GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Established 1945 Postal Address: (A.C.N. 005 928 503) Electronic communications: P.O. Box 1030, ABN: 68 893 979 543 Telephone: +61 (0)3 9459 5040 Ivanhoe, Melbourne, FAX: +61 (0)3 9459 6787 Victoria, 3079, Australia. www.GastonRenard.com E-mail: [email protected] Short List No. 55 - 2012. Australian Land Exploration. Part One 2 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. SOME GENERAL WORKS 1 Calvert, Albert F. THE EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA. 2 vols., cr. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [viii], 238, [20](adv. & reviews of Calvert’s works); large folding map, 15 plates (of which 13 are portraits of the Explorers); Vol. II, From 1844 to 1896; pp. [ii], xiv, 386, [6](adv., last 3 blank); large folding map & 1 smaller folding map (at Pp. 320/321), the latter not mentioned by Ferguson; appendix to each vol., index; original linen backs (a little foxed as often), with blue cloth sides, top edges gilt, others uncut; a very nice, clean set; scarce. London; George Philip & Son; 1895- 96. ***Ferguson 7821, not mentioning the third map at Pp. 320/21 in Volume II. The two large folding maps are identical as always, and are dated 1895. The smaller map shows the proposals for the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896. #19452 A$1250.00 3 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. 2 Clune, Frank. ROAMING ROUND THE DARLING. Demy 8vo, New and Revised (2nd) Edn.; pp. xii, 212; endpaper map, 15 plates; frequent quotations, copies of inscriptions, etc.; bibliog.; original cloth; (paper slightly browned, as usual); a very good copy with remains of d/w. by Adrian Feint loosely inserted. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; (1952). ***With remarks on the explorers. Burnet 3.2. #27914 A$45.00 4 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. 3 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. London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, Successors to Newbery & Harris, West Corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard; Sydney: Turner & Henderson. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, [17]-476(last blank), [4](list of Australian Publications on sale by Turner & Henderson); 3 folding maps (1 col.), 1 full-page map, 2 folding & 1 full-page facsimiles (letters & signatures), 5 plates (of the cave paintings discovered by Grey in 1838), appendix, chronological summary, index of names, places & incidents; original red cloth (spine ends repaired); a very good, clean copy; scarce. Sydney; Turner & Henderson; [1888]. ***Ferguson 9563. #5143 A$450.00 5 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. 4 Jones, Phyllis Mander. A CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA (South Australian Branch) Inc. Compiled by Phyllis Mander-Jones. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 54; 15 illusts., index; original papered boards; a fine copy. Adelaide; Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) Inc.; 1981. ***Including 179 items, many of exploration and Aboriginal interest. #18895 A$60.00 6 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. RARE EARLY WORK ON AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGY 5 Jukes, J. Beete. A SKETCH OF THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF AUSTRALIA, so far as it is at present known. By J. Beete Jukes, M.A. F.G.S. Late Naturalist of H. M. S. Fly. First Edition; pp. [viii], 96(last blank), 8(advertisements for Australian exploration narratives); 2 folding col. maps; original black fine- grained straight-ribbed cloth, decorated in blind on both boards; (neatly rebacked in calf, gilt, with new chalk-faced endpapers to match the originals); a fine copy; rare. London; T. & W. Boone; 1850. ***Ferguson 5406; Wantrup 94 (first issue, variant coloured cloth). A rare and important early work on Australian geology, the first attempt at a comprehensive treatment of the subject, including much synthesized from, and referenced to the journals of the explorers. #53749 A$3750.00 7 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. 6 Kunz, Egon & Elsie. A CONTINENT TAKES SHAPE. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 176; numerous col. & b/w. maps, sources, index; original decorated cloth; a nice copy in d/w. Sydney; Collins; (1971). ***The mapping of Australia as built up by the early explorers & navigators. #4958 A$145.00 8 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. 7 [Maslen, T. J.]. THE FRIEND OF AUSTRALIA; or, A Plan for Exploring the Interior, and for Carrying on a Survey of the Whole Continent of Australia. By a Retired Officer of the Hon. East India Company’s Service. Illustrated with a Map of Australia, and Five Plates. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 428, [4](last 3 blank); large folding map, 5 fine and attractive double-page handcoloured aquatint plates, appendix; contemporary half calf and marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers, spine with raised bands and gilt in compartments, spine label renewed; (binding a little rubbed; some occasional mild marginal foxing); a nice copy; very rare. London; Hurst, Chance, and Co.; 1830. ***Ferguson, 1379; Wantrup, 117a. An important book, printed in an edition of only 250 copies, this is the most detailed of the proposals for exploration of the Australian interior which was at this stage still virtually unknown. Some optimistic assessments as to the fertility of the interior are combined with detailed suggestions for the equipment and organisation of expeditions and the future of the country. The plates include a proposal for a new flag for New South Wales, a specimen plan for new townships and beautiful illustrations for the conduct of expeditions. A second “edition” comprising the unsold sheets of the First Edition with a new title-page and preface was issued by Smith, Elder in 1836: this is equally rare. #20287 A$13,500.00 9 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. 8 Peach, Bill. THE EXPLORERS. From the ABC television series. 4to, First Paperback Edition; pp. 160; numerous col. & b/w. illusts. & maps, bibliog., index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (Sydney; Australian Broadcasting Commission; 1985). #19186 A$25.00 10 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. 9 Pownall, Eve. EXPLORING AUSTRALIA. Illustrated by Noela Young. F’cap 4to, First Edition; pp. [iii-vi](lacking half- title), 74; 7 full-page & 19 text maps, numerous text illusts., bibliog., index; binder’s cloth (label partly removed from front board); a good ex-library copy with minimal markings. London; Methuen & Co Ltd; (1958). #5182 A$10.00 11 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. 10 Robinson, H. E. C. EPITOME OF THE DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA. A.D. 1519 to 1901. With an index giving the names and some particulars of the early voyagers and of the land explorers. Prepared for use with the map. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 48; index to persons, places and ships; original wrappers (slightly silverfished); a very good copy. Sydney; H. E. C. Robinson Ltd.; [1928]. #19190 A$75.00 12 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. 11 Spence, Sydney A. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED EARLY BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO AUSTRALIA 1610-1880. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. iii-xii(but intact, as issued), 88, [2](blank); original stiff wrappers (cover very slightly spotted, but a fine copy); scarce. London [sic] Mitcham, Surrey; Published by the Compiler; 1952. ***Edition limited to 525 copies, hand-set and printed by letterpress. Includes (pp. 83-88) a List of Early Australian Engraved Portraits, Etc. #32146 A$185.00 13 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. 12 Ward, Russel. AUSTRALIA SINCE THE COMING OF MAN. Impl. 8vo, New Edition, first issue; pp. 256(last 2 blank); a few text maps, numerous illusts., endnotes, index; a nice copy in d/w. Sydney; Lansdowne Press; (1982). ***Revised from the original edition of 1965 and illustrated. #18801 A$50.00 14 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. EARLY EXPLORATION 13 Tench, Captain Watkin, of the Marines. SYDNEY’S FIRST FOUR YEARS: being a reprint of A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson. With an Introduction and Annotations by L. F. Fitzhardinge. Med. 8vo, 3rd Impr. of this reprint; pp. xxviii, 364; folding map, reproductions of the title-pages of the “Narrative” and the “Complete Account”, general introduction by Geoffrey Ingleton, chronological table of Tench’s service career, separate notes to each work, appendix, bibliog., index; original cloth; a nice copy in d/w. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson in association with the Royal Australian Historical Society; (1962). ***Includes Tench’s discovery of the Nepean River. #49095 A$110.00 15 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 55 2012. CROSSING THE BLUE MOUNTAINS 14 [Blaxland, Gregory]: A JOURNAL OF A TOUR OF DISCOVERY ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. London: B J. Holdsworth, 18, St. Paul’s Church-Yard. 1823. Cr. 8vo, Type Facsimile of First Edition; pp. [ii](limitation leaf, recto blank), 48; top edge gilt, others uncut; original half blue morocco, gilt, marbled sides; (very lightly rubbed; a few fox spots); a very good copy; rare. [Sydney; Angus & Robertson; 1893]. ***Ferguson 7134; Wantrup 103b. The limitation notice contains the text: “Edition de Luxe. A line for line reproduction of the very scarce original edition of 1823, limited to fifty- five copies (fifty for sale), of which this is No.