Pp. 248, 12 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations and maps (some full page), endpaper maps printed in blue, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1988. First edition. More
Edited by J. C. Beaglehole. In two volumes. Pp. xxviii+476+xviii+406, with a total of 102 plates (16 coloured, including the frontispieces), a few text figures and maps (1 folding, printed in brown & red), appendices, index; med. 8vo; fore-corners of boards faintly bruised, cloth of Volume II a trifle flecked;... More
Being Lieutenant William Bligh's Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Bounty in a Voyage to the South Seas, 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... 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
The Adventures of Ludwig Leichhardt and John Gilbert. Pp. xxii+306, 16 plates, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, full page map, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle creased, with publicity wrap-around (also lightly creased); inked ownership inscription on upper free... More
Botanist and explorer. Pp. x+148(last blank), 4 plates, full page maps, references, bibliography, index; cloth a trifle flecked; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, backstrip faded, edges lightly rubbed; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1970. First edition. More
the first settlement, and the early coastal exploration of the continent. Pp. [x]+138, 16 plates, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip faded, edges a trifle rubbed; inscription on upper free endpaper; Cassell, Melbourne, 1970. First trade edition. More
Pp. 26(including preliminary blank), title within decorative border, head & tailpiece decorations; med. 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, the bottom fore-corners and head of backstrip a trifle creased; bottom fore-corner of leaves faintly creased; S ullivan's Cove, Adelaide, 1984. Edition limited to 175 copies, initialled by the publisher. *Report of... More
preceded and followed by notes on Flinders, Bass, the wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c., by Geoffrey Rawson. 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, the... More
Tasman, Cook, Bligh, Wilson, Bellingshausen. Pp. xviii+324+[2](advertisements), 47 plates (including several maps, 3 of which are folding) plus a large folding map in pocket at end, sources, index; boards a trifle scuffed, the spine cloth slightly faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, worn and quite torn, the back panel lightly foxed; inked... More
. Pp. 336, illustrated in colour and black & white, text plus endpaper maps, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; pictorial green cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in brown, the boards slightly canted, edges lightly rubbed, with a couple of light bruises; top edges green; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed... More
Invented and apocryphal narratives of travel. A comprehensive guide to invented, imaginary, apocryphal and plagiarized narratives of travel by land, sea and air; from the earliest times to the twentieth century. Pp. xii+544(last blank), pictorial endpapers, indices; demy 4to; 3 ribbon markers; dust wrapper, with publisher's publicity wrap-around; Horde House... More
The story of the epic of exploration by Hume and Hovell, with party, October - December, 1824. Pp. [32](last blank), title page vignette, text illustrations and maps; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, the backstrip slightly faded, small surface chip to fore-edge of upper wrapper, ownership sticker on verso of upper... More
The story of the epic of exploration by Hume and Hovell, with party, October - December, 1824. Pp. 56(last blank), title page vignette, text illustrations and map, errata slip laid on p. 13; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled, backstrip a trifle faded; a little faint foxing; Interprint Services Pty... More
The Lives and Association of John Hunter (1728-1793), The Surgeon; James Cook (1728-1779), The Navigator; and Joseph Banks (1743-1820), The Naturalist. Foreword by Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir James Watt. Pp. 80, 4 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece and text illustrations, endpaper map, appendices, notes, index; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper... More
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.... In two volumes. Pp. xvi+366+xiv+367-768, 29 plates (including frontispiece with..... More
Compiled from the journals of the brothers, and edited by Frederick J. Byerley (Engineer of Roads, Northern Division of Queensland). Pp. xii+88, frontispiece, full page illustrations, folding map at end, appendix; navy cloth, lettered in gilt; Corkwood Press, Bundaberg, 1994. First facsimile edition. *Originally published in 1867. More
Voyage of the U.S. exploring squadron, commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842: 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... More
Voyage of the U.S. exploring squadron, commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842: 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... More
Published conformably to the decree of the national assembly, of the 22d of April, 1791, and edited by M. L. A. Milet-Mureau. In three volumes [text], plus a volume of plates and charts. Translated from the French. Pp. xii+532+x+498+viii+446+60(tables), 42 engraved plates & charts (8 folding); text volumes octavo, the... More
The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific. Drawings by Walter Stackpool. Pp. [x]+212+[2](last blank), text illustrations, 4 text maps (1 double-page), endpaper map, bibliography; cr. 4to; dust wrapper, laminate lifting, edges slightly creased and split; small marks to fore-edges of leaves, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Doubleday, Sydney... More
Pp. 176, 24 plates, several tailpiece illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn; Terence Dalton Limited, Lavenham, Suffolk, 1975. First edition. *David Blackburn, of Norfolk Island descent, was Master of H.M.S. Armed Tender Supplywhen it joined the fleet to sail from Portsmouth to Botany Bay in 1787. A.... More
A voyage from Cork, Ireland, to Sydney, New South Wales, 1798-1800. Transcribed and edited with an Introduction by Pamela Jeanne Fulton. Pp. xviii+292(last colophon, verso blank), 15 coloured plates, black & white title page vignette, 3 full page maps, notes, appendix, bibliography, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper with coloured pictorial... More
Pp. xxiv+372+[2](colophon, verso blank), text illustrations and maps (some full page), endpaper map printed in blue, notes, index; roy. 8vo; navy cloth, spine blocked in red and lettered in gilt, large coloured pictorial onlay on upper board; within navy cloth slipcase with printed title label on spine, the cloth slightly..... More
to ascertain the position of the 141st degree of East Longitude, being the boundary line between New South Wales and South Australia. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. 16(last blank)+xx(appendix), 2 folding tinted maps in pocket at end; roy. 8vo; qr. brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, Cockerell marbled papered boards; Queensberry Hill..... More