All printed for the first time from the manuscripts in the Mitchell Library of New South Wales, with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter. Pp. 160+[2](colophon, verso blank), 6 wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, facsimiles of Bligh's own map and of pages from the Log; tall 4to; blue & beige..... More
to take the Breadfruit from the Society Islands to the West Indies. Now Published for the First Time from the Manuscript in the Admiralty Records, with an Introduction and Notes by Owen Rutter, Comments on Bligh's Navigation by Rear Admiral J. A. Edgell, O.B.E., Hydrographer of the Navy, and Four..... More
to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Written by Lieutenant William Bligh. Illustrated with Charts. Pp. iv+88, 4 charts (3 folding, including the frontispiece); med. 4to; contemporary half calf, lettered and ruled in gilt, marbled papered boards, slightly rubbed, with a few small surface grazes, the edges lightly..... More
With an Introduction by Owen Rutter and wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. Pp. 86+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, text illustrations (1 full page), colophon decoration; narrow roy. 4to; red & white 'sail-type' canvas, spine lettered in gilt; t.e.g., others uncut; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; The Golden Cockerel Press, London..... More
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..... More
In two volumes (one being charts). Pp. xvi+496(last blank)+[8](prefatory material for charts, contained in the chart box), 29 coloured plates, 22 coloured charts (most folding), index; cr. 4to; brown cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, slight bruise to top edge of upper board..... More
Pp. [20], frontispiece, plus 1 text illustration, 2 tinted facsimiles, appendices, printed pastedowns; demy 4to; printed papered boards, lightly soiled, edges a trifle bruised; original glassine wrapper, creased and slightly torn; The Australian Documentary Facsimile Society, Sydney, 1966. Edition limited to 275 copies, this being one of 250 signed by..... More
Pp. viii+172, appendices, bibliography, endpaper maps; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, the laminate slightly wrinkled, edges slightly worn; Marsh Walsh, Melbourne, 1975. First edition. *The author traces the voyages of exploration to the South Seas and to Australia, from Marco Polo, Da Gama and Tasman through to James Cook. More
Eight text volumes and an atlas. Comprising: 1. Hawkesworth (John) AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES undertaken by the order of his present majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the..... More
Edited and Introduced by Christine Holmes. Pp. xxxii+98(last blank) 24 plates, 3 full page maps; small demy 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Caliban Books, London, 1984. First edition thus. *Elliot served as Midshipman on the Resolution with Cook. The section of his journal, first published here..... More
Three volumes in four, comprising: Volume I: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771 with a Descriptive Catalogue of all known original drawings and paintings of peoples, places, artefacts and events and original engravings associated with them. Pp. xvi+248(last blank); Volume II: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775 with..... More
Pp. xvi+528(last advertisement), engraved frontispiece portrait, appendices; med. 4to; early calf boards with decorative gilt border, neatly rebacked, with later spine lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, the boards slightly scuffed, fore-corners lightly worn; all edges green; later endpapers, a little light creasing (just affecting a couple of words..... More
Pp. 216, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, endpaper map, select bibliographical references, index to artists; oblong 4to; black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, backstrip faded, edges a trifle rubbed; small water stain to top edge of a few leaves; Millwood Press, Wellington..... More
Introduction & Notes by Owen Rutter. [Translated into English by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve]. Pp. 220(last blank)+[2](blank), folding map, 12 wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, appendix, notes; f'cap folio; green buckram, with gilt lettered and decorated brown leather title label on spine, upper board decorated in gilt, the cloth slightly marked and rubbed..... More
Preface by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Pp. 528(last blank), many of the facsimile pages printed in red & black, 40 plates within pagination (6 coloured), black & white text figures (one folding), pictorial endpapers, full page map, index; thick f'cap. folio; half calf, spine decorated..... More
Pp. xviii+230(last blank), 28 plates (11 coloured), text maps, glossary, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; bottom edge of leaves a trifle marked; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. *The French explorer Marion Dufresne reached Tasmania before the English. His..... More
With engravings by John Buckland Wright. Pp. 100+[2](map, colophon), 9 wood engravings printed in dark green, full page map, chronological table; narrow roy. 4to; green canvas, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges of boards flecked, the bottom fore-corners slightly bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; original glassine wrapper, edges chipped and split..... More
Pp. xxiv+468(last blank), coloured frontispiece and 16 plates (including reproductions of 6 natural history subjects by Ferdinand Bauer and 8 views by William Westall), plus 16 black & white plates of Flinders' manuscript charts and of views, portraits and instruments, over 250 black & white text illustrations (many reconstructions by..... More
A comprehensive guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas from 1850 to the early decades of the twentieth century. Pp. xii+1048(last blank), pictorial endpapers, indices; thick demy 4to; ribbon markers; dust wrapper, backstrip and portion of front panel sunned;..... More
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. Volume I: Pp. xvi+366+[2](blank), portrait of the author as frontispiece, tissue guard, 20 portraits of..... More
First published at Beccles and London in 1838. Edited, with an Introduction, notes, chronology, and index, by Robert M. Warneke, and faithfully reprinted from the original. Pp. [x]+[ii](blank)+vi+318, frontispiece portrait, notes, chronology, references, index; qr. grey goatskin, the spine lettered and decorated in black, black more silk boards; ribbon marker;..... More
together with explorations and discoveries made by Admiral D'Urville, Captain Ross, and other navigators and travellers; and an account of the expedition to the Dead Sea, under Lieutenant Lynch. Pp. 518(last blank)+[8](advertisements, last blank), 8 plates, engraved vignette title page with tissue guard, 1 full page illustration, 1 full page..... More
Drawings by Walter Stackpool. Pp. [x]+212+[2](last blank), printed in green & black, the title page vignette and most of the numerous text illustrations printed in green, 4 text maps (one double, others full page), plus endpaper map, bibliography; small cr. 4to; green cloth, spine blocked in red and lettered in..... More
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..... More
With an Introduction by Owen Rutter and five engravings by Robert Gibbings. Pp. 244(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), pictorial title page, 4 text illustrations; small f'cap. folio; blue and cream 'sail-type' binding, the spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards a trifle scuffed and soiled; t.e.g., others uncut; small circular red..... More
