper maps, 19 text maps (7 full-page), 20 plates, 6 appendices, bibliography; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; 1968. ***Including an account of the fate of the Bounty after the mutiny, reconstructed for the first time from long-forgotten documents, together with a sequel recounting the later attempt of the descendants of the mutineers to return from Pitcairn to Tahiti. Du Rietz 822b. #8922 A$125.00
379 Means, Philip Ainsworth. THE SPANISH MAIN. Focus of Envy 1492-1700. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 278, [2](blank); 4 maps (1 folding), 2 plates, bibliography, index; original cloth (upper corner bumped)); a very good copy. New York; Charles Scribner’s Sons; 1935. #41756 A$60.00
380 Megaw, J. V. S.; Editor. EMPLOY’D AS A DISCOVERER. Papers Presented at the Captain Cook Bi- Centenary Symposium, Sutherland Shire, 1-3 May, 1970. First Edition; pp. 144(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, 8 plates, illust., notes, index; (Errata leaf loosely inserted); original papered boards; (foxed; otherwise a very good copy in d/w.). Sydney; A. H. & A. W. Reed, for the Sutherland Shire Council; (1971). #19406 A$35.00
381 Messent, David. TOURING SYDNEY. Super roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 224; 7 full-page coloured maps, very numerous fine coloured illustrations, index; original slick colour-illustrated papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney; David Messent Photography; 2000). #42648 A$60.00
382 Michel, Emile. GREAT MASTERS OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING. From the French. With One Hundred and Seventy Reproductions and Forty Photogravure Plates.; 4to, First Edition in English; pp. xvi, 432; 40 fine photogravure plates, 214 illustrations in text, index; original cloth, gilt; top edge gilt, others uncut; a very good copy. London; William Heinemann; MCMX [1910]. ***Covering Italian, Flemish, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, English and Modern Schools. #19469 A$65.00
383 [Mill, Hugh Robert and Shackleton, Emily]. REJOICE MY HEART. The Making of H. R. Mill’s “The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton”. The Private Correspondence of Dr. Hugh Robert Mill and Lady Shackleton, 1922-33. Preface by the Honourable Alexandra Shackleton. Introduction by T. H. Baughman, Ph.D. Editor’s Note by Michael H. Rosove. Produced in cooperation with the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxii, 146(last 4 blank); 8 plates (5 coloured), bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Santa Monica, California; Adelie Books; 2007. ***Edition of 500 unnumbered copies. On 18 April 1922, just over three months following Sir Ernest Shackleton’s death, his widow, Emily Shackleton, invited Hugh Robert Mill, the greatest Antarctic historian of his time, to write Sir Ernest’s biography. He wrote back the same day graciously accepting the invitation, and she responded, “Your kind letter rejoiced my heart.” These two then embarked on a fast-paced project that would launch the first Shackleton biography a mere twelve months later. Their motivation was a mutual commitment to erecting a monument to the great explorer’s memory. They communicated mostly by post and thus left a trail of their creative process, to the delight of posterity. Their correspondence reveals facts about Sir Ernest, his family, and associates not found in the published works. It also reveals to us the personalities and sensibilities of Dr. Mill and Lady Shackleton. The Honourable Alexandra Shackleton provides some new facts about Lady Shackleton, 48 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books her grandmother. Dr. Baughman has written an informative biographical synopsis of Dr. Mill and Dr. Rosove provides background on the correspondence and editions of the biography and has annotated the correspondence. Devotees of Sir Ernest and Dr. Mill will find particular pleasure in this book. #22023 A$65.00
384 Miller, Robert Castles. BOOKS: Their History and Influence. An Essay. Facsimile Edition; pp. vi, [ii], 96; original wrappers; a fine copy. Melbourne; Gaston Renard Publisher; 1977. ***Edition limited to 150 numbered copies only. Originally published in 1883 (refer Ferguson 12605). Miller was Librarian at the Fitzroy Free Public Library and was also for a time a bookseller in Fitzroy. #637 A$50.00
385 Mills, Richard Charles. THE COLONIZATION OF AUSTRALIA (1829-42). The Wakefield Experiment in Empire Building. With an Introduction by Graham Wallas, M.A. Facsimile Edition with a Note by S. J. Butlin. Pp. xx, 364(last blank); bibliography, index; (slight foxing of edges); a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Sydney University Press; (1974). ***Includes Canada. #36903 A$40.00
386 Mines Department, Victoria: REGUL ATIONS relating to Mining Leases, Tailings Licences, and Water Right Licences (Issued 18th August, 1916; amended to 30th September, 1957). The Hon. W. J. Mibus, M.L.A., Minister of Mines, J. B. Tilley, Secretary for Mines. F’cap folio; pp. 44; original wrappers. Melbourne; W. M. Houston, Government Printer; 1957. #64511 A$15.00
387 Mirsky, Jeanette. SIR AUREL STEIN. Archaeological Explorer. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 586(last blank); portrait frontispiece, 8 maps, 15 plates (including double-page map), notes, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. Chicago and London; The University of Chicago Press; (1977). #63342 A$185.00
388 Mitchell, Major T. L. ACCOUNT OF THE RECENT EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA. [Drop title]. Pp. 271-285; stapled; extracted from the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London Vol. 7, Part II. London; Royal Geographical Society; 1837. #64727 A$75.00
389 (Mitchell, T. C.; Editor). CAPTAIN COOK AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. The British Museum Yearbook 3. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 252(last 3 blank); over 160 illustrations, notes, bibliogs., index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; British Museum Publications; (1979). ***Including interesting well-illustrated articles by A. M. Lysaght, Rudiger Joppien, Brian Durrans, Adrienne Kaeppler & Deborah Waite, especially on anthropological aspects of Cook’s voyages. #41055 A$85.00
390 Mitchell, Thomas Livingston. THREE EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA. With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and the Present Colony of New South Wales. By Major T. L. Mitchell, F.G.S. & M.R.G.S., Surveyor-General. Second Edition, Carefully Revised. 2 vols., demy 8vo, Limited Facsimile of Second Edition; Vol. 1, pp. [iv], xxiv, 348(last blank), [349]-356(Appendix, last blank); modern endpaper map showing Mitchell’s journeys, large folding map, drawn by Mitchell & engraved by B. R. Davies, with outlines, divisions & Mitchell’s routes in colour, coloured frontispiece (portrait of the Aboriginal Cambo) & 20 plates (including 1 full-page map), title vignette & 14 text illustrations, appendix; Vol. 2, pp. [iv], xii, 376(last blank), [377]-416(appendices), [2](blank); 30 plates, including a coloured folding geological section, 1 map (with coloured outlines & divisions), a folding panoramic plate, & 3 coloured plates (1 folding & 1 of Leadbeater’s Cockatoo, sometimes called Major Mitchell Cockatoo), title vignette & 20 text illustrations, appendices (including report on the death of botanist Allan Cunningham; native vocabulary; meteorological journal, wood exports, shipping, etc.); a fine set in dustwrappers in slipcase. [Maryborough; Eagle Press; 1996]. ***For the original edition see Ferguson 2811; Wantrup 125. Mitchell’s explorations covered much of New South Wales and a wide swathe through central Victoria from Mildura and Wangaratta through to Portland. His observations on the country, natural history and aboriginal inhabitants were invaluable and led to the European Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 49 settlement of much of the state. Copies of either of the original editions are very scarce. This fine facsimile is taken from the Second Edition of 1839 which was carefully revised and expanded from the first of 1838, and is limited to 400 numbered sets signed by the publisher. #50317 A$375.00
391 M’Leod, John. THE VOYAGE OF THE ALCESTE. To the Ryukyus and Southeast Asia. By John M’Leod, Surgeon of the Alceste. With an introduction by Shannon McCune. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. xxviii, [viii], 288, [4](blank); endpaper map & 3 maps on 2 folding sheets, 5 plates, 5 appendices; original cloth (spine ends very slightly worn); a very good copy in dustwrapper. Rutland, Vermont; Charles E. Tuttle Company; (1963). ***First published in 1817. #26737 A$65.00
392 Moll, Oscar. EUROPEAN HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORTS. A European tinerary: Specially compiled as an impartial, independant, and trustworthy compendium to the Prettiest Spots and Health Resorts of Europe. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xxiv, 590; large coloured folding map of Paris, several illustrations, index; original printed cloth; (a few unobtrusive stamps of the Eastern Telegraph Co. library); a very good copy; scarce. Cologne; M. DuMont Schauberg; 1900. ***First published the previous year. Covering Germany, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, France, Switzerland and Holland. #17576 A$125.00
393 Monroe, Elizabeth. PHILBY OF ARABIA. First U.S. Edition; pp. 332; 3 maps, 8 plates, references, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. New York/ Toronto/London; Pitman Publishing Corporation; (1973). ***A notable explorer of Arabia, St. John Philby was father of the notorious Soviet spy, Kim Philby. #45747 A$95.00
394 Moorhouse, Geoffrey. SYDNEY. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 278(last blank); endpaper map, full-page plan, 16 coloured plates, sources, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; (1999). ***A history and account of the city today. #13260 A$50.00
395 Moran, James. STANLEY MORISON. His typographic achievement. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 184; numerous illustrations in coloured & b/w., bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Lund Humphries; (1971). #52548 A$95.00
396 Morison, Stanley. FOUR CENTURIES OF FINE PRINTING. Two Hundred and Seventy-two Examples of the Work of Presses established between 1465 and 1924. With an Introduction by Stanley Morison. 8vo, Second (revised) Edition; pp. 342, [2](blank); 272 plates (included in pagination), index; original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. London; Ernest Benn Limited; (1949). ***First published in a limited folio edition of 400 copies in 1924. #37648 A$95.00
397 Morison, Samuel Eliot. THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. The Northern Voyages A.D. 500-1600. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Third Impression; pp. xviii, 718(last 6 blank); 29 maps, coloured frontispiece, very numerous illustrations, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Oxford University Press; 1971. #9089 A$85.00
398 Morison, Samuel Eliot. THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. The Southern Voyages A.D. 1492-1616. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 758; coloured frontispiece, 32 maps (10 double-page), numerous illustrations, biblogs. & notes, index; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. New York; Oxford University Press; 1974. #36126 A$85.00
399 Morris, Desmond. THE NAKED WOMAN. A Study of the Female Body. First Paperback Edition; pp. xii, 276; 32 coloured plates, references, index; original wrappers; a fine copy. (London); Vintage; (2005). ***First published by Jonathan Cape in 2004. #28005 A$20.00 50 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books THE BOUNTY MUTINY
400 Morrison, James. THE JOURNAL OF JAMES MORRISON Boatswain’s Mate of the Bounty describing the Mutiny & subsequent Misfortunes of the Mutineers together with an account of the Island of Tahiti. With an Introduction by Owen Rutter and five engravings by Robert Gibbings. Printed & made in Great Britain by The Golden Cockerel Press 1935. F’cap folio, First Edition; pp. [iv](blank), 246(last blank), [6](blank); 5 illustrations; original blue & cream linen; top edge gilt, others uncut; (a few minor marks, but a nice copy); very scarce. [London]; Golden Cockerel Press; 1935. ***Edition limited to 325 numbered copies. Du Rietz 1122. Although its limitation is similar to the other Bligh-related volumes issued by the Golden Cockerel Press, this book is very much scarcer on the market. #30223 A$3000.00
401 Morton, S. Fiona. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE. With a foreword by Veronica M. Toynbee. First Edition; pp. xii, 316; 7 indices & checklist of translations; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Oxford; Oxford University Press; 1980. #11899 A$45.00
402 Mouhot, Henri. TRAVELS IN SIAM, CAMBODIA AND LAOS 1858-1860. [Being a facsimile of Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos, during the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860. By the late M. Henri Mouhot, French Naturalist]. With an Introduction by Michael Smithies. Volumes One and Two. 2 vols. in 1, Facsimile Edition; pp. xx, [5]-304(last blank); [iii]-viii, 302, [2](blank); full-page (modern) map, folding map, 18 plates, 80 illustrations (mostly full-page), 10 appendices; original slick boards; a fine copy. Singapore; Oxford University Press; 1989. ***First published by John Murray in 1864. #17082 A$120.00
403 Moxon, Joseph. MECHANICK EXERCISES ON THE WHOLE ART OF PRINTING (1683-4). Edited by Herbert Davis & Harry Carter. Second Edition. Med. 8vo, pp. lxiv, 488; large folding double-sided plate, numerous figures & illustrations (several full-page), 7 appendices, index, addenda; original stiff wrappers. New York; Dover Publications; (1978). ***This Dover edition, first published in 1978, is an unabridged republication of the second (1962) edition of the work as published by the Oxford University Press, London. #28347 A$65.00
404 Muller, Richard. NEMESIS. The Death Star. The Story of a Scientific Revolution. Introduction by Dr. Luis Alvarez. F’cap 8vo, First Popular Edition; pp. xiv, 194; a few illustrations, index; original stiff wrappers. (London); Mandarin; (1990). #9510 A$15.00
405 Mulvaney, John & Kamminga Johan. PREHISTORY OF AUSTRALIA. Thick cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [v]-xx(as issued), 480; 16 illustrations on 8 coloured plates, numerous b/w. photographic illustrations, maps & sketches in text, glossary, extensive bibliography, index; original illustrated boards; a nice copy. Washington and London; Smithsonian Institution Press; (1999). ***Very substantially revised, enlarged and updated from Mulvaney’s original 1969 work. This is the first, U.S., edition of the revised work, printed in America, and issued without half-title and blanks at beginning and end. #13261 A$75.00
406 Murray, Reginald A. F.; Geological Surveyor for the Department of Mines. VICTORIA: GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Published for and on behalf of the Government, under instructions from The Honorable John Lamont Dow, M.P., Minister of Mines, and Charles W. Langtree, Esq., Secretary for Mines and Water Supply, Chief Mining Surveyor, and Chief Inspector of Mines for the Colony. First Edition; pp. iv, 180(last blank); coloured folding map, 49 figures & diagrams including 6 plates (2 folding); original cloth, gilt, bound flush; a very nice copy; scarce. Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1887. ***The superior issue in cloth. #45753 A$320.00
407 Musper, H. Th. DER HOLZSCHNITT IN FUNF JAHRHUNDERTEN. Super roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 400; 8 mounted coloured plates, very numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in d/w.. Stuttgart; W. Kohlhammer Verlag; (1964). ***Text in German. #20982 A$60.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 51 408 Nadeau, Robert L. MIND, MACHINES, AND HUMAN CONCIOUSNESS. [Are there limits to Artificial Intelligence?]. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 248(last blank); several figures, notes & references, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Chicago; Contemporary Books; (1991). #55113 A$50.00
409 Nairn, Bede & Serle, Geoffrey; Editors. AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY. Volume 7: 1891-1939 A-Ch. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 648(last blank); list of Authors, references, list of abbreviations, separate corrigenda (24 pp.) loosely inserted; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Melbourne University Press; (1979). #25663 A$40.00
410 Newark, Tim. THE BARBARIANS. Warriors & Wars of the Dark Ages. Colour Illustrations by Angus McBride. Cr. 4to, Second (?) Edition; pp. 144; 16 coloured plates, several b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Blandford Press; (1988). #31968 A$40.00
411 Newbold, T. J. POLITICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH SETTLEMENTS IN THE STRAITS OF MALACCA. With an Introduction by C. M. Turnbull. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxvi, xii, 506(last 5 blank); 6 maps & plans (2 coloured), a few tables, 11 appendices; Vol. II, pp. [ii], viii, 508, [6](blank); 2 plates, 9 appendices, general index, geographical index, glossary; a very good set in slightly rubbed dustwrappers. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; 1971. ***First published in 1839. #16071 A$135.00
412 Newton, Eric. THE ROMANTIC REBELLION. First Edition; pp. 224; 51 illustrations, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); Longmans; (1962). #22600 A$20.00
413 New York Times: REPORT OF THE WARREN COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY. Introduction by Harrison E. Salisbury with additional material prepared by The New York Times exclusively for this edition. First Edition, Paperback Issue; pp. xl, 728; 32 plates, numerous illustrations including 12 on onside wrappers, index; original wrappers; a very good copy. New York; Bantam Books; (1964). #58188 A$65.00
414 Nicolson, Robert B. THE PITCAIRNERS. With the assistance of Brian F. Davis. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 222, [2](blank); double-page map, 16 plates, appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1965). #33133 A$175.00
415 Nobile, General Umberto. NAVIGATING THE “NORGE” FROM ROME TO THE NORTH POLE AND BEYOND. The Designer and Pilot of the First Dirigible to Fly Over the Top of the World Describes a Thrilling Voyage of More Than 8,000 Miles. Roy. 8vo; pp. 177-215; map, 36 photos.; contained in the National Geographic Magazine; August; 1927; a very good copy in original wrappers (spine a little worn). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1927. ***Including also a 10-page article on “Air Conquest”, with 13 illusts. and another on the Komodo dragon (17 pp., 21 illusts.). #4762 A$30.00
416 Norris, F. H. PAPER AND PAPERMAKING. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 354(last blank); 153 illustrations (including 3 folding diagrams), glossary, glossary, 2 appendices, index; original cloth; (neat name at head of title-page); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press; 1952. #47508 A$150.00
SOME ODD VOLUMES - OFFERED AT MODEST PRICES (ITEMS 417-447). 417 Bennett, George. WANDERINGS IN NEW SOUTH WALES, BATAVIA, PEDIR COAST, SINGAPORE, AND CHINA; Being The Journal of a Naturalist in those Countries, during 1832, 1833 52 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books and 1834. In two volumes. First Edition; VOLUME II ONLY, pp. viii, 428; aquatint frontispiece, 2 botanical illustrations in text, appendix; original papered boards, with printed label on spine; uncut; (spine a little worn); a nice, clean copy. London; Richard Bentley; 1834. ***See Ferguson 1743. #14816 A$60.00
418 British Antarctic (“Terra Nova”) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Reports. [GEOLOGY, VOLUME I]. Med. 4to, 6 parts in 1 volume, comprising:- No. 1, ANTARCTIC FOSSIL PLANTS, by A. C. Seward; pp. 1-50(last blank); 8 plates with titled tissues, 3 maps, 6 text figs. 1914. No. 2, FISH-REMAINS FROM THE UPPER OLD RED SANDSTONE OF GRANITE HARBOUR, ANTARCTICA, by Arthur Smith Woodward; pp. 51-62, [2]; 1 plate. 1921. No. 3, RECENT AND LOCAL DEPOSITS OF McMURDO SOUND REGION, by F. Debenham; pp. 63-100, [2]; 19 text figs. 1921. No. 4, THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF SOUTH VICTORIA LAND [Etc.] by F. Debenham, R. H. Rastall & R. E. Priestley; pp. 101-130, [2]; 1 plate, 8 text figs. 1921. No. 5, THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF SOUTH VICTORIA LAND [Etc.] by W. Campbell Smith, F Debenham, & R. E. Priestley; pp. 131- 166, [4]; 2 plates & 2 text figs. 1921. No. 6, THE PLUTONIC AND HYPABYSSAL ROCKS OF SOUTH VICTORIA LAND, by W. Campbell Smith; pp. 167-228(last colophon only), [2]; 2 folding maps (in pocket), 1 plate, 14 text figs. 1924. Together, 6 parts, as above, bound in maroon cloth (spine faded) to match the publisher’s cloth of other volumes in the series, with the title-panels (trimmed) from the original grey printed wrappers enclosed in pocket of rear board; a very good set; very scarce. [London; The Trustees of the British Museum, 1914-24]. ***Spence 186 (Geology, Vol. I only, as here); Renard 185 (part); Rosove 292-1.A2 to 292-6.A2. #49202 A$550.00
419 Brockedon, W. FINDEN’S ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF LORD BYRON. With original and selected information on the subjects of the engravings. In two volumes. Vol. II [ONLY]. Med. 8vo; pp. [176]; 61 fine engraved plates; contemporary half morocco (a little rubbed); all edges gilt; a nice copy. London; John Murray; [1837]. ***Including a portrait of the young Ada Lovelace and fine views from Greece, Turkey, Scotland, England, Portugal and Spain. #27520 A$75.00
420 Churchill, Winston S. MARLBOROUGH. His Life and Times. By The Right Honourable Winston S. Churchill, C.H. M.P. [In Four Volumes - Vols. I and IV ONLY]. Med. 8vo, First Editions; Vol. I, pp. [iv], 612; 15 maps (2 folding), 32 plates, 8 facsimile documents (2 folding), 3 appendices, bibliography, index; Vol. IV, pp. 672(last blank); 39 maps (3 folding), 24 plates, facsimile letter, bibliography, index; original cloth (spines slightly faded); top edges gilt; fine, clean copies; scarce. London; George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.; (1933-38). #23540 $125.00
421 Coulton, G. G. FIVE CENTURIES OF RELIGION. Volume I [only]. St Bernard, His Predecessors and Successors, 1000 - 1200 A.D. 2nd Edition; pp. xlvi, 578; 1 coloured & 23 b/w. plates, numerous illustrations, appendices, index; a very good copy. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1929. ***Volume I of four, but complete in itself. #40655 A$50.00
422 Dennis, Geoffrey; Editor. THE WAR OF 1939. A History Dealing with Every Phase of the War on Land, Sea, and in the Air, Including the Events Which Led Up to the Outbreak of Hostilities. Volume IV [ONLY]. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 270(last 2 blank); 2 folding maps, 16 plates; original cloth; a very good copy in defective dustwrapper. London; The Caxton Publishing Company Limited; N.D. [1940]. ***Volume IV of a series published throughout the war and eventually comprising 10 volumes: this volume covers the period June 1st, 1940 to November 30th, 1940 encompassing notably the Fall of France. #23570 A$30.00
423 Domeny de Rienzi, M. G[regoire] L[ouis]. OCEANIE OU CINQUIESME PARTIE DU MONDE. Revue gographique et ethnographique de la Malaisie, de la Micronesie, de la Polynesie et de la Melansie; offrant les resultats des voyages et des decouvertes de l’auteur et de ses devanciers, ainsi que ses nouvelles classifications et divisions de ces contres. Vols. I & II [ONLY, of THREE]. 8vo, Vol. I, pp. [iv], 400(last Errata); 97 plates (numbered 1-100, BUT LACKING plates 11, 76, 82); Vol. II, pp. [iv], 398(last blank), [2](Avis for placing Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 53 the plates, verso Errata to Vol. II); 4 folding maps (Oceanie, Malaisie, Kalemantan & Polynesie), 73 plates (numbered 101-172, plus 293-296, BUT LACKING plates 102, 157, 160, 163); original papered boards (Vol. I) and original wrappers (detached, Vol. II); some foxing as usual & occasional soiling, one or two minor tears. Paris; Firmin Didot Freres et Cie, Editeurs; M DCCC XXXVI [1836]. ***The collation of this interesting and quite important work is notoriously difficult, not to say tedious, as the plates are not placed in numerical order and often, if not usually(!), do not follow the arrangement specified in the list (if indeed one is present). Few bibliographers have attempted a detailed specification. Ferguson (2173a) who lists it because the third volume (NOT HERE PRESENT) includes Australia, indicates that each volume includes a list of plates (with a list for ALL volumes in Vol. III) however his list for Vol. II is clearly NOT the same as the list present here in Vol. II. Forbes (1024) gives a little more detail, but his lists are different from Ferguson’s and from the present volumes. The list here in Vol. II is confusing to say the least, with the list calling for 2 charts and plates numbered 95-172 exclusive of nos. 153, 157 & 158, and with 5 of the plates listed in two places! It does not appear to bear any sensible relation to what is actually present. Judging from Ferguson’s entry and Forbes’s remarks of examination of a number of copies (all different) it seems clear that publication was haphazard in the extreme and that a definitive collation is probably unattainable. #23136 A$85.00
424 Dugdale, Thomas. Curiosities of Great Britain. ENGLAND & WALES DELINEATED, Historical, Entertaining & Commercial. Alphabetically arranged By Thomas Dugdale, Antiquarian. Assisted By William Burnett, Civil Engineer. [Volume I, ONLY], frontispiece & engraved title-page, pp. [5]-164; 10 double-page maps, 28 fine full-page steel engravings; original cloth; a very good, clean copy. London; Published by L. Tallis; N.D. [c. 1850]. ***Volume I only of an eleven volume set; with attractive engravings. The text covers the towns and parishes alphabetically, this volume including Abberbury to Bibury. #25505 A$35.00
425 Dumont d’Urville, M. VOYAGE PITTORESQUE AUTOUR DU MONDE. Resume General des Voyages de Decouvertes de Magellan, Tasman, Dampier, Anson, Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Bougainville, Cook, Laperouse, G. Bligh [sic], Vancouver, D’Entrecasteaux, Wilson, Baudin, Flinders, Krusenstern, Porter, Kotzebue, Freycinet, Bellingshausen, Basil Hall, Duperrey, Paulding, Beechey, Dumont d’Urville, Lutke, Dillon, Laplace, B. Morrell, etc. Publie sous la direction de M. Dumont d’Urville, Capitaine de Vaisseau. Accompagne de Cartes et de nombreuses Gravures en taille-douce sur acier, d’apres les dessins de M. De Sainson, Dessinateur du Voyage de l’Astrolabe. Tome Second [ONLY]. Impl. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. II, pp. [iv], 584; 2 folding maps (of 3, LACKING the general chart of Oceanie at end), frontispiece & 136 plates, index; contemporary quarter leather with marbled sides (a little rubbed; a pale waterstain to lower corner throughout; occasional light foxing; generally clean); scarce. Paris; L. Tenre; M DCCC XXXV [1835]. ***The “Voyage” referred to in the title is an imaginary one with the material taken from the accounts of earlier navigators supplemented by the personal experiences of the editor on his own voyages. #43373 A$110.00
426 French, C. A HANDBOOK OF THE DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA with Notes on the Methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Part I. First Edition; pp. 154(last blank), [26] (20 figures, versos blank), iv(index); 14 fine coloured litho. plates numbered I-XIV, index; original cloth; (names on title-page & following leaf with one partly erased leaving small hole; otherwise very good). Melbourne; Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer; 1891. #50539 A$65.00
427 French, C. A HANDBOOK OF THE DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA with Notes on the Methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Part II. First Edition; pp. [viii], 194(last blank), [22](20 figures, versos blank), [217]-222(index), [2](blank); 22 fine coloured litho. plates numbered XV-XXXVI, index, Errata slip; original cloth; (name on title-page; a few marks, but generally a very good copy). Melbourne; Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer; 1893. #50540 A$65.00
428 French, C. A HANDBOOK OF THE DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA with Notes on the Methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Part III. First Edition; pp. 232(last 3 blank); 29 54 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books fine coloured litho. plates (2 double-page) numbered XXXVII, XXXVIIA, XXXVIII-LXIV, including 8 of insect-eating birds, 26 figures on 18 b/w. plates, index, Errata; original cloth; (some pencilled underlining and occasional light pencilled scribble; Plate 50 slightly adhesion-damaged as usual; Plate 51 also a little marked); original cloth (faded). Melbourne; Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer; 1900. #50542 A$45.00
429 French, C. A HANDBOOK OF THE DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA with Notes on the Methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Part I. Reprint; pp. 164(last blank); 14 fine coloured litho. plates, 3 b/w. plates, index; original cloth; (some adhesion damage to Plate XII and the adjacent Page 116 of text; otherwise good). Melbourne; Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer; 1904. ***The first edition contained 13 b/w. plates rather than 3 as here. #50541 A$25.00
430 Giles, Ernest. AUSTRALIA TWICE TRAVERSED: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and through Central South Australia, and Western Australia, from 1872 to 1876. Facsimile Edition; Volume I ONLY, pp. lx, 320, [2](blank); 3 folding maps, 22 illustrations (several full-page), index; original illustrated papered boards; a fine copy. No modern imprint [Sydney; Doubleday; N.D. 1979]. ***Originally published 1889; see Ferguson 9914. #21894 A$50.00
431 Guppy, H. B. OBSERVATIONS OF A NATURALIST IN THE PACIFIC BETWEEN 1896 AND 1899. Volume I [ONLY]. Vanua Levu, Fiji. A description of its leading Physical and Geological characters. Vol. I, First Edition; pp. xx, 392; 2 folding charts, 5 plates, 20 figures, appendix, index; original cloth, uncut; a very good, sound copy; scarce. London; Macmillan; 1903-06. ***Complete in itself. Volume II [not present] deals with Plant-Dispersal. #1599 A$95.00
432 Hamilton, Alexander. A NEW ACCOUNT OF THE EAST INDIES BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON. With numerous Maps & Illustrations. Now edited with Introduction and Notes by Sir William Foster, C.I.E., President of the Hakluyt Society. 4to, First Edition in this form; Volume I ONLY, pp. [ii], xxxviii, 260(last blank); 3 folding maps, frontispiece, facsimile title-page & 4 text illustrations; original quarter vellum, with buckram sides, gilt; uncut and unopened; a very good copy; scarce. London; The Argonaut Press; 1930. ***VOLUME ONE ONLY. The complete work in two volumes is a limited edition of 975 numbered sets. The original edition was published in Edinburgh in 1727 and the work covers the observations of Captain Hamilton during the years 1688 to 1723 when he was engaged in trade and navigation between the Cape of Good Hope and Japan. #22724 A$150.00
433 Hamilton, Lieut-General Sir Ian. A STAFF OFFICER’S SCRAP BOOK. During the Russo-Japanese War. With illustrations, maps and plans. [Volume I ONLY]. First Edition; pp. xii, 364(last blank); 9 folding maps, 17 plates, 7 full-page sketches; original cloth; uncut; a very nice copy. London; Edward Arnold; 1905. ***A second volume was published in 1907. #27765 A$135.00
434 Hawkesworth, John. RELATION DES VOYAGES entrepris par ordre de sa Majeste Britannique, actuellement regnante; Pour faire des Decouvertes dans l’Hemisphere Meridional, Et succesivement executes par le Commodore Byron, le Capitaine Carteret, le Capitaine Wallis & le Capitaine Cook, dans les Vaisseaux le Dauphin, le Swallow & l’Endeavour: Redigee d’apres les Journaux tenus par les differens Commandans & les Papiers de M. Banks, Par J. Hawkesworth, Docteur en Droit, Et enrichie de Figures, & d’un grand nombre de Plans & de Cartes relatives aux Pays qui ont ete nouvellement decouverts, ou qui n’etoient qu’imparfaitement connus. Traduite de l’anglois. Tome Troisieme [ONLY]. A Paris, Chez Saillant et Nyon, rue Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais. Panckoucke, Hotel de Thou, rue des Poitevins. M. DCC. LXXIV. Avec Approbation, et Privilege du Roi. 4to, First Edition in French; Volume III ONLY, pp. [vi], 396(last blank); 7 folding plates (of 17 charts and plates, i.e. LACKING all charts and some plates); full contemporary French mottled calf (worn; joints cracked, but cords firm); a generally clean copy. Paris; Chez Saillant et Nyon [etc.]; 1774. ***Including much on New Zealand. #23286 A$110.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 55 435 Jack, Robert Logan. NORTHMOST AUSTRALIA. Three Centuries of Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in and around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. With a Study of the Narratives of All Explorers by Sea and Land in the Light of Modern Charting, many Original or Hitherto Unpublished Documents, Thirty-Nine Illustrations, and Sixteen Specially Prepared maps. In Two Volumes. Vol. II [ONLY]. Roy. 8vo, First Edition, First (U.K.) Issue; Vol. II, pp. xiv, 367-768; 18 portraits of explorers, 8 folding maps in pocket, 3 indices (Persons, Places & Subjects); some slight occasional foxing of margins as almost always; small unobtrusive institutional stamp at foot of Page 450 and also on backs of maps (together with inked number); a very good, sound copy in the dark green cloth of the original issue; scarce. London; Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.; (1921). ***An important work which contains, among numerous other narratives, accounts of explorations which are virtually unprocurable in original form, this volume including those of WILLIAM HANN, JAMES MULLIGAN, GEORGE DALRYMPLE, DONALD LAING, J. T. EMBLEY, and others, including the not unimportant explorations of the Author himself. #23256 A$275.00
436 Livingstone, David. THE LAST JOURNALS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE, IN CENTRAL AFRICA, from 1865 to his death. Continued by a Narrative of his Last Moments and Sufferings, obtained from his faithful Servants Chuma and Susi. By Horace Waller, F.R.G.S., Rector of Twywell, Northampton. Tenth Thousand. In Two Volumes.--Vol. I [ONLY]. Pp. xx, 360; very large folding map in pocket at end, 7 plates, 18 text illustrations; original cloth; uncut; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1880. ***Volume I only, but complete in itself, including the large map. #14476 A$175.00
437 Lubbock, Basil. THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS. VOLUME TWO ONLY. Cr. 4to, Third Impression; pp. xvi, 448; endpaper map, 16 folding & 1 full-page plans, 96 b/w. plates, 11 appendices, index; original cloth; a very good copy in defective d/w. Glasgow; Brown, Son & Ferguson; (1949). #48753 A$45.00
438 Lyell, Sir Charles. PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY, or the Modern Changes of the Earth and Its Inhabitants, considered as Illustrative of Geology. Tenth and Entirely Revised Edition. In Two Volumes.- -Vol. I [ONLY]. Thick demy 8vo, Tenth Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 672, 32(adv.); folding map, 3 plates, 69 text illustrations & maps, Errata slip, list of corrections in present edition and list of dates of publication and editions of this and Lyell’s related works, index to Vol. I; original cloth, uncut; (small hole in blank inner margin of pp. 355/6); a very good, clean and crisp copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1867. ***The second volume was issued in the following year. #3184 A$110.00
439 Mitchell, T. L. THREE EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA, with Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South Wales, by Major T. L. Mitchell, F.G.S. & M.R.G.S., Surveyor General. First Edition; VOLUME I ONLY, pp. xxii(last adv.), [ii](title: Journey in Search of the River Kindur, verso blank), 352(last blank); hand-coloured litho. frontispiece, full-page map & 18 (of 19) litho. plates, title vignette & 14 text illustrations; 2 appendices (including report on the death of botanist Allan Cunningham); contemporary half calf (worn; LACKING half-title, folding map and Plate 15). London; T. & W. Boone; MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]. ***See Ferguson 2553; Wantrup 124a. #51263 A$65.00
440 O’Donovan, Edmond. THE MERV OASIS. Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian during the Years 1879-80-81 including Five Months’ Residence among the Tekkes of Merv. With Portrait, Maps, and Facsimiles of State Documents. In two volumes. First Edition; VOLUME I ONLY, pp. xx, 502, [2](adv.); portrait frontispiece, folding facsimile & full-page plan; original cloth; uncut; a very nice copy; very scarce. London; Smith, Elder, & Co.; 1882. #11887 A$275.00
441 Parkes, Sir Henry. FIFTY YEARS IN THE MAKING OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY. In two volumes. Vol. II [ONLY]. First Edition; pp. x, 444; portrait frontispiece, 7 appendices, index; original 56 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books cloth (top of spine worn & torn; some mild foxing); a very good copy, entirely uncut. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1892. #15959 A$35.00
442 Rawling, J. N. THE STORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE. [Parts 2-6 only]. 5 vols., First Edition; Part 2, pp. 81-160; several illusts.; Part 3, pp. 161-240; 1 illust.; Part 4, pp. [ii], 241-320, [2](Errata); 1 illust.; Part 5, pp. [ii], 321-400, [2](Errata); several maps & illusts.; Part 6, pp. [ii], 401-480, [2](blank); 2 illusts.; original wrappers. Sydney; Modern Publishers and Importers; N.D. [c. 1960]. #18842 A$25.00
443 Skeat, Walter William, & Blagden, Charles Otto. PAGAN RACES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. [Volume I ONLY]. First Edition; pp. xl, 724, [4](adv.); full-page map, 139 plates, folding table; bibliography, appendix, list of places and personal names; original buckram (flecked), top edge gilt, others uncut; a very good copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1906. ***An extremely valuable and comprehensive work which will never be superseded. The Appendix contains a comparative vocabulary of aboriginal dialects, a detailed comparison of cultural and physical characteristics, etc. This volume is complete in itself. #42381 A$175.00
444 Tennent, Sir James Emerson. CEYLON. An Account of the Island, Physical, Historical,and Topographical with Notices of its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions. Illustrated by Maps, Plans and Drawings. Second Edition. Volume I [ONLY]. Vol. I, pp. [iii]-xxxvi(lacking half-title), 620; frontispiece, 1 folding chart of Ceylon by Arrowsmith (unlisted), 2 full-page & 4 text maps, 31 illustrations & 7 plans in text; contemporary half leather with cloth sides (a little rubbed); a very good copy. London; Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; 1859. ***Issued within a very short time after the first edition. Tennent was Civil Secretary to the Colonial Government of Ceylon from 1845 to 1850. This extensive and encyclopedic account of Ceylon quickly became the classic study of the country now known as Sri Lanka, being fully sensitive to the beauty, history and culture of the island. #23138 A$85.00
445 Verne, Jules. MISTRESS BRANICAN. Premiere Partie [ONLY]. Septieme Edition. Cr. 8vo; pp. [iv], 330(last blank), 32(adv.); 8 plates, several text illustrations; original wrappers; a very good copy. Paris; Bibliotheque d’Education et de Recreation; N.D. [c. 1906]. #21181 A$25.00
446 von Langsdorff, G. H. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD, DURING THE YEARS 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807. VOLUME 2 [ONLY]. 4to, Facsimile Edition; Vol. II, pp. [xiv], 386, [8](index, last blank); folding map, 5 plates, index; original imitation vellum; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1968]. ***This volume two is complete in itself and has the sub-title: Part II containing the Voyage to the Aleutian Islands and North-West Coast of America, and return by land over the North-east parts of Asia, through Siberia, to Petersburgh. #18381 A$65.00
447 Wallace, Alfred Russel. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth’s Surface. With Maps and Illustrations. In Two Volumes.--Volume II [ONLY]. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 608(last blank); 2 full-page coloured maps, 7 plates, index; contemporary full prize calf (rubbed; some very moderate foxing); a very good, sound copy; scarce. London; Macmillan & Co.; 1876. #19108 A$220.00
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448 Ogle, Nathaniel. THE COLONY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. A Manual for Emigrants, 1839. Facsimile Edition; pp. [vi], xii, 298, lxiv(appendix); 2 double-page & 2 full-page plates; 14 appendices, including Returns of the Assignment of Lands on 4 folding tables; original cloth; a nice copy in worn & laminated dustwrapper. Sydney; John Ferguson, In association with The Royal Australian Historical Society; (1977). ***First published in 1839 with a folding map not reproduced in this edition. #216 A$65.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 57 449 Oliphant, Laurence. ELGIN’S MISSION TO CHINA AND JAPAN. With an Introduction by J. J. Gerson. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. xii, [iii]-xiv, 492; folding map, 5 coloured plates, 20 text illustrations, 3 appendices; Vol. II, pp. [vi], [iii]-xii, 496; 3 folding maps, 15 coloured plates, 30 text illustrations, 4 appendices; original cloth; a nice set in dustwrappers. Hong Kong; Oxford University Press; 1970. ***First published in 1859. #29537 A$195.00
450 Oliver, Douglas. RETURN TO TAHITI. Bligh’s Second Breadfruit Voyage. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxii, 282; 27 coloured & 2 b/w. plates, 17 text maps & figures, appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in faded dustwrapper. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; 1988. ***An important new study of Bligh’s voyage in the Providence. The colour plates are reproductions of fine watercolours by Lieutenant George Tobin, who was third mate on the voyage. Number 2 in the Miegunyah Press series; 1250 copies were printed. #20719 A$120.00
451 Paine, Daniel: THE JOURNAL OF DANIEL PAINE 1794-1797: Together with Documents Illustrating the Beginning of Government Boat-Building and Timber-gathering in New South Wales, 1795-1805. Edited by Dr. R. J. B. Knight and Dr. Alan Frost. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxx, 110(last 3 blank); 4 plates, appendices, Biographical Register, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Library of Australian History; 1983. #5116 A$45.00
452 Parker, Andrew. IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 316, [2](blank); 16 coloured plates, numerous figures, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Cambridge, MA); Perseus Publishing, A Member of the Perseus Books Group; (2003). ***On the causes of the Cambrian Explosion; the author suggests that the development of vision was the key. #24750 A$45.00
453 Parker, Mary Ann. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. First published in 1795, reissued with a commentary by Gavin Fry of The Australian National Maritime Museum. Dedicated, with permission, to Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales. Facsimile Edition; pp. [xxxiv], xxxii, 150(last blank); full- page plan & illust., several facsimile extracts of Captain Parker’s log; quarter maroon calf, marbled sides; a nice copy. (Sydney); Hordern House (for the Australian National Maritime Museum; 1991). ***Limited Edition of 750 copies. First published in 1795, see Ferguson 229. #53458 A$200.00
454 Parkin, Ray. H. M. BARK ENDEAVOUR. Her place in Australian History. With an Account of her Construction, Crew and Equipment and a Narrative of her Voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the Year 1770. With Plans, Charts and Illustrations by the Author. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 468; 25 maps, 31 full- & half-page ship drawings and 12 smaller, several sourced from original drawings by Sidney Parkinson, 2 reproductions of original drawings by Parkinson, 15 other illustrations by Ray Parkin (mostly views), notes, bibliography, index; original cloth, gilt; together with, in cloth folding case, 15 detailed ship drawings and plans by Ray Parkin, each 800 by 580 mm., and sourced from original Admiralty drawings supplemented by sketches of Sidney Parkinson, artist on the “Endeavour”; a fine set in cloth slipcase. (Melbourne); The Miegunyah Press; (1997). ***Edition limited to 1000 copies for sale. Number Thirteen in the second Miegunyah Press series. A magnificent production; a long-overdue detailed analysis of Captain James Cook’s ship, fully placed in the context of her time. “H. M. Bark Endeavour” is an ESSENTIAL companion and supplement to the standard works on Cook’s voyages. #49819 A$450.00
455 Paton, William Agnew. DOWN THE ISLANDS. A Voyage to the Caribees. With illustrations from drawings by M. J. Burns. Med. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. xiv, 308(last 7 blank); 15 plates, numerous illustrations; original cloth; a fine copy. New York; Negro Universities Press; (1969). #13790 A$65.00
456 Pearl, Cyril. WILD MEN OF SYDNEY. 3rd (?) Edition; pp. [viii], 256(last blank); 8 plates; 3 appendices; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Universal Books; (1970). #19921 A$24.00 58 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 457 Pemberton, Barry. AUSTRALIAN COASTAL SHIPPING. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 330(last 3 blank); numerous illustrations & figures, appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; 1979. #9200 A$135.00
458 Perham, Margery & Simmons, J. AFRICAN DISCOVERY. An Anthology of Exploration. 3rd Edition (?); pp. 280; 11 maps, 16 plates, list of books, index; original wrappers. London; Faber and Faber; (1963). #11004 A$30.00
COMPLETE WITH NAVIGATION & HYDROGRAPHY, TEXT AND ATLAS. 459 Peron, F[rancois], & Freycinet, Louis. VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES. A complete set of the First Edition of this work, including the very rare text and atlas volumes of Navigation and Geography, as detailed hereunder: VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES, execute par Ordre da Sa Majeste l’Empereur et Roi, sur les Corvettes Le Geographe, Le Naturaliste, et la Goelette Le Casuarina, pendant les Annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, et 1804; Publie par Decret Imperial, sous le Ministere de M. de Champagny, et redige par M. F. Peron, Naturaliste de l’Expedition, Correspondant de l’Institut de France; de la Societe de l’Ecole de medecine de Paris, des Societes philomatique et medicale de la meme ville. Tome Premier. A Paris, de l’Imprimerie Imperiale. M. DCCC. VII. Med. 4to, pp. [iv], xvi, 496, [2](Errata du Tome Premier et Atlas), iv(Contents to Tome Second, last blank); these last two leaves being the projected list of contents for Volume II (which was not, in the event, published until 9 years later) are very rarely found and comprise, in effect, a Prospectus for the second volume; very fine and clean; contemporary full marbled calf, gilt. VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES, execute sur les Corvettes Le Geographe, Le Naturaliste, et la Goelette Le Casuarina, pendant les Annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, et 1804; Publie par ordre de son Excellence le Ministre Secretaire d’Etat de l’Interieur. Historique: Tome Second. Redige par feu F. Peron, et continue Par M. Louis Freycinet, Capitaine de fregate, Chevalier de Saint-Louis et de la Legion d’honneur, Correspondant de l’Academie royale des Sciences de Paris, de la Societe des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Rochefort, de la Societe philomatique, &c.; Commandant du Casuarina pendant l’expedition. A Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale. 1816. Med. 4to, pp. xxxii, 472(last blank); frontis. portrait of Peron, 2 folding tables (pp. 342bis and 346bis); pages 458-464 comprise corrections and additions to Vol. I, pages 465-66 corrections to Vol. II, page 467 corrections to the Atlas (see below), page 468 a Supplement to the errata to the Navigation and Geography (see also below) and pages 469-471 is a table of contents to this Volume II, these differing from those in Volume I (see above); fine and clean; matching contemporary full marbled calf. VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES execute par ordre de S. M. l’Empereur et Roi. Partie Historique redigee par M. F. Peron. ATLAS par MM. Lesueur et Petit. Dirige par J. Milbert. [Engraved title-page]. Super roy. 4to, pp. [vi](engraved title, verso blank & Contents, 4pp.); 40 very fine engraved plates numbered II to XLI (2 folding), including a plan of Sydney, and 23 of which are finely hand-coloured; (but for very slight occasional foxing and a little dust-soiling of last plate, fine and clean); [bound with] VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES. Historique. ATLAS deuxieme partie. Redigee par Mr. L. Freycinet, Capitaine de Fregate, Commandant le Casuarina pendant l’Expedition. Paris. 1811. [Engraved title-page]. Super roy. 4to; pp. [vi](engraved title, verso blank & Contents, 4pp., last blank); 2 large folding charts (numbered 1 & 2), 24 other maps & plans (on 12 plates, numbered 3-14); fine and clean; contemporary quarter calf, with marbled paste-papered sides to match the text volumes (above). VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES, execute sur les Corvettes Le Geographe, Le Naturaliste, et la Goelette Le Casuarina, pendant les Annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, et 1804; sous le Commandement du Capitaine de vaisseau N. Baudin. NAVIGATION ET GEOGRAPHIE. Publie par ordre de son Excellence le Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies; et redigee Par M. Louis Freycinet, Capitaine de fregate, Chevalier de Saint-Louis et de la Legion d’honneur, Correspondant de l’Institut de France, et de la Societe des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Rochefort, &c.; Commandant du Casuarina pendant l’expedition. [3 line part quotation from the Aeneid]. Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 59 (Avec un Atlas.) A Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale. 1815. Med. 4to, pp. xvi, 576, [2](Errata et Additions); 90 pages of tables; (some occasional minor foxing & browning); recently bound in full leather; uncut; very rare. Paris; Imprimerie Royale, 1815. VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES, execute Par Ordre de S. M. L’Empereur et Roi Sur les Corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste, et la Goelette Le Casuarina, pendant les Annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, & 1804. Publie par Decret Imperial sous le Ministere de son Excellence le Vice-Amiral Comte Decres, Grand Officier de l’Empire Inspecteur General des Cotes debla Mediterannee, Grand Aigle, chef de la Xeme Cohorte de la Legion d’Honneur, ayant le Departement de la Marine et des Colonies. PARTIE NAVIGATION ET GEOGRAPHIE. Redigee Par Louis Freycinet, Capitaine de Fregate, Commandant le Casuarina pendant l’Expedition. ATLAS. A Paris, 1812. Folio, First Edition; pp. [iv](title-page & Table of Charts, versos blank); 25 double-page & 7 full- page charts, finely engraved; modern half morocco, with marbled sides; (some foxing of several charts, but not severe; No. 29 with a little surface damage near upper edge from drops of candle-wax and its subsequent removal, with only the slightest loss of printed image to upper frame and a tiny portion of the representation of the River Hawkesbury; otherwise generally fine and clean); very rare. Together 3 vols. text, 4to, 2-part atlas in 1 vol., royal 4to, and Navigation atlas 1 vol. folio. Paris; Imprimerie Imperiale [et] Royale; 1807- 1816. ***See Ferguson 449 (Historique), 536 (navigation atlas) and 603 (navigation text). Both the text and atlas of the Navigation and Geography are very rare and complete sets of the entire work are seldom encountered. The charts in the Atlases (both to the Navigation and to the Partie Historique) are mainly by de Freycinet, and the fine illustrations are by Lesueur and Petit. The plates consist of 5 coloured coastal views, natural history subjects (9 coloured), topographical views, native weapons, canoes, habitations, etc. (some coloured), and 10 portraits (4 coloured) of NAMED Aborigines by NICHOLAS PETIT. One of the folding topographical views is a fine plate of Sydney by Lesueur. Francois Peron (1775-1810), naturalist and historian, was first intended for the priesthood, but with the Revolution joined the army. He served on the Rhine, was wounded (losing an eye), captured, and on repatriation in 1794 was invalided out of the army. He studied natural history and gained an appointment in Baudin’s expedition to the South Seas. He worked tirelessly in amassing specimens and information relative to the animal life of Australia and its environs, thus making a significant contribution to Australian zoology. On the return of the expedition Peron undertook the compilation of the history of the voyage; but ill-health forced him to abandon it half-way through, and it was completed by de Freycinet. Louis de Freycinet (1779-1842) was an hydrographer and cartographer in the French Navy. As a result of his highly creditable work in the Baudin expedition he was appointed to the command of a circumnavigatory expedition (in L’Uranie and La Physicienne) from 1816 to 1820, during which voyage he again visited the Australian coasts. The expedition was commanded by Nicolas Baudin, who died at Batavia on the way home. The purpose of the voyage was the thorough examination of the western and southern coasts of Australia, and especially to investigate a belief that a strait existed linking the southern sea with the Gulf of Carpentaria, thus dividing New Holland into two large islands. A six months’ stay at Sydney is fully described by Peron, embodying a valuable account of life in the early years of the settlement. Despite the failure of the expedition to complete its allotted tasks and the untimely death of its commander the scientific achievements were outstanding and many hundreds of plants were illustrated and described and in addition a collection of over eighteen thousand Zoological specimens was amassed, together with observations on numerous subjects - all this with a complement greatly reduced (both in scientific staff & crew) by desertion and illness! #13976 A$110,000.00
460 Peron, Francois, & Freycinet, Louis de: VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES, fait par Ordre du Gouvernement, sur les corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste, et la goelette le Casuarina, pendant les Annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, et 1804; Historique. Redige par Peron, et continue par M. Louis de Freycinet. Seconde Edition, revue, corrigee et augmentee par M. Louis de Freycinet, Capitaine de vaisseau, chevalier de S.-Louis et de la Legion-d’Honneur, correspondant de l’Academie royale des sciences de l’Institut de France, et membre de plusieurs autres societes savantes; commandant du Casuarina pendant l’expedition. Ouvrage enrichi d’un superbe atlas compose de 68 planches, dont 27 coloriees. Tome Premier. [Second, Troisieme, Quatrieme]. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, rue Hautefeuille, No 23. 1824. 4 vols., post 8vo, text, & 1 vol., impl. 4to, Atlas; Second 60 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iv](half-title, verso colophon, title, verso blank), [v]-xviii(Preface by de Freycinet, dated June, 1824), [xix]-xxiv(names of officers, cadet-officers, scientists and artists of the expedition), 400; portrait of Peron as frontis.; Vol. II, pp. [iv](half title, verso colophon, title, verso blank), 532; Vol. III, pp. [iv], 432; Vol. IV, pp. [iv], 356(last blank, Page 355 misnumbered 356), [2](Errata, verso blank); contemporary French quarter calf with marbled sides (spine ends a little worn; some mild foxing here & there); a very good set. Paris; Arthus Bertrand; 1824. [with] VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES. HISTORIQUE, Atlas par Mm. Lesueur et Petit. Seconde edition. Paris, 1824. Chez Arthus Bertrand, Libraire, rue Haute-Feuille. 2 parts, roy. 4to; [Part I], engraved title, with illustration within circle, 34 fine plates (numbered 2-7, 8-10, 12-14, 19, 21-24, 26, 28-31, 38-39, 41, 43-44, 48-55); [Part II], pp. [x](Explanatory Table of Contents); double-page map (numbered 1) and 33 fine plates (numbered 8, 11, 15-18, 20, 25, 27, 32-34, 37, 40, 42, 45-47, 35-36 and 56-68); in all comprising the double-page map of Australia from the surveys made on the voyage, but with Flinders’ names substituted for the French ones used for the first edition chart, 7 full-page charts, 2 fine double-page views (one of Sydney by Lesueur, & one of Timor), 27 fine hand-coloured engraved plates & 31 uncoloured plates including 2 of native music, 1 of native drawings and a plan of Sydney; the two parts as issued in contemporary French quarter calf, with green papered sides (the spine to the first part very worn and partly defective; some occasional foxing to margins and tissue interleaves but a fine set); very rare. Paris; Arthus Bertrand; 1824. ***The two parts of this atlas once belonged to Franklin H. Delano, the grandfather of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and carry his bookplate in the front of each part. The somewhat unusual arrangement of plates is clearly original, and not unprecedented. We have inspected a number of copies of this atlas with unusual plate arrangements and have had reports of various “hybrid” issues with a mix of plates from the two editions. The present copy is however quite complete with the full complement of second edition plates. It seems likely that these publisher’s bindings were intended as temporary clothing only and would usually have been rebound, with the plates numerically ordered in a single volume of the purchaser’s choice: this was the usual outcome, nearly all copies encountered today having been rebound either early and/or late in their history. See Ferguson 978 & 979; Wantrup 82; NMM cat. 640; Sabin 60999; this edition not in Hill. The superb plates in the atlas (25 more than in the first edition) include 12 portraits (5 coloured) of NAMED Aborigines by Nicholas Petit, 11 fine zoological plates (8 coloured), 17 of native weapons, artefacts including musical instruments, canoes, habitations, etc., 6 fine coloured plates of Timor & Solor natives, & 3 of Africans (2 coloured) and 11 fine zoological plates (8 coloured). The coloured plates are some of the finest ever done in an account of a voyage to Australia. The expedition, with two vessels, le Geographe and le Naturaliste, under the command of Nicolas Baudin, was sent in 1800 to conduct a cartographic survey of the Australian continent, and although at the time it was thought to be politically inspired, it was a purely scientific voyage. Louis-Claude de Freycinet was cartographer to the expedition, and was later to lead his own world voyage in the ships l’Uranie and la Physicienne; while Francois Peron was naturalist. Unfortunately Baudin was not a particularly competent leader and his authority was constantly undermined by the scheming and politically motivated Peron. The voyage was also plagued by ill-health and at Mauritius on the voyage out, over 40 of the scientists and crew deserted. The expedition met with the Australian coast at Cape Leeuwin, and the two vessels becoming separated, sailed to Timor, where they were re-united. When eventually, after re-surveying parts of Van Diemen’s Land, Baudin followed his original orders and commenced a survey of the south coast of Australia from the East, he met Flinders at Encounter Bay. After this meeting Baudin took the expedition to Sydney where the Geographe was refitted and the crew rested, and where it was decided to send the Naturaliste back to France with the specimens already collected (see below). To replace this vessel, the Casuarina was purchased from Governor King and Freycinet was put in command. While in Sydney, the aggressive Peron took advantage of his host’s hospitality by preparing a report on the defences of the settlement which he later submitted to General Decaen with the recommendation that Sydney be destroyed at the earliest opportunity as it later might not be so readily achieved. After the stay in Sydney, the expedition returned to surveying the South Coast and discovered and charted the south coast of Kangaroo Island. After some further surveying along the west and north-west coast including a second visit to Timor, the expedition returned to France via Mauritius, where unhappily Baudin died. In spite of the failure of the expedition to complete its allotted tasks and the untimely death of its commander the scientific achievements Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 61 were outstanding and many hundreds of plants were illustrated and described and in addition a collection of over eighteen thousand zoological specimens was amassed, together with observations on numerous subjects - all this with a complement greatly reduced (both in scientific staff & crew) by desertion and illness! Baudin’s death meant that the official account of the expedition, was left in the hands of his arch enemy Peron and the barely more sympathetic Freycinet, and in the first edition of 1807-16, Baudin’s name is not even mentioned except to accuse him of causing all the misfortunes which befel the expedition. The first edition was complete in two parts: 1. The ‘Partie Historique’, 2 vols., 4to, text and 1 vol., 4to, atlas; and 2. The ‘Partie Navigation et Geographie’, 1 vol., 4to, text & 1 vol., folio, atlas. The very rare second part was not re-published but was available from the publisher of the present second edition, as indicated by the note on the verso of the half-title of vol. I: “On trouve chez le meme libraire la partie ‘Nautique et Geographique’ du Voyage aux Terres australes, par M. Louis de Freycinet; 1 vol. in-4, et atlas gr. in-fol.” This second edition of the ‘Partie Historique’ prepared by Freycinet was extensively revised from the first edition, and the maps of the Australian coastline with the French names which had preceded the publication of Flinders account, owing to his long imprisonment on Mauritius, were dropped from the atlas to be replaced by 25 new plates. Many of these new plates are of great importance to Australia, including 5 more portraits of aborigines to complement those which had also appeared in the first edition, the plate of aboriginal drawings and another of aboriginal music. The three plates of Africans also are new to this edition, as are 14 of the Timor plates, several of these in exquisite colour. #9759 A$55,000.00
461 Perry, T. M. and Simpson, Donald H.; Editors. DRAWINGS BY WILLIAM WESTALL, Landscape Artist on board H.M.S. Investigator during the circumnavigation of Australia by Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N., in 1801-1803. Super roy. folio, First Edition; pp. viii, 72; portrait frontispiece (Westall), facsimile signature, portrait of Flinders, large folding map (in pocket) & 8 other maps (1 folding), 153 plates (mostly half-page & full-page, including 4 in colour); original blue cloth (a little faded & marked as now usual; slight foxing of first few leaves); a fine copy; scarce. London; The Royal Commonwealth Society; 1962. ***A beautifully produced work, with attractive letterpress and fine plates, some printed by collotype. The edition was of 1000 copies. The text includes an essay on “The Charting of Australia by Flinders”, by R. A. Skelton and another by Bernard Smith on Westall’s drawings, as well as essays by the editors, an annotated catalogue of drawings, and a list of books containing plates by or after Westall. The original drawings reproduced in the book are now in the National Library of Australia, Canberra. #5811 A$550.00
462 Phayre, Lieut.-General Sir Arthur P. HISTORY OF BURMA. Including Burma Proper, Pegu, Taungu, Tenasserim, and Arakan. From the Earliest Time to the End of the First War with British India. Facsimile Edition; pp. xii, 312(last blank); 3 maps (2 folding), a few illustrations, 3 appendices, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. New York; Augustus M. Kelley; 1969. ***Facsimile of the First Edition of 1883, printed for Susil Gupta, London, with sticker and overprint for the U.S. distributor. #36519 A$65.00
463 Phillip, Captain Arthur: THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY. First Published in 1789, reprinted, with amendments in 1790. Now reprinted with 7 Charts and 48 Plates including 31 fine coloured plates from the deluxe version of the first edition reproduced at enlarged scale. Melbourne; Edition Renard; MMVII. Folio, Limited Edition; pp. xl, 230; title vignette & 55 plates & charts reproduced from the original copperplate engravings, comprising portraits of Phillip, King, Shortland and Watts, 7 charts, 19 plates of birds, 9 of mammals, 4 of fishes, 1 plant, 4 of aborigines & their artifacts, 1 reptile & 6 views (including Botany Bay & Port Jackson), 4 additional illustrations, appendix containing list of all the convicts who came with the First Fleet, historical and bibliographical notes, additional set of 7 charts folded into pocket in rear board; original full red-burgundy polished morocco, gilt; all edges fully gilt in genuine gold. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2007. ***Edition limited to 100 numbered copies (of a total of 212 numbered copies). This edition includes 31 coloured plates from the rare deluxe issue of the First Edition. These have never before been republished. All the views and natural history plates are enlarged from the originals to splendid effect. #23916 A$2950.00 62 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 464 Phillip, Captain Arthur: THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY. First Published in 1789, reprinted, with amendments in 1790. Now reprinted with 7 Charts and 48 Plates including 31 fine coloured plates from the deluxe version of the first edition reproduced at enlarged scale. Melbourne; Edition Renard; MMVII. Folio, Deluxe Limited Edition; pp. xl, 230; title vignette & 55 plates & charts reproduced from the original copperplate engravings, comprising portraits of Phillip, King, Shortland and Watts, 7 charts, 19 plates of birds, 9 of mammals, 4 of fishes, 1 plant, 4 of aborigines & their artifacts, 1 reptile & 6 views (including Botany Bay & Port Jackson), 4 additional illustrations, plus additional suite of 31 uncoloured natural history plates, appendix containing list of all the convicts who came with the First Fleet, historical and bibliographical notes, additional set of 7 charts folded into pocket in rear board; original full red-burgundy polished morocco, gilt; all edges fully gilt in genuine gold. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2007. ***Edition limited to 100 numbered copies (of a total of 212 numbered copies). This edition includes 31 coloured plates from the rare deluxe issue of the First Edition. These have never before been republished. This deluxe version of our edition contains an additional suite of 31 uncoloured plates from the original uncoloured edition. All the views and natural history plates are enlarged from the originals to splendid effect. #23917 A$3850.00
465 Phillip, Captain Arthur: THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY. First Published in 1789, reprinted, with amendments in 1790. Now reprinted with 7 Charts and 48 Plates including 31 fine coloured plates from the deluxe version of the first edition reproduced at enlarged scale. Melbourne; Edition Renard; MMVII. Folio, Special Limited Edition; pp. xl, 230; title vignette & 55 plates & charts reproduced from the original copperplate engravings, comprising portraits of Phillip, King, Shortland and Watts, 7 charts, 19 plates of birds, 9 of mammals, 4 of fishes, 1 plant, 4 of aborigines & their artifacts, 1 reptile & 6 views (including Botany Bay & Port Jackson), 4 additional illustrations, plus additional suite of 31 uncoloured natural history plates, appendix containing list of all the convicts who came with the First Fleet, historical and bibliographical notes, additional set of 7 charts folded into pocket in rear board; original full red-burgundy polished morocco, gilt; all edges fully gilt in genuine gold. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2007. ***This edition includes 31 coloured plates from the rare deluxe issue of the First Edition. These have never before been republished. This deluxe version of our edition contains an additional suite of 31 uncoloured plates from the original uncoloured edition. All the views and natural history plates are enlarged from the originals to splendid effect. These 25 Special copies, numbered 1-25, contain in addition to the 86 bound-in plates, an additional suite of 49 plates (31 coloured) unbound and suitable for framing. The whole is housed in a specially made cloth Solander box, lined in moire silk. #23918 A$5250.00
466 Piper, David. THE ENGLISH FACE. With 145 illustrations in photogravure. First Edition; pp. 352; 145 illustrations, 2 figures, bibliography, references, index; original cloth (slightly soiled); a very good copy in torn dustwrapper. (London); Thames and Hudson; (1957). #22626 A$20.00
467 Plomley, N. J. B.; Editor. FRIENDLY MISSION. The Tasmanian Journals and Papers of George Augustus Robinson 1829-1834. A SUPPLEMENT. Edited by N. J. B. Plomley. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 32; 4 folding maps, 4 plates; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. [Hobart]; Tasmanian Historical Research Association; 1971. #47225 A$65.00
468 Polo, Marco: THE MOST NOBLE AND FAMOUS TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO, together with the Travels of Nicolo de Conti. Edited from the Elizabethan Translation of John Frampton, with Introduction, Notes and Appendixes by N. M. Penzer. Cr. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], lx, 382(last blank); 1 folding & 10 full-page maps, frontispiece (from a MS. in the Bodleian Library), reproduction of the title-page of the First Edition of the first (Frampton) translation into English (1579), appendices, index; original vinyl; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel, & New York, Da Capo Press; 1971]. ***Argonaut Press No. 6, first published (in this form) in 1929. #8668 A$110.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 63 469 Poortenaar, Jan. THE TECHNIQUE OF PRINTS AND ART REPRODUCTION PROCESSES. A study of technical processes with 45 specimens and 90 illustrations. With a Preface by Campbell Dodgson. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 174, [10](adv., last 3 blank); 22 coloured or partly-coloured plates (1 folding, 1 mounted) plus 23 monochrome plates and 90 text figures (several full-page), index; original cloth backed pictorial papered boards (edges lightly worn); top edge dyed red; a very good copy; scarce. London; John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd.; (1933). ***A marvellous book, with actual specimens of all the many printing processes discussed. #45630 A$175.00
470 Porteus, Stanley D. THE RESTLESS VOYAGE. Being an Account by Archibald Campbell, Seaman, of his wanderings in five oceans from 1806 to 1812. Written and published in Edinburgh in 1816 and Supplemented and Re-Indited in 1948 from documents dealing with his further history in Scotland and America. First Edition; pp. 280; facsimile of title-page of first edition of Campbell’s narrative; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. London & Sydney; George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd & The Australasian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd; (1949). ***Including much on Hawaii. #12774 A$65.00
471 Postma, Johannes Menne. THE DUTCH IN THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE 1600-1815. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 428, [4](blank); several maps, several tables, 25 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; (tiny stamp on title-page); a nice copy in faded dustwrapper. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press; (1990). #29667 A$125.00
472 Praz, Mario. CONVERSATION PIECES. A Survey of the Informal Group Portrait in Europe and America. Super roy. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 288; 380 illustrations (30 coloured), index; original canvas; a fine copy in very slightly torn dustwrapper. University Park & London; The Pennsylvania State University Press; (1971). #22025 A$45.00
473 Provis, J. Selkirk & Johnson, K. A. CADMAN’S COTTAGE. The Life and Times of John Cadman In Colonial Sydney-- 1798-1848. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [xii], 15-146(but complete, last blank); endpaper plans, 25 plates, index; a fine copy in d/w. Sydney; Privately Published; 1972. ***This edition is limited to 1500 copies of which 500 are numbered and signed by both Authors, this being one of the signed copies. #36197 A$95.00
474 Quayle, Eric. THE COLLECTOR’S BOOK OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 144; 16 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth; (a little foxing); a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Studio Vista; (1971). #20575 A$75.00
475 Quayle, Eric. THE COLLECTOR’S BOOK OF DETECTIVE FICTION. Photographs by Gabriel Monro. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 144(last blank); 16 coloured plates & numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth; (some foxing); a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Studio Vista; (1972). #20574 A$75.00
476 Quayle, Eric. EARLY CHILDREN’S BOOKS. A Collector’s Guide. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 256; 37 full-page illustrations, 65 text illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper (spine faded). Newton Abbot; David & Charles; (1983). #26941 A$85.00
477 Raffles, [Sir] Thomas Stamford. THE HISTORY OF JAVA. With an Introduction by John Bastin. 2 vols., demy 4to, Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [x], [iii]-xlviii(as issued), 480; Vol. II, pp. viii, 292, cclx(Appendix), [2](colophon, last blank); large coloured folding map (vol. I); 10 coloured & 56 b/w. plates, several detailed tables (some folding), many plans, line drawings and engravings of a large variety of subjects; original buckram; (a little spotting); a very good set. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; 1965. ***Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints. This work by Raffles is a prodigiously thorough and integrated study of a great range of aspects of the Javanese culture, copiously and beautifully illustrated with 10 coloured 64 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books plates of costumes, engraved views of scenes, plans, line sketches of architectural carvings, and also with a wealth of tabulated statistics and some detailed tables of comparative linguistic phenomena. #39684 A$650.00
478 Ralston, Kathleen. A MAN FOR ANTARCTICA. The Early Life of Phillip Law. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 236, [2](blank); 3 text maps, frontispiece, 12 plates, notes, glossary, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Hyland House; (1993). #40813 A$65.00
479 Raven, R . W. THE TREATMENT OF SHOCK. Oxford War Manuals. General Editor The Rt. Hon. Lord Horder, G.C.V.O. F’cap 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 96; frontispiece, 15 figures, 3 diagrams, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. London; Oxford University Press; 1942. #16336 A$65.00
480 Raven-Hart, Major R. BEFORE VAN RIEBEECK. Callers at South Africa from 1488 to 1652. Roy. 8vo, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. [viii], 216; 19 plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. Cape Town; C. Struik (Pty.) Ltd.; 1967. ***A valuable chronological survey. #35404 A$110.00
481 Ravenstein, E. G.; Editor. THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW BATTELL of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions. Reprinted from “Purchas his Pilgrimes.” Edited, with Notes and a Concise History of Kongo and Angola. Facsimile Edition; pp. xx, 210, [2](blank); 2 folding maps, 5 appendices, glossary and index; original cloth; a fine copy. Nendeln/Liechenstein; Kraus Reprint Limited; 1967. ***First published by the Hakluyt Society in 1901, Second Series No. VI. #29569 A$135.00
482 Rawson, Geoffrey. THE COUNT. A Life of Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki, K.C.M.G., Explorer and Scientist. With 40 Illustrations and Maps. First Edition; pp. xxii, 214, [4](blank); endpaper maps, 5 full- page maps, 8 facsimile letters, 25 plates, text illustrations, bibliography, appendices, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper; scarce. Melbourne; William Heinemann Ltd; (1953). #34563 A$135.00
483 Rawson, Geoffrey. PANDORA’S LAST VOYAGE. First Edition; pp. x, 166(last blank); 2 maps (1 double-page), 4 plates, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Longmans; (1963). ***Du Rietz 1074. #11411 A$85.00
484 Reed, Talbot Baines. A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES. With Notes Historical and Bibliographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography. A new edition revised and enlarged by A. F. Johnson. Reduced demy 4to, Second Edition; pp. xiv, 400; folding frontispiece, 95 illustrations (many full-page), 9 page list of references, index; original buckram; a fine copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber Limited; (1952). ***First published in 1887. Baines Reed’s original work was described by Graham Pollard in 1928 as “an indispensable book: it is by far the best and most complete book on the history of type foundries that has been written for any country”. In this revised and enlarged edition Johnson draws on more than 20 years’ of research and adds considerably to the account of typographical history including many facts unknown to the original author. #28363 A$350.00
485 Relethford, John H. REFLECTIONS OF OUR PAST. How Human History Is Revealed in Our Genes. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 260(last 3 blank); numerous maps & figures, notes, references, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Boulder, Colorado); Westview Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group; (2003). #25717 A$45.00
486 Relouge, E. E.; Editor. MASTERPIECES OF FIGURE PAINTING. 100 plates in color. Introduction by Bodo Cichy. Super roy. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 264; 100 mounted coloured plates (4 folding); original canvas; a nice copy in dustwrapper. New York; A Studio Book, The Viking Press; (1959). ***Studies of the female nude. #22181 A$50.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 65 487 Renard, Gaston. F. G. COLES AUSTRALIANA COLLECTION. Catalogue. With Descriptive and Bibliographical Annotations. With Nine Plates and Supplementary Index. Melbourne, 28th-30th July, 1965. Med. 8vo; pp. [iv], viii, 200; 1287 lots, index; price list loosely inserted; original quarter cloth & thin printed boards; entirely uncut; (a little toning of paper); a fine copy. Melbourne; Gaston Renard; 1965. ***Universally recognised (and widely quoted) as the finest and most informative Catalogue of a book sale in Australia and a sought-after work of reference. The Catalogue was reviewed in several overseas journals incuding the “Times Literary Supplement” and “Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes”, Paris. This is one of 25 presentation copies printed on hand-made paper, in the original printer’s binding. It was intended for it to be numbered, signed and rebound in leather, but this never occurred for this copy. #22385 A$150.00
488 Renard, Gaston. F. G. COLES AUSTRALIANA COLLECTION. Catalogue. With Descriptive and Bibliographical Annotations. With Nine Plates and Supplementary Index. Melbourne, 28th-30th July, 1965. Med. 8vo; pp. viii, 198; 1287 lots, index; price list loosely inserted; a fine copy in original stiff wrappers. [Melbourne; Gaston Renard; 1965]. #691 A$95.00
489 Renard, Gaston & Renard, H. J. AUSTRALASIA. Australia, The Neighbouring Lands to the North, The Pacific Region and Antarctica. Catalogue Number One Hundred. With 17 Illustrations and an Index. Pp. [x], 104, [2]; 17 plates, references, index; original stiff wrappers. Melbourne; Gaston Renard; 1970. ***Containing 253 items, many of great rarity, fully described, and offered at prices which now seem quite incredibly modest. #34421 A$30.00
490 Renard, Gaston. IGNIS FATUUS. A Diverse Collection of Books which in one way or another are to some degree or other illuminative of the flight of man’s fancy and desires, or illustrative of his inventive imaginings; including voyages imaginaires & extraordinaires, fraudulent voyages and travels, utopias, paradises lost but not regain’d, satires & parodies, more or less skilful, romanticised versions of actual voyages & travels, fiction disguis’d as fact & fact in fictional guise, with skits & take-offs, some unpretending fiction, or just plain Baloney; in short, anything we feel disposed, for one reason or another, or without any reason at all, to include, to produce an assemblage of interesting, diverting & entertaining material, & without apology for obvious omissions & apparently pointless inclusions; comprising works ancient and modern, & mostly, but not entirely, with some relation to Australia & the Pacific Region - the general geographical area of the Terra Australis Incognita. With Full Bibliographical Descriptions & Annotations, References, etc. and with Sixteen Illustrations. Pp. ii, 34; 11 plates, references,; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Melbourne; Gaston Renard; MCMLXXIII [on cover but actually 1978]. ***Limited edition of 250 numbered copies, prepared for the Sixth Australian Antiquarian Booksellers’ Fair, 1978. Production of the cover was plagued by typographic errors and the date is given wrongly twice, but the correct date is shown in the text, which was carefully proofread and contains much useful information on fictitious voyages, etc. (the title says it all!). #34423 A$35.00
491 Renard, Gaston & Renard, Julien G. R. CLIVE TURNBULL AUSTRALIANA COLLECTION. Catalogue [of Books to be sold] at Auction by Leonard Joel. Med. 8vo; pp. viii, [iv], 92; a fine copy in original stiff wrappers. Prahran; Gaston Renard; 1981. ***Lists over 800 items. Includes list of prices realised. (Total realisation over A$270,000.00). #690 A$25.00
492 Renard, Julien. A MAJOR COLLECTION OF RARE AUSTRALIANA, PACIFIC VOYAGES AND OTHER BOOKS. To be sold at Auction by Leonard Joel. 29th, 30th and 31st August, 1988. Roy. 8vo (approx.); pp. xvi, 224; 8 full-page coloured plates, 22 b/w. illustrations (mostly full-page), explanatory notes, table of book sizes, supplementary index, references; list of prices realised loosely inserted; stiff wrappers. Collingwood; Gaston Renard; 1988. ***921 lots including many great rarities and major & important works. All items are fully described, with detailed bibliographical notes and explanatory footnotes. In addition to the many items of rare Australiana and Pacific Voyages, there are sections of Australian Art Exhibition Catalogues, Australian Designer Bindings, Australian Art Photographs; and many books on Australian Art. 66 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books This was the most important book auction to be held in Australia since the landmark sale of the F. G. Coles collection in 1965, and realised a total just over 2.4 million dollars, tripling the previous record, and many new records were set for individual items. #22160 A$85.00
493 Renard, Julien. MAJOR COLLECTIONS OF ANTARCTICA, AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS and General Australiana, AUSTRALIAN ART REFERENCE, Illustrated Books, and Literature including Children’s Books. To be sold at Auction by Leonard Joel, 15th, 16th and 17th November, 1994. 3 vols., super roy. 8vo; Vol. I, Antarctica, pp. x, 246; Vol. II, Australian Exploration, pp. xviii, 118; Vol. III, Australian Art and Literature, pp. xii, 148; numerous illustrations; original wrappers. Collingwood; Gaston Renard; 1994. ***With lists of prices realised to each volume. A huge auction totalling 3757 lots, all carefully described, with informative footnotes - a valuable reference. #45048 A$110.00
494 Renard, Julien. ANTARCTICA. To be sold at Auction by Leonard Joel, 15th, 16th and 17th November, 1994. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 246; numerous illustrations; original pictorial wrappers. Collingwood; Gaston Renard; 1994. ***With list of prices realised. [Rosove 266.A1]. A huge collection totalling 1744 lots, the most comprehensive collection of Antarctic books ever offered for sale, including nearly all the great rarities in English, and many items not listed in Spence’s “Antarctic Miscellany”, all carefully described, with bibliographic detail and informative footnotes. All references to “Renard” in these listings refer to this work. #46073 A$85.00
495 Renault, Mary. THE PRAISE SINGER. Book Club Edition; pp. [vi], 298(last 5 blank); chronology, list of principal characters; original papered boards. London; Book Club Associates; (1979). ***A novel on the Greek poets. #34284 A$18.00
496 Retter, Catharine & Sinclair, Shirley. LETTERS TO ANN. The love story of Matthew Flinders and Ann Chappelle. First Edition; pp. x, 150; several illustrations, chronology, appendix, sources; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus & Robertson, An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; (1999). #12781 A$35.00
497 Reynolds, Graham. TWENTIETH CENTURY DRAWINGS. Edited, with an introduction and notes by the artists. 4to, First Edition; pp. [xii], 44; 4 mounted col plates, 64 b/w. plates, index; original cloth (a little marked); a very good copy in ragged d/w. London; Pleiades Books; MCMXLVI (1946). #21731 A$20.00
498 Reynolds, Lieutenant William: VOYAGE TO THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. The letters of Lieutenant William Reynolds from the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. Edited by Anne Hoffman Cleaver and E. Jeffrey Stann. With an Introduction and Epilogue by Hermann J. Viola. First Edition; pp. xlii, 326; endpaper maps, 5 text maps, coloured portrait frontispiece, 22 illustrations, 2 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Annapolis, Maryland; Naval Institute Press; (1988). ***Renard 1292. #34989 A$85.00
499 Richards, Joanna Armour; Editor. BLAXLAND-LAWSON-WENTWORTH 1813. First Edition; pp. 224(last blank); 3 maps on 2 folding sheets, frontispiece, 12 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Hobart; Blubber Head Press; 1979. ***Edition limited to 780 signed & numbered copies. The first expedition to cross the Blue Mountains west of Sydney - all the important primary materials relating to the crossing are here published including Blaxland’s Journal, first published in 1823 and extremely rare; together with Lawson’s Journal and Wentworth’s monograph, both not previously published. An important and very well produced book. #5213 A$250.00
500 Rienits, Rex. STORMY PETREL. First Edition; pp. 238, [2](blank); original papered boards; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Frederick Muller Limited; (1963). ***A novel of the rum rebellion under William Bligh. #30058 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 67 501 Rienits, Rex and Thea. THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. 160(including endpapers); 4 maps (1 double-page); numerous coloured & b/w. photos; (some full-page & double-page), index; original papered boards, gilt; a very good copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. London; Paul Hamlyn; (1968). ***Beddie 324. #5034 A$35.00
502 Roberts, Morley. LAND TRAVEL AND SEA-FARING. Illustrated by A. D. McCormick. First Edition; pp. viii, 260; 40 illustrations; original cloth; (some foxing); a very good copy. London; Lawrence and Bullen; 1891. ***All but the first and last chapters relate to Australia with much on Victoria. Ferguson 14957. #9555 A$135.00
503 Robertson, George. THE DISCOVERY OF TAHITI. A Journal of the Second Voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin Round the World, under the Commmand of Captain Wallis, R. N., in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768, written by her master George Robertson. Edited by Hugh Carrington. First Authentic Edition of the Journal; pp. lii, 292; folding map, 3 text maps, 6 plates (including folding frontispiece & 2 maps), 9 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth, gilt; (upper corners slightly bumped); a fine copy; scarce. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1948. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, No. 98. #15696 A$250.00
504 Robertson, George: AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF TAHITI. From the Journal of George Robertson, Master of H.M.S. Dolphin. Edited, with an Introduction by Oliver Warner. With Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings. First Edition (of this version); pp. 128; 10 wood engravings (including map); original cloth-backed papered boards; (neatly covered in adhesive plastic, otherwise a nice copy). London; Folio Society; 1955. #2244 A$25.00
505 Robertson, George: AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF TAHITI. From the Journal of George Robertson, Master of H.M.S. Dolphin. Edited, with an Introduction by Oliver Warner. With Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings. 2nd Impression (of this version); pp. 128(last blank); 10 wood engravings (including map); original cloth; a nice copy in original clear plastic dustwrapper. London; Folio Press: J. M. Dent; 1973. #36257 A$60.00
506 Robertson, Jillian. LIZARD ISLAND. A Reconstruction of the Life of Mrs. Watson. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 176; numerous illustrations; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Hutchinson of Australia; (1981). #25 A$95.00
507 Robinson, William H. Catalogue 81. A SELECTION OF PRECIOUS MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORIC DOCUMENTS AND RARE BOOKS the majority from the renowned collection of Sir Thomas Phillips Bt. (1792-1872). 1950. Offered for Sale by William H. Robinson Ltd. 4to, First Edition; pp. [288]; coloured frontispiece, title-page in red & black, 1 folding plate (a Chinese World Map c. 1648), numerous illustrations; index of manuscripts, index of provenances; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy; very scarce. London; William H. Robinson Ltd; 1950. ***Comprising 120 choice items from the twelfth to nineteenth centuries. #56492 A$175.00
508 Robinson, William H. Catalogue 83. RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. 1953. Offered for Sale by William H. Robinson Ltd. F’cap folio, First Edition; pp. viii, 192; 2 superb coloured plates (1 folding), very numerous illusts; original papered boards; a nice copy very scarce. London; William H. Robinson Ltd; 1953. ***Comprising 104 choice items (24 manuscripts and 80 printed books) from the eleventh to eighteenth centuries, a high proportion being from the celebrated library of Sir Thomas Phillips, including the dedication copy of Pigafetta’s manuscript account of Magellan’s voyage, perhaps the most important geographical manuscript in existence, and now held in the Beinecke Library of Yale University Library to which it was presented by Edwin J. Beinecke who purchased it from this catalogue. #59861 A$350.00 68 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 509 Roe, F. Gordon. THE NUDE. From Cranach to Etty and Beyond. With a foreword by H. Granville Fell. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 120; 56 attractive sepia plates, appendix, bibliography, index; original buckram, fore and lower edges uncut; a very good copy. Leigh-on-Sea, Essex; F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited; (1944). ***Edition limited to 500 numbered copies printed by letterpress on high quality laid paper. #22537 A$110.00
510 Roger-Marx, Claude. GRAPHIC ART OF THE 19TH CENTURY. (Translated from the French by E. M. Gwyer. First Edition in English; pp. 256(last 2 blank); numerous illustrations (14 coloured), index; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Thames and Hudson; (1962). #22498 A$30.00
511 Rosner, Charles. PRINTER’S PROGRESS. A Comparative Survey of the Craft of Printing 1851- 1951. 4to, First U.S. Edition; pp. [xxiv], 8, 8a-d, 9-59, [59a](verso), 60-70(recto), [67](pagination irregular); numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations & plates, a few mounted, notes; original buckram (partly faded; half-title stained from removal of some previously affixed clipping); a very good copy. Cambridge; Harvard University Press; 1951. ***First published, and produced, in the U.K. in the same year. #62373 A$60.00
512 Rosove, Michael H. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS SUPPLEMENT to the Rosove Antarctic Bibliography. 4to, First Edition; pp. xiv, 50(last blank); 4 coloured plates; original quarter cloth, with linen sides, acid-free paper; a fine copy. Santa Monica, California; Adelie Books; 2008. ***This important supplement covers the same subject period as the original bibliography and has resulted from the contributions of over fifty polar book collectors, booksellers, and historians. Heretofore unrecognized publications (including sixteen primary works) are now described, with much additional information about previously reported publications and the correction of errors. #21934 A$110.00
513 Ross, Alan. COLOURS OF WAR. War Art 1939-45. With a Foreword by Kenneth Clark. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 192; 16 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1983). #19787 A$35.00
514 Roth, H. Ling. THE DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF PORT MACKAY, QUEENSLAND. With Numerous Illustrations, Charts and Maps, and some Notes on the Natural History of the District. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. viii, 114, [2](recto adv., verso blank); frontispiece, 2 folding maps & charts, 1 double-page map, full-page town plan, 82 illustrations (a few full-page), appendices (including an account of the Aborigines of the district, & notes on natural history), index; original blue cloth (part faded); top edge gilt; a very good copy; very scarce. Halifax, England; F. King & Sons; 1908. ***Edition limited to 250 copies. #22974 A$1350.00
515 Roughley, T. C. BOUNTY DESCENDANTS LIVE ON REMOTE NORFOLK ISLAND. Roy. 8vo; pp. 558-584; map, numerous coloured illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, October, 1960. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1960. #16034 A$20.00
516 Royal Australian Ornithologists Union: THE EMULET. No. 2 March, 1952. An Ornithological Omulet. Roy. 8vo; pp. 28; a few illustrations; original wrappers (rear wrapper slightly worn). Melbourne; R.A.O.U.; 1952. ***An elaborate and entertaining spoof on the official journal, “The Emu” with barely hidden references to many of the personnel. #64471 A$22.00
517 Rubruck, Friar William: THE MISSION OF FRIAR WILLIAM OF RUBRUCK. His Journey to the court of the Great Khan Mongke 1253-1255. Tranlsated by Peter Jackson. Introduction, notes and appendices by Peter Jackson with David Morgan. First Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 312, [4](blank); 1 double-page & 3 full-page maps, frontispiece; appendices, chronology, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1990. ***Hakluyt Society, Second Series No. 173. #41624 A$110.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 69 518 Saturday Magazine: THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE: Volume IV (January to June, 1834) to Volume V (July to December, 1834). Comprising all the weekly issues for the two volumes, and also all the additional monthly Supplements, being numbers 97-160. Impl. 8vo, 2 vols. in 1, First Edition; pp. 4(title-page and index), 256; 4(title-page and index), 256; each issue or supplement comprising 8 pages, with several woodcut illustrations (some full-page); contemporary half calf with marbled sides; (some minor soiling; clean tear to one leaf ); a very good copy. London; John William Parker, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; 1834. ***The journal contains numerous well-illustrated items of geographical, scientific and natural history interest, these two volumes including articles on Navigation, Madagascar, India, and elsewhere. #63862 A$85.00
519 Saturday Magazine: THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE: Volume V (July to December, 1834) to Volume VI (January to June, 1835). Comprising all the weekly issues for the two volumes, and also all the additional monthly Supplements, being numbers 129-192. Impl. 8vo, 2 vols. in 1, First Edition; pp. 4(title-page and index), 256; 4(title-page and index), 256; each issue or supplement comprising 8 pages, with several woodcut illustrations (some full-page); contemporary half calf with marbled sides; a very good copy. London; John William Parker, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; 1834-35. ***The journal contains numerous well-illustrated items of geographical, scientific and natural history interest, these two volumes including a 7-part article on Ceylon, a 6-part article on the Highlands of Scotland and others on Arabia and elsewhere. #45965 A$100.00
520 Saturday Magazine: THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE: Volume XIII (July to December, 1838) to Volume XIV (January to June, 1839). Comprising all the weekly issues for the two volumes, and also all the additional monthly Supplements, being numbers 386-449. Impl. 8vo, 2 vols. in 1, First Edition; pp. 4(title- page and index), 256; 4(title-page and index), 256; each issue or supplement comprising 8 pages, with several woodcut illustrations (some full-page); contemporary half calf with marbled sides; a very good copy. London; John William Parker, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; 1838-39. ***The journal contains numerous well-illustrated items of geographical, scientific and natural history interest, these two volumes including articles on Astronomy and Navigation, amongst many others. #52308 A$100.00
521 Saturday Magazine: THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE: Volume XVII (July to December, 1840) to Volume XVIII (January to June, 1841). Comprising all the weekly issues for the two volumes, and also all the additional monthly Supplements, being numbers 514-577. Impl. 8vo, 2 vols. in 1, First Edition; pp. 4(title-page and index), 256; 4(title-page and index), 256; each issue or supplement comprising 8 pages, with several woodcut illustrations (some full-page); contemporary half calf with marbled sides; a very good copy. London; John William Parker, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; 1840-41. ***The journal contains numerous well-illustrated items of geographical, scientific and natural history interest, these two volumes including 5-part articles on South Africa and on British Guyana, as well as many others. #30447 A$100.00
522 Saturday Magazine: THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE: Volume the Twenty-First (July to December, 1842) to Volume the Twenty-Second (January to June, 1843). Comprising all the weekly issues for the two volumes, and also all the additional monthly Supplements, being numbers 642-705. Impl. 8vo, 2 vols. in 1, First Edition; pp. 4(title-page and index), 264; 4(title-page and index), 248; each issue or supplement comprising 8 pages, with several woodcut illustrations (some full-page); original quarter cloth with papered sides; a very good copy. London; John William Parker, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; 1841-42. ***The journal contains numerous well-illustrated items of geographical, scientific and natural history interest, these two volumes including article on Chess, English Navigators, Mexico, Wood Engravings, the Fur Trade, China and Hong Kong, Canada and elsewhere. #63858 A$100.00
523 Saturday Magazine: THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE: Volume XIX (July to December, 1841) to Volume XX (January to June, 1842). Comprising all the weekly issues for the two volumes, and also all the additional monthly Supplements, being numbers 578-641. Impl. 8vo, 2 vols. in 1, First Edition; pp. 4(title- 70 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books page and index), 258; 4(title-page and index), 256; each issue or supplement comprising 8 pages, with several woodcut illustrations (some full-page); original quarter cloth, with papered sides; a very good copy. London; John William Parker, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; 1841-42. ***The journal contains numerous well-illustrated items of geographical, scientific and natural history interest, these two volumes including an important 4-part article on the Chess Automaton known as The Turk (with full explanation of its operation) as well as many others on various aspects of the game of Chess itself, articles on Cairo, Maps and Mapping, Sir Stamford Raffles, Wood Engraving, the island of Java, and many others. #57070 A$110.00
524 Savours, Ann. THE VOYAGES OF THE DISCOVERY: The Illustrated History of Scott’s Ship. Cr. 4to, Abridged Edition; pp. 160; numerous maps, coloured & b/w. illustrations, appendix, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Chatham Publishing; (2001). ***The Discovery was specially built for Scott’s first expedition (1901-4). Her subsequent history was no less exciting as she was used as the annual supply ship for the Hudson Bay Company and during World War I ferried vital food supplies to France’s Atlantic ports and munitions to Archangel in northern Russia. She was sent south again to rescue Shackleton’s men marooned on Elephant Island in 1916 and again in 1925-27 (the “Discovery Expeditions”) and on Mawson’s BANZAR Expeditions 1929-31. This book contains much new material on these and other facets of the interesting history of this famous ship. #37629 A$45.00
525 Schilder, Gunter. AUSTRALIA UNVEILED. The Share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia. Translated from the German by Olaf Richter. [Part One -- History. Part Two -- The Maps]. Cr. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. xii, 424; 44 plates (mostly maps), 61 text illustrations including many maps; plus 88 full-page maps in second part of work; bibliography, 3 indices; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. Amsterdam; Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; 1976. ***One of 250 numbered copies signed by the Author and reserved for distribution in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. #57615 A$350.00
526 Schilder, Gunter; Editor. VOYAGE TO THE GREAT SOUTH LAND: Willem de Vlamingh 1696-1697. Translated by C. de Heer. Roy. 8vo, First Edition in English; pp. x, 262(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, folding frontispiece map, 38 illustrations on 28 plates (some coloured), 16 appendices, archival sources, references, bibliography, index; original vinyl; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Royal Australian Historical Society in association with The Australian Bank; (1985). #11965 A$65.00
527 Scholderer, Victor. JOHANN GUTENBERG. The Inventor of Printing. First Edition; pp. 32; 16 plates (18 illustrations, 4 coloured), bibliography; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. London; Published by The Trustees of the British Museum; 1963. #51789 A$25.00
528 Scott, Ernest. THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MATTHEW FLINDERS, R.N. Thick demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 492; 4 double-page & 6 full-page maps, 2 folding, 3 double-page & 2 full-page facsimile documents, 22 plates, chronology, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; original gilt decorated blue cloth of the primary issue; (calligraphic presentation inscription on front endpaper); a very good, clean copy; scarce. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; 1914. #5109 A$450.00
529 Scott, James; Sergeant of Marines. REMARKS ON A PASSAGE TO BOTANY BAY 1787-1792. A First Fleet Journal. 4to, First Edition; pp. [ii], xii, [2], 84, [8]; frontispiece (facsimile of MS.); original cloth; a nice copy in worn & slightly soiled d/w; scarce. Sydney; Public Library of New South Wales in association with Angus and Robertson; 1963. ***Here published for the first time. The MS. is in the Dixson Library. #14618 A$125.00
530 Severin, Tim. THE CHINA VOYAGE. Across the Pacific by Bamboo Raft. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. [x], 326(last 9 blank); map, 16 coloured plates, numerous text illustrations; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Reading, Massachusetts; Addison-Wesley Publishing Company; (1995). #63286 A$50.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 71 531 Sexton, Eric: FIFTEENTH-CENTURY BOOKS ILLUSTRATING THE SPREAD OF PRINTING. The Collection of the late Eric Sexton, F.S.A. and Seventeen Duplicates from The Pierpont Morgan Library which will be sold on Wednesday, April 8, 1981 at 10:00 a.m. Cr. 4to; pp. 180; numerous illustrations, author and short title index; original papered boards; a very good copy. New York; Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.; 1981. ***Listing 211 superb lots, with list of prices realised loosely inserted. #16020 A$50.00
532 Sharp, Andrew. THE VOYAGES OF ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN. First Edition; pp. xii, 376; 27 maps (1 folding), 2 double-page, 44 full-page & 6 other illustrations in text, mostly from Tasman’s journal, index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn d/w.; very scarce. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; 1968. #8533 A$395.00
533 Shaw Savill Line: TAHITI. French Oceania. [Cover title]. Oblong 8vo; pp. 12; 2 maps, 5 plates; original wrappers. [London]; Shaw Savill Line; [1958]. #64611 A$15.00
534 Simmons, George Finlay. SINDBADS OF SCIENCE. Narrative of a Windjammer’s Specimen- Collecting Voyage to the Sargasso Sea, to Senegambian Africa and Among Islands of High Adventure in the South Atlantic. Roy. 8vo; pp. 1-75; map, 89 photos.; contained in the National Geographic Magazine; July, 1927; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1927. ***Including also a 50-page article on Moths and Butterflies with 16 col. plates & several b/w. illusts. #23614 A$45.00
535 Simon, Oliver. INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY. First Edition; pp. xiv, 138(last blank); 1 folding plate, 79 figures (numerous full-page, & some coloured), glossary, bibliography, index; original patterned cloth; a very good copy. London; Faber and Faber; 1945. #28348 A$35.00
536 Simon, Oliver. INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY. 3rd Impression; pp. [ii], xii, 138(last blank); 1 double-page plate, 78 illustrations (about half being full-page, & some coloured), glossary, bibliography, subject index; original buckram; a nice copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber; 1947. ***First published in 1945. #64046 A$55.00
537 Simon, Oliver. PRINTER AND PLAYGROUND. An Autobiography. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 156, [2](blank); portrait frontispiece, 4 plates, 37 figures (some coloured), appendix, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber; (1956). ***”Simon’s services to typography are something of a legend ... he records his experiences in editing The Fleuron and the pre-war series of Signature.” - blurb. #64085 A$95.00
538 Sinclair, William F.; Editor. THE TRAVELS OF PEDRO TEIXEIRA; with his “Kings of Harmuz,” and extracts from his “Kings of Persia.” Translated and Annotated by William F. Sinclair. With further Notes and an Introduction by Donald Ferguson. Facsimile Edition; pp. [viii], cviii, 292; 4 appendices, index; original buckram; a fine copy. Nendeln/Liechenstein; Kraus Reprint Limited; 1967. ***First published by the Hakluyt Society in 1902, Second Series No. IX. #23691 A$135.00
539 Slater, J. Herbert. ENGRAVINGS AND THEIR VALUE. A Complete Guide to the Collection and Prices of all Classes of Prints. Sixth Edition. Revised and Enlarged by F. W. Maxwell-Barbour. Illustrated with 24 Plates in Colour and Black and White, and 300 Facsimile Reproductions of Engravers’ Marks. 4to, Sixth Edition; pp. [ii], x, 708, [4](adv.); 4 coloured & 16 b/w. plates, very numerous engraver’s marks in text, index; original cloth; gilt; (spine a little torn; lower corner slightly bumped; occasional trifling staining in margin only); a very good, sound copy; scarce. London; “The Bazaar, Exchange and Mart” Limited; N.D. [c. 1930]. ***Comprising a 75-page introduction to the history and methods of engraving, and a detailed annotated dictionary of engravers and their works. Generally considered to be the best edition and still of great utility. #19483 A$165.00 72 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 540 Slocum, Captain Joshua. SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD. [Introduction by Jonathan Raban]. First Adventure Library Edition; pp. xxvi, 254(last 5 blank); endpaper & 4 other maps, 25 illustrations including portrait of Slocum; original half cloth; a fine copy. (Purdys, New York); The Adventure Library; (1995). ***An attractively produced modern edition of a famous book first published in 1900. #13253 A$70.00
541 Smith, Adolphe. THE GARDEN OF HYERES. A Description of the Most Southern Port on the French Riviera. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. 136(misnumbered 135), [18](adv.); folding panoramic frontispiece (a tear neatly repaired), double-sided folding map, 8 plates (1 folding) including 2 fine lithographs of Australian Eucalyptus sp.; original printed cloth, with illustration on rear board; a nice copy; very scarce. London; Published at the Fleet Printing Works ... and by H. Souchon, Avenue de la Gare, Hyeres (Var), France; 1882. ***Adolphe Smith was the author of ‘Street Life in London’ and wrote this volume at Hyeres in May 1880, first publishing it at Carnarvon in November of that year. Both editions are of considerable rarity. Two chapters are devoted to the semi-tropical vegetation and natural sciences at Hyeres. The eucalypts were introduced by M. Ramel who had travelled in Australia becoming acquainted with Ferdinand von Mueller and brought back to Hyeres “some eighteen years ago ... a large collection of seeds and young plants.” He goes on to discuss the sanitary and medicinal properties of eucalypts. #17574 A$280.00
542 Smith, Adolphe. MONACO AND MONTE CARLO. With Eight Reproductions in Colour from Drawings by Charles Maresco Pearce, and with Forty-eight Illustrations in Black and White. 4to, First Edition; pp. 480; 8 coloured plates, 48 b/w. plates, index; original decorated cloth, top edge dyed; a small nick in top edge of several leaves, otherwise a fine copy, entirely uncut & unopened; scarce. London; Grant Richards Ltd.; MDCCCCXII [1912]. #12584 A$120.00
543 Smith, Bernard & Wheeler, Alwyne; Editors. THE ART OF THE FIRST FLEET and other early Australian drawings. Super roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 256; over 240 illustrations (some full-page & many coloured), 4 appendices, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; 1988. ***An important book: the illustrations include over 70 of the aborigines, over 90 topographical views and original sketch charts etc., over 70 natural history subjects (including some superb col. illustrations of birds) and a number of other illustrations of historical interest. A large proportion of the illustrations have never before been published. Expert commentary on the illustrations of aborigines is by R. J. Lampert; on the maps and topographical drawings by T. M. Perry; on the social history and depiction of the early settlement by Alan Frost; on the natural history and scientific knowledge by J. H. Calaby; and on the artwork and its historical context by Bernard Smith. This book provides for the first time a comprehensive visual supplement to the First Fleet journals of Governor Phillip, Surgeon John White, Captain Watkin Tench, Captain John Hunter and Judge-Advocate David Collins. #20787 A$350.00
544 Smith, Bernard & Wheeler, Alwyne; Editors. THE ART OF THE FIRST FLEET and other early Australian drawings. Roy. 4to, First U.S. Edition; pp. 256; over 240 illustrations (some full-page & many coloured), 4 appendices, notes, bibliography, index; a fine copy in full cloth and dustwrapper. New Haven and London; Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the British Museum (Natural History); 1988. ***Printed in Melbourne, and identical to the first (Australian) edition. #43399 A$375.00
545 Smith, Derek. THEN AND NOW. [Stories of Flinders Island]. First Edition; pp. vi, 86; several illustrations; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Whitemark, Flinders Island; The Author; 1980.***A Poem and two stories with historical overtones written for children, together with a brief historical summary. #64410 A$25.00
546 Smith, Harold F. AMERICAN TRAVELLERS ABROAD. A Bibliography of Accounts Published Before 1900. 4to, First Edition; pp. vi, 166; bibliography of sources, geographical index; original wrappers; a fine copy. Carbondale-Edwardsville; Southern Illinois University; 1969. #39631 A$50.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 73 547 Smith, James; Editor. THE CYCLOPEDIA OF VICTORIA. (Illustrated). In three volumes. An Historical and Commercial Review. Descriptive and Biographical, Facts, Figures and Illustrations. An Epitome of Progress. 3 vols., demy 4to, First Edition; Vol. 1, pp. [xii], 611(verso original endpaper, here laid down to new endpaper); Vol. 2, pp. [vi], 559(verso endpaper); Vol. 3, pp. [vi], 646(last 2 blank); portrait frontispiece of Sir George Sydenham Clarke, Governor of Victoria, numerous text illustrations throughout., 3 biographical indices; original half leather, with cloth sides (all vols. neatly rebacked, with new endpapers; a few relevant newsclippings neatly tipped in to Vol. 1 which also has a ms. index on a preliminary blank); internally very good & clean; a very good set; scarce. Melbourne; Cyclopedia Company; 1903-5. ***A comprehensive work, from the earliest days to the beginning of the century, embracing all aspects of the State and including much biographical information. #26117 A$1500.00
548 Smith, James Edward. A SPECIMEN OF THE BOTANY OF NEW HOLLAND. Written by James Edward Smith. The figures by James Sowerby. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2005. Med. 4to, Limited Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], viii, 54, [55]-70(bibliographical notes); 16 fine coloured plates from the hand- coloured originals, 5 text illustrations; full golden brown calf antique, gilt, with morocco title-label, tinted edges and marker ribbon; a fine copy. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2005. ***Edition Limited to 120 numbered copies. A fine facsimile of the original edition Printed by J. Davis, Published by J. Sowerby, London, 1793-95 and never before reprinted. #46619 A$650.00
549 Smith, James Edward. A SPECIMEN OF THE BOTANY OF NEW HOLLAND. Written by James Edward Smith. The figures by James Sowerby. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2005. Large 4to, Deluxe Large Paper Limited Edition; pp. [iv], viii, 54, [55]-70(bibliographical notes); 16 fine coloured plates from the hand-coloured originals, 4 coloured & 1 uncoloured illustrations; full golden brown calf antique, gilt, with morocco title-label, tinted edges and marker ribbon; a fine copy. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2005. ***Edition Limited to 60 numbered copies. A fine enhanced edition from the original edition Printed by J. Davis, Published by J. Sowerby, London, 1793-95 and never before reprinted. In this Deluxe issue the text is entirely reset with judicious use of colour and the fine coloured plates are enlarged by 25%. #46620 A$1150.00
550 Smith, Sir Ross; K.B.E. FROM LONDON TO AUSTRALIA BY AEROPLANE. A Personal Narrative of the First Aerial Voyage Half Around the World. Roy. 8vo; pp. 229-339; double-page map, 86 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, March, 1921; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1921. ***Comprising most of the issue, which contains also a brief article on “America in the Air” and some coloured photos. of India & Ceylon. #20415 A$85.00
551 Smyth, Arthur Bowes. THE JOURNAL OF ARTHUR BOWES SMYTH: Surgeon, Lady Penrhyn 1787-1789. Edited by Paul G. Fidlon & R. J. Ryan. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xx, 196; 27 illusts., appendices, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. Sydney; Australian Documents Library; (1979). #5141 A$125.00
552 Solomon, Susan. THE COLDEST MARCH. Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition. First Australian Edition; pp. xiv, 384(last blank); 5 maps, 71 illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; (2001). #64843 A$55.00
553 Souhami, Diana. SELKIRK’S ISLAND. First Edition; pp. 246, [2](blank); 2 maps, 3 double-page coloured plates, several illustrations, notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Weidenfeld and Nicolson; (2001). ***The story of the real Robinson Crusoe, Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned by William Dampier on the island of Juan Fernandez and formed the factual basis for Defoe’s famous novel, together with interesting material (and stunning photographs) of the island itself. #18617 A$45.00
554 Spain: THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, March, 1929. Roy. 8vo; pp. 273-402, plus advert. leaves; 24 coloured plates, 119 b/w. illustrations; original wrappers. Washington; National 74 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Geographic Society; 1929. ***The entire issue is devoted to Spain - Seville, Andalusia, Barcelona and the countryside - an interesting record from before the Civil War. #22672 A$45.00
555 Spalding, D. A. COLLECTING AUSTRALIAN BOOKS. Notes for Beginners. First Edition; pp. [vi], 94, [12](blank); index; original stiff wrappers. (Canberra); D. A. Spalding; (1981). #18159 A$25.00
556 Sparrman, Anders. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution. Introduction & Notes by Owen Rutter. [Translated into English by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve]. F’cap folio; First Edition in English; pp. 220(last blank), [2](blank); folding map, 12 wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill; appendix, notes; original green buckram, gilt, top edge gilt; a fine, clean copy; scarce. London; Golden Cockerel Press; 1944. ***Edition limited to 350 numbered copies on Arnold’s mould-made paper. This is the first translation into English of Sparrman’s account of Cook’s Second Voyage and can be regarded as a kind of sequel to Sparrman’s South African narrative (first published in English in 1785) which contains only a few pages on the remainder of the voyage. [Holmes 92*; Beddie 1284; Davidson, pages 62-63; Spence 1150; USN 23-5.59; Du Rietz 1231; Renard 1517 (specially bound issue only)]. #2259 A$2200.00
557 Spillett, Peter G. FORSAKEN SETTLEMENT: An illustrated history of the settlement of Victoria, Port Essington, North Australia 1838-1849. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 196; 3 sketch maps, 3 double- page & 23 smaller illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Lansdowne; (1972). #11189 A$85.00
558 Sprod, Dan; Editor. THE TREGURTHA LOG, relating the adventurous life of Capt. Edward Primrose Tregurtha. The Napoleonic Wars - the East India Company’s China Run - Whaling in the South Seas - Shipmaster to the Port Phillip District. F’cap folio, First Edition; pp. 168(last 2 blank); 2 endpaper & 1 other maps, 9 illustrations, (3 mounted, 2 of which coloured), 4 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Hobart); Blubber Head Press; 1980. ***Edition limited to 600 signed & numbered copies. Like all Blubber Head books it is a finely produced article. #2260 A$165.00
559 Spufford, Francis. I MAY BE SOME TIME. Ice and the English Imagination. First Edition; pp. [xii], 372; 8 plates, sources, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber; (1996). ***Explores the English fascination with ice travel, examining in particular, explorers’ motives for embarking on these most often perilous journeys. #54467 A$45.00
560 Stanton, William. THE GREAT UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF 1838- 1842. Small cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 438(last 5 blank); endpaper maps, several illustrations, notes, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. Berkeley; University of California Press; 1975. ***This great expedition led by Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., with 6 vessels, made numerous discoveries in the Pacific and Antarctic regions; and the expedition called twice at Sydney. The results of the voyage were first published in 5 large volumes and atlas in 1844. Not in Spence; Renard 1531. #4133 A$110.00
561 Stapel, Dr. F. W. DE OOSTINDISCHE COMPAGNIE EN AUSTRALIE. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 160; 2 maps (1 double-page, 1 folding), 8 plates, 7 text illustrations, bibliography, index of persons & index of ships; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Amsterdam; P. N. van Kampen & Zoon N.V.; 1937. ***Including the voyages of Carstensz, Hartog, Tasman, Vlamingh, etc. #35929 A$75.00
562 Steele, Wilfred and Steele, Christopher. TO THE GREAT GULF. The Surveys and Explorations of L. A. Wells, Last Australian Explorer, 1860-1938. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 144; endpaper, triple-page & 5 full-page maps, numerous illustrations, bibliography, index; original slick boards; a fine copy; scarce. (Blackwood; South Australia), Lynton Publications Pty. Limited; [1978]. #15793 A$165.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 75 563 Sterling, Charles. STILL LIFE PAINTING. From Antiquity to the Present Day. STILL LIFE PAINTING. A new revised edition. Translated by James Emmons. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. [iv], 148, 124(plates), [149]-168(last blank); 37 mounted coloured plates, 95 b/w. plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; (trifling waterstain to fore-edge of several leaves); a very good copy in dustwrapper. Paris; Editions Pierre Tisne; 1959. #20684 A$65.00
564 Stewart, C. S. A VISIT TO THE SOUTH SEAS, in the U. S. Ship Vincennes, during the Years 1829 and 1830; with Scenes in Brazil, Peru, Manilla, The Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena. By C. S. Stewart, A. M., Chaplain in the U.S. Navy, & author of ‘A Residence in the Sandwich Islands in 1823 & 1825.’ 2 vols. in 1, Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. x*, xiv, [15]-358(last blank); Vol. II, pp. iv, [5]-360; Summary of the Cruise by Captain Finch; original cloth (very slightly marked); a very good copy. New York; Praeger Publishers; (1970). ***Facsimile of the First Edition of 1831. #59077 A$135.00
565 Stirling, V. R. REPORT ON GEOLOGICAL SHEET NO. A1 47 (APOLLO BAY). F’cap folio, First Edition; pp. 10(last blank); folding plate of sections & 5 photographic plates; original blue printed wrappers (a little frayed; front wrapper torn); scarce. Melbourne; Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer; 1901. ***1901. Victoria. Department of Mines. Special Reports issued by J. Travis, Secretary for Mines, under the Authority of the Hon. J. Balfour Burton, M.P., Minister of Mines. #64510 A$35.00
566 STL Industries Pty. Ltd. THE COMPOSING ROOM. TYPE BOOK NO. 1. Oblong 8vo, First Edition; pp. [vi], 40, [2](blank); numerous type specimens, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Melbourne; STL Industries; N.D. [c. 1980]. ***An early phototypesetting specimen issued just after the change from hot metal type and showing approx. 640 faces. #39910 A$30.00
567 Stoddard, John L. JOHN L. STODDARD’S LECTURES. Complete in Ten Volumes. 13 vols. (including 3 supplementary volumes), med. 8vo; pp. in total well over 4000; with very numerous illustrations (many coloured, including plates); indices; original half leather with marbled sides, top edges gilt, attractive patterned endpapers; (bindings worn or rubbed, but generally sound; internally clean); a good, sound set. Boston; Balch Brothers Co.; 1905. ***Stoddard’s lectures were very popular and many times reprinted in various editions. They cover most parts of the Old World, the major countries of Asia, United States, Canada and Mexico, with fine illustrations and descriptions of the countryside and inhabitants. A fourth supplementary volume was later published. Not collated in detail, but internally fine and clean and apparently quite complete. #12586 A$175.00
568 Stokes, J. Lort. DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley’s Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. 2 vols., First Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xvi, 522(last blank); 3 folding charts, 15 plates, 15 text illustrations, 5 appendices; Vol. II, pp. [ii], x, 544(last blank); 5 folding charts, 11 plates, 13 text illustrations, appendix; original vinyl; a fine set; scarce. Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1969. ***Facsimile of the First Edition, London, T. & W. Boone, 1846 - refer Ferguson 4406. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 33. Fewer than 800 sets (including a reprint of over 400 copies) were printed. #2264 A$650.00
569 Stommel, Henry. LOST ISLANDS. The Story of Islands That Have Vanished from Nautical Charts. With a foreword by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie R. N. (Ret.). 4to, First Edition; pp. xxii, 146; 2 maps on 1 large folding sheet (in pocket), 4 double-page & 19 other maps, 11 illustrations, appendix (including bibliography), index; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. Vancouver; University of British Columbia Press; 1984. #53084 A$110.00
570 Sturt, Captain Charles. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, performed Under the Authority of Her Majesty’s Government, during the Years 1844, 5 and 6. Together 76 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books with a Notice of the Province of South Australia, in 1847. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. 1, pp. x, iv, [5]- 418(last 2 blank); folding map; 8 plates, 11 text illustrations; Vol. 2, pp. vi, 308, 94(appendices, last 2 blank); 8 plates, 4 text illustrations, 5 appendices, Errata; original cloth; a fine set. New York; Greenwood Press, Publishers; (1969). #32535 A$350.00
571 Sturt, Charles. JOURNAL OF THE CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITION 1844-5. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Jill Waterhouse. First Edition; pp. [viii], 114; 2 maps (1 full-page), portrait (from the painting by Charles Wheeler in the National Library of Australia), 16 illusts., notes to Journal, Appendix, index to Journal; [with] AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEA COAST AND INTERIOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, with Observations on Various Subjects connected with its Interests. Pp. [115]-264; 4 plates; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Caliban Books; (1984). ***The “Journal” (previously unpublished) was written by Sturt for his wife, and the manuscript is in The Rhodes House Library, Oxford. The “Account of the Sea Coast”, etc., is reprinted from Volume II of the Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia”, 2 vols., 1849, wherein it comprises Pp. 145-286. #8308 A$95.00
572 Suares, Guy. ANDRE MALRAUX. Past. Present. Future. Conversations with Guy Suares. Impl. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 196; numerous illustrations, bibliography; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. London; Thames and Hudson; (1974). #21185 A$25.00
573 Sue, Eugene. THE WANDERING JEW. 3 vols., First Edition in English; Vol. I, pp. [iv], 492; 19 plates; Vol. II, pp. [iv], 376(last blank); 19 plates; Vol. III, pp. [iv], 372; 20 plates; binder’s cloth, with portions of original cloth spine lettering retained; (some foxing of plates & adjacent leaves); a very good set. London; Chapman and Hall; 1844-45-45. [with] Sue, Eugene. THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS. 3 vols., roy. 8vo, First Edition in English; Vol. I, pp. [ii], 484; Vol. II, pp. [ii], 504; Vol. III, pp. [ii], 442; very numerous illustrations (wood engravings) in text throughout the three volumes; binder’s cloth, with portions of early leather spine lettering & decoration retained; (some foxing); a very good set. London; Chapman and Hall; M.DCCC. XLV-VI. [1845-45-46]. ***Together, 2 works in six vols. #11018 A$450.00
574 Swettenham, Frank: SIR FRANK SWETTENHAM’S MALAYAN JOURNALS 1874-1876. Edited by P. L. Burns and C. D. Cowan. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxxiv, 350(last 3 blank); portrait frontispiece, 22 maps & sketches, 4 plates, 3 appendices, bibliography; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; 1975. #15031 A$95.00
575 Sydney: THE SYDNEY HERALD. [A facsimile reproduction of the first thirty eight issues from April 18, 1831 to January 2, 1832.]. Demy folio, Facsimile Edition; pp. [viii], [172](last 2 blank); illustrated endpapers; original vinyl (corners bumped, otherwise a very good copy in torn dustwrapper). [Lidcombe, N.S.W.; Land Printers]; N.D. [c. 1979]. ***The Sydney Herald later became The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia’s oldest surviving newspaper. #25185 A$75.00
576 Tanzer, W. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANTARCTIC LITERATURE. Prepared for The National Library Service New Zealand by W. Tanzer [wrapper title]. F’cap folio, First Edition; ff. [2], 42, 13, 3; processed, on rectos only; original tan cloth-backed printed wrappers (slightly creased); a very good copy; very scarce. No Place [Wellington]; New Zealand Antarctic Society; 1951. ***Not in Spence; Renard 1572 (with an error in title, here corrected). Arranged in three sections: Part I, List of Publications located in Wellington libraries. Part II, Select List of Publications not located. [Part III], Some recent Argentine and Chilean Works relating to the Antarctic (list supplied by J. S. Cumpston). The internal title-page has the title: Publications on Antarctica Compiled by W. Tanzer, and carries the imprint: National Library Service - April, 1947. #44287 A$175.00
577 Tapie, Victor-L. THE AGE OF GRANDEUR. Baroque and Classicism in Europe. Translated from the French by A. Ross Williamson. Roy. 8vo, First Edition in English; pp. [xviii], 306(last blank); 8 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 77 coloured plates, 195 illustrations on 128 b/w. plates, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; (1960). #19788 A$50.00
578 Tapie, Victor-L. THE AGE OF GRANDEUR. Baroque Art and Architecture. Translated from the French by A. Ross Williamson. Roy. 8vo, First U.S. Edition in English; pp. [xviii], 306(last blank); 8 coloured plates, 195 illustrations on 128 b/w. plates, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. New York; Grove Press, Inc.; (1960). ***Printed in Britain and identical to the U.K. issue. #20312 A$50.00
579 Tarling, Nicholas. A CONCISE HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA. First U.S. Edition; pp. xvi, 334, [2](blank); 5 maps; notes, index; original cloth; (a few lines to pp. 4/5 underlined); slightly worn dustwrapper. New York; Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers; (1966). #36517 A$35.00
580 Tate, G. H. H. RESULTS OF THE ARCHBOLD EXPEDITIONS. No. 60. STUDIES IN THE PERAMELIDAE (MARSUPIALIA). Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [iv], 317-346, [2](blank); map, a few figures & tables, bibliography; original wrappers; a nice copy; scarce. New York; American Museum of Natural History; 1948. ***Separate from Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 92, Article 6. #35167 A$65.00
581 Taylor, John. THE SHAPE OF MINDS TO COME. Cr. 8vo, Book Club Edition; pp. [x], 278; bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; The Scientific Book Club; (1972). ***First published by Michael Joseph in 1971. #49490 A$25.00
582 Tench, Watkin. A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO BOTANY BAY. By Captain Watkin Tench. First published in 1789, and now reprinted in type facsimile of the first edition, with additions from the third and other editions of the Same Year. Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2004. Limited Edition; pp. [iv], xii, 164, [2](blank), [2](adv.); endpaper track chart of the First Fleet, coloured frontispiece (portrait of Tench), 3 plates (reproductions of contemporary views & chart), bibliographical and publishing notes; section sewn and cased in full cloth, gilt, top edge dyed and marker ribbon. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2004. ***Edition limited to 200 numbered copies for sale, of which 120 are bound in full cloth as here. The book is an exact type-facsimile of the rare First Edition, with the original long esses replaced by the modern form to aid readability, but otherwise faithful to the original. Additional material from the second and third editions is added where this differs from the First Edition, and illustrations from contemporary sources illuminate the text and an essay on the publishing history of the work. #41752 A$165.00
583 Terr y, Michael. EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE BORDER OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Pp. 498-510; 8 illusts. on 4 plates; contained in THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, Volume LXXXIV, July to December, 1934. Roy. 8vo; pp. viii, 558; 6 folding & many smaller maps, numerous plates, numerous text illustrations, general index & indices to maps & illustrations; original cloth, gilt; (a few marks to cloth of upper board; otherwise fine). London; Royal Geographical Society; 1934. ***Including also an account by Donald Mackay on the Mackay Aerial Survey Expedition (pp. 511-514); The Central Ranges of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea from Mount Chapman to Mount Hagen, by E. W. P. Chinnery, and Mapping the Purari Plateau, New Guinea, by K. L. Spinks (pp. 398-416, with 5 plates); and articles on Byrd’s Antarctic Expedition, Current Polar Expeditions, by J. M. Scott, a review of Wegener’s Greenland Expeditions by Michael Spender, and much else of Asian, South American and other interest. #14547 A$145.00
584 Terr y, Michael. SAND AND SUN. Two gold-hunting expeditions with camels in the dry lands of Central Australia. First Edition; pp. 288; 2 endpaper maps, 16 plates, index; original cloth; (small stain in upper margin of page 53); a very good copy; very scarce. London; Michael Joseph Ltd.; (1937). #19144 A$450.00 78 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 585 Terr y, Michael; F.R.G.S. BULLDOZER. The War Role of the Department of Main Roads, New South Wales, through the Courtesy of the Commissioner D. Craig, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., M.I.E.(Aust.). Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 264(last 3 blank); 5 full-page maps, 24 illustrations, appendix, index; original pictorial wrappers (a faint waterstain to lower margin throughout, but a very good copy); very scarce. Sydney; Frank Johnson; 1945. ***Inscribed and signed (Michael) by the Author. Probably the scarcest of Terry’s books, it describes the building of raods through the Northern Territory during World War II. #14546 A$500.00
586 Terr y, Michael. WAR OF THE WARRAMULLAS. First Edition; pp. [x], 174(last 3 blank); 16 plates; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Adelaide); Rigby; (1974). ***The Warramullas were the last Australian Aborigines to resist the European invasion of their country in central Australia, and were a constant threat to the Author’s party when he led prospecting expeditions in the region in the 1920s and 1930s. #20642 A$85.00
587 Theatre Program: HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. Proprietor and Manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton Season. By Arrangement with Sir Herbert Tree. Australian Y.M.C.A. Special Matinee. CH CHIN CHOW. A Musical Tale of the East. Told by Oscar Asche and Set to Music by Frederic Norton. 4to; pp. [4](last blank); printed in red & black; (some creasing; a little worn at folds & dust soiled at rear); rare. [Sydney]; His Majesty’s Theatre; [1917]. ***With an 8vo invitation to the performance from the Y.M.C.A. loosely inserted. #64684 A$75.00
588 Theroux, Paul. TRAVELLING THE WORLD. The Illustrated Travels of Paul Theroux. Picture Editor: Jenny de Gex. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 320; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; original papered boards; a fine copy in faded dustwrapper. London; Sinclair-Stevenson; (1990). #33471 A$65.00
589 Thomas, Alan G. GREAT BOOKS AND BOOK COLLECTORS. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 280; title-page in red & black, 24 coloured plates, 250 illustrations (some full-page & some in red & black), bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; (1975). #9498 A$135.00
590 Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall. THE HARMLESS PEOPLE. Book Club Edition; pp. 240(including endpapers); double-page map, 2 genealogical charts, 8 plates; original papered boards; a very good copy. London; Readers Union, Secker & Warburg; 1960. ***The African Bushmen. #61887 A$20.00
591 Thomas, Pascoe. A TRUE AND IMPARTIAL JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE to the South-Seas, and Round the Globe, in His Majesty’s Ship the Centurion, under the Command of Commodore George Anson. Wherein all the material Incidents during the said Voyage, from its Commencement in the Year 1740 to its Conclusion in 1744, are fully and faithfully related, having been committed to Paper at the Time they happen’d. Together with some historical Accounts of Chili, Peru, Mexico, and the Empire of China; exact Descriptions of such Places of Note as were touch’d at; and Variety of occasional Remarks. To which is added, a large and general Table of Longitudes and Latitudes, ascertain’d from accurate Observations, or (where are wanting) from the best printed Books and Manuscripts taken from the Spaniards in this Expedition: Also the Variations of the Compass throughout the Voyage, and the Soundings and Depths of Water along the different Coasts: And lastly, several curious Observations on a Comet seen in the South- Seas on the Coast of Mexico. By Pascoe Thomas, Teacher of the Mathematicks on board the Centurion. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], [xvi], 348, 42(last 3 blank); appendix; original imitation vellum; a fine copy. Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1971. ***Originally published in 1745, three years before the official account by Richard Walter, Chaplain on the Centurion. See Hill 1693; Sabin 95437; Tew 135. #15012 A$110.00
592 Thompson, Edward Maunde. HANDBOOK OF GREEK AND LATIN PALAEOGRAPHY. Cr. 8vo, Authorized (=First U.S.) Edition; pp. [ii], [ii], 4, [iii]-xii, 344(last blank), [8](adv.); 3 folding tables, Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 79 numerous illustrations, addenda, references, index; original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. New York; D. Appleton and Company; 1893. ***The International Scientific Series, Volume LXX (in the U.S. series). #46091 A$140.00
593 Thompson, George. TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. Edited with notes by Vernon S. Forbes. 2 vols.; Part I, pp. xxxvi, 194(last 7 adv.), [2](blank); folding plan, 13 plates (1 folding), 9 illustrations; Vol. II, pp. xiv, 284(last 7 adv.), [2](blank); folding map, folding plan, 7 plates, 8 illustrations, 9 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine set. Cape Town; The Van Riebeeck Society; 1967-68. ***First published by Henry Colburn in 1827. #35013 A$175.00
594 Thornbury, William D. PRINCIPLES OF GEOMORPHOLOGY. Second Edition. Pp. xii, 594, [2](blank); numerous illustrations, maps & figures (1 folding), author index, subject index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. New York; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; (1969). #12264 A$35.00
595 Thunberg, Carl Peter. TRAVELS AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1772-1775. Based on the English edition London 1793-1795. Edited by Emeritus Prof. V. S. Forbes. Translation from the Swedish revised by J. & I. Rudner. Contributions to the Foreword by I. Rudner & J. Rourke. First Edition (in this form); pp. [xlviii], 366, [10](adv.); mounted coloured portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 4 plates, bibliography, general index, zoological index & botanical index; original cloth; a very good copy. Cape Town; Van Riebeeck Society; 1986. #33776 A$95.00
596 Timber: TRADE CIRCULAR NO. 3. [and Nos. 20, 24, & 45]. Pp. in total approx. 80; numerous illustrations & figs; stapled as issued. Melbourne; H. J. Green, Government Printer; 1933-49. ***Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Division of Forest Products, Trade Circulars, comprising: The Growth and Structure of Wood; Collapse and the Reconditioning of Collapsed Timber; The “Working” of Wood; The Testing of Timber for Moisture Content. #64532 A$20.00
597 To ohe y, John. CAPTAIN BLIGH’S PORTABLE NIGHTMARE. First U.S. Edition; pp. xii, 212(last blank); 4 maps, several illustrations, appendix, sources; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (New York); HarperCollins Publishers; (2000). ***An interesting account of Bligh’s experiences with Captain Cook, the Bounty Mutiny, etc. #64833 A$35.00
598 Troedel, Charles: ST. KILDA FROM KENNY’S BATH. Mounted coloured print, 10” by 8” approx., being a fine reproduction from Troedel’s Melbourne Album of c. 1865. No Imprint [Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; c. 1975]. #64559 A$12.00
599 Troedel, Charles: FLINDERS STREET FROM THE MELBOURNE STATION. Mounted coloured print, 10” by 8” approx., being a fine reproduction from Troedel’s Melbourne Album of c. 1865. No Imprint [Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; c. 1975]. #64561 A$12.00
600 Turberville, A. S.; Editor. JOHNSON’S ENGLAND. An Account of the Life & Manners of his Age. 2 vols., Second Edition, Second Impression; Vol. I, pp. xxiv, 408(last 2 blank); frontispiece * 80 illustrations (mostly plates); Vol. II, pp. x, 404; frontispiece & 78 illustrations (mostly plates), index; original cloth; a very good ex- library set in dustwrappers with minimal marking. Oxford; Clarendon Press; (1965). #51044 A$75.00
601 Turner, Henry Gyles. THE FIRST DECADE OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH. A Chronicle of Contemporary Politics 1901-1910. Facsimile Edition; pp. xvi, 320; index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Heritage Publications; N.D. [1975]. ***Originally published 1911. #4935 A$50.00 80 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 602 Tyrer, T. G. BUSY AND PURPOSEFUL. Christmas Island. 4to; pp. [4]; 6 illustrations; unbound, as issued. [New Zealand]; Reprinted from New Zealand Fertiliser Journal; 1967. #64584 A$10.00
603 Tyrrell, G. W. THE PRINCIPLES OF PETROLOGY. An Introduction to the Science of Rocks. Cr. 8vo, Ninth Edition; pp. xii, 352; 78 figures, several tables, index; original cloth (some spotting); a very good copy. London; Methuen & Co. Ltd.; (1948). #53811 A$35.00
604 Tyrrell, James R. OLD BOOKS, OLD FRIENDS, OLD SYDNEY. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 196(last 3 blank); endpaper plans of Sydney, 49 plates, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn & repaired dustwrapper. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; (1952). ***With a couple of 4-page letterpress keepsakes of Tyrrell’s Bookshop loosely inserted. #22008 A$185.00
605 Updike, Daniel Berkeley. PRINTING TYPES. Their History, Forms, and Use. A Study in Survivals. With Illustrations. Second Edition. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, Second U.K. Edition, Second Impression; Vol. I, pp. xl, 292; 183 plates (1 folding), 1 table, notes; Vol. II, pp. xx, 326; 176 plates (1 folding, 7 double-page), notes, chronology, index; original buckram; a nice set. London; Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press; (1937). ***First published in 1922 by Harvard University Press, this second edition is preferred; a classic work and a standard reference on the subject. #35961 A$200.00
606 Usherwood, Stephen. THE GREAT ENTERPRISE. The History of the Spanish Armada. As revealed in contemporary documents selected and edited by Stephen Usherwood. First Edition; pp. 192; illustrated endpapers, 25 plates (13 coloured); original cloth; a very good copy. London; The Folio Society; 1978. #33709 A$50.00
607 Vambery, Arminius. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ARMINIUS VAMBERY. With an Appreciation by Max Nordau. With Seventeen Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xxiv, 316, [2](blank); 16 plates; original illustrated papered boards; a very good copy. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 1998. ***Travels in Turkey, Persia, and Central Asia. #31951 A$50.00
608 Venturi, A. LA MADONE. Representations de La Vierge dans l’Art Italien. Traduit de l’italien. Med. 4to, First Edition in French; pp. x, 444; 16 plates, 402 illustrations in text, index; original stiff wrappers (rebacked); uncut; a very good copy. Paris; Gaultier, Magnier et Cie; N.D. [c. 1900]. ***A very comprehensive and well-illustrated work. #20725 A$50.00
609 Vernon, Adele. THE HOIHO. New Zealand’s Yellow-Eyed Penguin. Photographs by Dean Schneider. First Edition; pp. [iv], 44; text map, numerous coloured illustrations, index; original slick illustrated boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. [New Zealand]; Hodder & Stoughton; (1991). ***Signed on title-page by Dean Schneider. #34661 A$30.00
610 Victoria and the Riverina: VICTORIA AND RIVERINA. With which is incorporated Victoria 1930, Victoria and Riverina 1931 and Victoria and Riverina 1931-1932. A Biographical Record of some of the Pioneer Families of Victoria and the Riverina. Illustrated. 4to; pp. [iv], 456; very numerous illustrations (portraits); index; original cloth; (name and address of former owner on title-page); a very nice, sound and clean copy; very scarce. Melbourne; McCarron, Bird & Co.; 1933. #35112 A$950.00
611 Victoria Archaeological Survey: PRESERVING OUR ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE. Roy. 8vo; pp. 8(plus wrappers); 1 map, 10 coloured & 1 b/w. illustrations; original pictorial wrappers. [Melbourne; F. D. Atkinson, Government Printer; 1983]. ***With, loosely inserted, “Aboriginal Relics, Our Heritage”, small 4to, pp. 4; 5 illusts., Melbourne, C. H. Rixon, Government Printer, N.D. [c. 1972]. #64534 A$10.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 81 612 Victorian Railways: RULES AND REGULATIONS for the Guidance of Employes in the Service of the Victorian Railways Commissioners. Effective April, 1919. Cr. 8vo; pp. 446(last blank), xxxiv(last 2 blank); several amendments tipped or pasted in, 9 appendices, index; original cloth, gilt; (spine & corners worn); a very good copy; scarce. [Melbourne]; Victorian Railways; 1918. #23044 A$95.00
613 Victorian Railways: GENERAL APPENDIX to the Book of Rules and Regulations and to the Working Time Table. The Instructions contained herein supersede all others of prior date that are contrary thereto. 1953 and until further notice. [cover title]. 8vo; pp. 784; several illustrations, index; original printed cloth (hinges repaired); a very good copy; scarce. [Melbourne]; Victorian Railways; [1952]. #22782 A$95.00
614 Victorian Railways: INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE OPERATION, CARE AND MAINTENANCE of Inspection Motor - Type “B”, Inspection Motor - Type “V”, Motorised Tricycle Type “M.T.”, Gang Motor - Type “K.S.”, Gang Motor - Type “K”. August - - 1959. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 32; original printed cloth; a very good copy. [Melbourne]; Victorian Railways; 1959. #22745 A$25.00
615 War Office: MANUAL OF MAP READING AND FIELD SKETCHING 1912. (Reprinted, with additions, 1914). Cr. 8vo; pp. 12(adv., incl. pastedown), 102, 13-20(adv., incl. pastedown); 17 plates & maps (7 folding, several col.), 23 text figures; original flush-cut cloth (a little worn). London; Her Majesty’s Stationery Office [for the War Office]; 1914.***Plates numbered 5 to 12 were omitted from this issue. #2601 A$35.00
616 Watson, Geoffrey G. FUN WITH ECOLOGY. Foreword by Ian McPhail. With 22 photographs and 15 drawings by W. C. Cartner. Cr. 4to, Third Impression; pp. 64; numerous illustrations; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Kaye & Ward; (1976). ***An introduction to the methods of ecological study for young people. #17633 A$25.00
617 Watson, Lyall. THE ROMEO ERROR. A Matter of Life and Death. Book Club Edition; pp. xii, 276(last blank); bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Garden City, New York; Anchor Press/Doubleday; (1974). ***First published by Hodder and Stoughton in the U.K. in the same year. An original look at the biology of death. #57248 A$30.00
618 Weate, Philip & Graham, Caroline. CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH. [An illustrated history]. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 160; double-page map & a few text maps, numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations (many full & double-page), bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Paul Hamlyn; [1972]. #32147 A$65.00
619 Wechsler, Herman J. GREAT PRINTS & PRINTMAKERS. Super roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 244; 100 plates (16 coloured of which 13 mounted), bibliography; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Thames and Hudson; (1967). #22482 A$50.00
620 Weddell, James. A VOYAGE TOWARD THE SOUTH POLE, Performed in the Years 1822-24. Containing an Examination of the Antarctic Sea (1827). Facsimile Edition, with a new Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. Pp. x, iv, 324; 9 maps (4 folding), double-sided folding plate of panoramas, 5 full-page plates; 2 full-page figures, appendix; some foxing, but a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Newton Abbot); David & Charles; (1970). ***Spence 1250; Renard 1682. Facsimile of the Second (& best) Edition first published by Longman, Rees, etc. in 1827. #4153 A$165.00
621 Were, J. B. A VOYAGE FROM PLYMOUTH TO MELBOURNE IN 1839. The Shipboard and Early Melbourne Diary of Jonathan Binns Were, C.M.G. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 310; numerous illustrations, large folding genealogical table; original cloth; a very good copy. [Melbourne]; J. B. Were & Son; 1964. ***With facsimile of the original manuscript and typeset transcription on facing pages. #34158 A$95.00 82 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 622 White, John. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. By John White, Surgeon- General to the First Fleet and the Settlement at Port Jackson. (Originally published 1790). With a Biographical Introduction by Rex Rienits. Edited by Alec H. Chisholm. First Edition under this editorship; pp. xiv, 282; 2 coloured & 37 b/w. plates, 4 appendices, ref. notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson, in association with The Royal Australian Historical Society; (1962). #66 A$150.00
623 White, John, Esqre; Surgeon General to the Settlement. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES, with Sixty-five Plates of Non descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions. Demy 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [xxiv], 300, [36](Appendix, last blank), [4](adv., last 3 blank); 65 full-page plates; original cloth; a fine copy; scarce. New York; Arno Press; 1971. ***First published by J. Debrett, MDCCXC [1790], see Ferguson 97. #17071 A$175.00
NEVER BEFORE REPUBLISHED WITH THE PLATES IN COLOUR 624 White, John. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. By John White. First published in 1790. Now reprinted with 65 Coloured Plates reproduced at enlarged scale. Melbourne, Edition Renard, MMII. Folio, Fourth Edition; pp. 226; frontispiece (View in Port Jackson), 65 coloured plates from the hand-coloured originals, 1 text illust. (facsimile of original title-page); full dark green vegetable-tanned goatskin, gilt; all edges gilt; a fine copy. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2002. ***Edition of 212 numbered copies, 200 only for sale. This sumptuous new edition is reprinted with the text entirely reset in Garamond, attractively printed in black, red and green, and the plates enlarged by 50%. The plates, by Sarah Stone, F. P. Nodder and other fine artists comprise 29 of birds (including splendid parrots), 10 of reptiles and amphibians, 7 mammals (marsupials and the Dingo), 6 of fishes, 9 of plants (including magnificent Banksias) 2 of invertebrates and 2 of Aboriginal weapons and artefacts. In the original edition the leaf Hh4 is cancelled in some copies with a variant text describing in the cancelled state a description of the Wattled Bee-Eater, or Merops, Female and in the uncancelled state a description of the male bird. Both texts have been reproduced here and there are some bibliographical and publishing notes appended. This was the first natural history book on Australia of any significance to be published after the arrival of the First Fleet and has never before been republished with the plates in colour. Edition Renard was awarded two Gold Medals at the 20th National Print Awards, and a Certificate of Manufacturing Excellence of the Victorian Manufacturers Hall of Fame for this book. #8963 A$2375.00
625 White, John. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. By John White. First published in 1790. Now reprinted with 65 Coloured Plates reproduced at enlarged scale. Melbourne, Edition Renard, MMII. Folio, Fourth Edition, Deluxe Issue; pp. 226; frontispiece (View in Port Jackson), 65 coloured plates from the hand-coloured originals and 65 uncoloured plates from an original uncoloured copy, 1 text illust. (facsimile of original title-page); full dark green vegetable-tanned goatskin, gilt; all edges gilt; a fine copy. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2002. ***Edition of 212 numbered copies, 200 only for sale, this being one of 40 deluxe copies with the plates in both coloured and uncoloured states. #8964 A$3250.00
626 White, Patrick. THE TREE OF MAN. 2nd Penguin Impression; pp. 180; original wrappers; a very good copy. (Harmondsworth); Penguin Books; (1963). #54974 A$18.00
627 Whiteman, John. SPARKS AND SOUNDS FROM A COLONIAL ANVIL. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 196, 12(adv.); 1 plate; original blue cloth, gilt; a very good copy. Melbourne; George Robertson; 1873. ***LACKING portrait frontispiece and one plate, but apparently so issued - possibly a remainder issue? #15510 A$25.00
628 Whiteside, Thomas. THE TUNNEL UNDER THE CHANNEL. First Edition; pp. 136(last 3 blank); endpaper map, 16 plates; original papered boards (lower cover & dustwrapper marked). London; Rupert Hart-Davis; 1962. ***An historical account of the various proposals. #12304 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 83 629 Whitney, William Dwight. THE LIFE AND GROWTH OF LANGUAGE. Sixth Edition. Cr. 8vo, Sixth Edition; pp. [iv](adv.), viii, 328(last 2 blank), 90(adv., last blank), [6](adv., last blank); index; original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. London; Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co.; 1889. #45782 A$120.00
630 Why Not Theatre. WHY NOT DO IT YOURSELF? Oblong f ’cap 4to, First Edition; pp. 200(last 2 blank); numerous text illustrations; original stiff wrappers in plastic comb binding; a very good copy. [Melbourne]; Why Not Theatre; [1977]. ***An “how to” guide for young, aspiring playwrights, actors and directors. #49444 A$15.00
631 Williams, Glyndwr & Frost, Alan; Editors. TERRA AUSTRALIS TO AUSTRALIA. Post 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 242; endpaper maps, b/w. frontispiece (showing Matthew Flinders’ first recorded use of the term “Australia” 1804), 36 coloured & 107 b/w. illustrations (incl. numerous maps), chapter notes, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities; (1988). ***The scholarly competence of the text and the extensive illustration make this work the most comprehensive recent account available of the European discovery of Australia. #22675 A$145.00
632 Williams, Maynard Owen. THE CITROEN-HAARDT TRANS-ASIATIC EXPEDITION REACHES KASHMIR. Scientific Party Led by Georges-Marie Haardt Successfully Crosses Syria, Iraq, Persia, and Afghanistan to Arrive at the Pamir. Roy. 8vo; pp. 387-443; map, 63 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, October, 1931; (lacks wrappers). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1931. ***With, also, articles on Burma. #20494 A$45.00
633 Williamson, Hugh. METHODS OF BOOK DESIGN. The Practice of an Industrial Craft. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 432(last blank); 87 illustrations including 16 plates (a small blank piece missing from fore-margin, only, of plate pp. 385/6), 63 type examples, 5 appendices including bibliography, index and glossary; original cloth; a very good copy. London; Oxford University Press; 1956. ***Includes a chapter on bookbinding (29 pages) and a chapter on the dustwrapper (9 pages). #41349 A$100.00
634 Williamson, Hugh. METHODS OF BOOK DESIGN. The Practice of an Industrial Craft. Second Edition. Med. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xvi, 436(last 2 blank); frontispiece, 87 illustrations including 16 plates (included in pagination), 68 type examples, 5 appendices including bibliography, index and glossary; original buckram; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; 1966. ***First published in 1956, here revised. “This is by no means an elementary textbook of printing ... The author deals not only with book manufacture as the designer needs to see it, but with such matters as editorial work, the selection and arrangement of type, illustration, jacket design, estimating, and the choice of a printer.” - from dustwrapper blurb. With presentation label to Roy MCullough for excellence in letterpress as 5th year apprentice. #41360 A$150.00
635 Women’s Art Forum: WOMEN’S ART FORUM ANNUAL 1981. 4to; pp. 60; several illustrations; original wrappers. (Melbourne); Women’s Art Forum; 1981. #64411 A$10.00
636 Wood, G. Arnold. THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA. Revised by J. C. Beaglehole, Foreword by O. H. K. Spate. New Edition; pp. xvi, 392(last blank); 11 text maps & illustrations, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers. (South Melbourne); Macmillan of Australia; 1969. ***First published 1922. #32486 A$30.00
637 Wood, James. DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. From Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals especially in the Modern Aspects of Them. Selected and Compiled by the Rev. James Wood. First Edition; pp. viii, 84 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 660(last blank); list of abbreviations, 90-page index; original cloth (a little rubbed); a very good copy. London and New York; Frederick Warne and Co.; (1893). #18780 A$50.00
638 Worgan, George B.; Surgeon of the Sirius. JOURNAL OF A FIRST FLEET SURGEON. First Edition; pp. xiv, 74(last 3 blank); frontispiece, notes, index; original textured cloth; a nice copy. Sydney; The Library Council of New South Wales in association with the Library of Australian History; 1978. ***Edition limited to 1000 copies. #5162 A$75.00
639 Wynd, Ian and Wood, Joyce. A MAP HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA. 4to, First Edition; pp. [64]; 61 maps & diagrams printed in black & blue; original printed cloth wrappers; a nice copy. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1963). #40303 A$35.00
640 Younghusband, Francis. INDIA AND TIBET. [A history of the relations which have subsisted between the two countries from the time of Warren Hastings to 1910; with a particular account of the mission to Lhasa of 1904]. With an Introduction by Alastair Lamb. Facsimile Edition; pp. xxxvi, [iii]-xvi, 456(last blank); 2 folding coloured maps, 26 plates, appendix, index; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Hong Kong; Oxford University Press; 1985. ***First published in 1910 by John Murray. #15140 A$85.00
641 Yule, Henry; Compiler. A NARRATIVE OF THE MISSION TO THE COURT OF AVA IN 1855. Together with the Journal of Arthur Phayre, Envoy to the Court of Ava and additional illustrations by Colesworth, Grand and Linneaus Tripe. With an Introduction by Hugh Tinker. Med. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xlvi, [iii]-viii(as issued), 392(last blank); 1 large folding map, 29 coloured plates (including 2 maps) & 9 b/w. plates, 49 figures in text, 13 appendices & vocabulary; original buckram (mounted illust. on front board), spine gilt; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; 1968. ***Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints. First published in 1858, this edition contains nine additional plates from contemporary sources as well as Phayre’s Journal. #39685 A$385.00
642 Zim, Herbert S. & Shaffer, Paul R. ROCKS AND MINERALS. A Guide to Familiar Minerals, Gems, Ores and Rocks. Small f ’cap 8vo; pp. 160; over 200 coloured illustrations; index; original stiff wrappers. New York; Golden Press; [post 1957]. #22603 A$10.00
AVAILABLE SHORTLY - ORDERS RECORDED 643 Jarman, Robert. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS, IN THE “JAPAN,” employed in the Sperm Whale Fishery, under the command of Capt. John May. 8vo, Limited New Edition; pp. vi, 242 plus portrait, introduction, substantial annotations and index. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2009. ***To be published in a limited edition of 200 copies a little later this year, a new edition of the very rare account first published in two issues in 1838 and until now never reprinted - see Forbes 1104, also Bagnall 2685 and Ferguson 2526 (and 2526a). Jarman, the son of a printer at Beccles, joined the crew on a whaling voyage to the South Seas in 1831-34. Describing his voyage through the Indian Ocean into the Pacific, he digresses when giving an account of Coupang with an extensive account of the Bounty mutiny, Bligh’s boat voyage, and the lives of the mutineers and their Tahitian companions on Pitcairn Island. After cruising the Japan Sea, the ship reached the Hawaiian Islands at the end of October 1832 and anchored at Honolulu. “The author noted 18 whalers in port. He describes the harbor and the method by which ships were towed in, and the Honolulu Fort, and the town and its native people” (Forbes). Leaving Hawaii early in December the Japan arrived in Port Jackson in February 1833 where the ship made a lengthy stay for refitting. Jarman gives an interesting account of Sydney, with perceptive comments on convicts and their management and the Aboriginals and their customs including the use of the boomerang. Subsequently the ship cruised around Rotuma, the Fiji Islands and New Zealand before returning to England. #39831 PLEASE REGISTER YOUR INTEREST PRIORITY GIVEN TO EARLY ORDERS ORDER FORM
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