[BLIGH’S COPY]. 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. The whole illustrated with charts, &c. Published by permission of…

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[FIRST FLEET] Midshipman Newton Fowell, on board HMS Sirius at sea, off Rio de Janeiro, 6 August 1787: autograph letter signed, addressed to his father, John Fowell.

Entire letter, 1 page, quarto, manuscript in ink on the first side of a bifolium, laid paper watermarked with Britannia and GR surmounted by crown; dated 6 August 1787 and signed N. Fowell, addressed to John Fowell Esq., Black Hall, S. Brent, Devonshire, England, with DOVER/SHIP-LRE hand-stamp on the face…

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The three voyages of Captain James Cook

1. 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 Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept…

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The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. (Deluxe edition)

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. London : Constable & Constable, 1909. Quarto, gilt-decorated vellum (lightly marked), silk ties detached (one present), top edge gilt, others uncut; pp. xv; [I]; 325, text vignettes, numerous tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards; very pale foxing to endpapers and…

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When the sun took the colour away. (Richard Griffin’s copy)

Albert Park, Vic. : Lilly Pilly Books, 1987. ‘The first edition … is limited to fifteen numbered copies. The text and illustrations were cut and hand-coloured by Irena Sibley and printed by Benedict Sibley. This book is copy No. fourteen [signed in pen] Irena Sibley, 1987.’ Folio, bound by Richard…

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Newton’s new & improved celestial globe

London : John Newton, 60 Chancery Lane, 1839. Celestial miniature table globe, 4¾-inch (12 cms.) in diameter, printed gores over a plaster base, brass half meridian, on original turned rosewood support and triform stand with ball feet in white. A fine example. A very rare miniature celestial table globe in…

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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (Third edition)

London : printed by W. Clowes and Sons for John Murray, 1861. Third edition. Octavo, original green cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine gilt (corners slightly bumped, light bumping to head and foot of spine, small damp mark to upper panel, small 10 mm mark recoloured to spine), binding variant…

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Sculptural form 2001

Painted in Harcourt. Oil on canvas, 610 x 610 mm, signed and dated verso. A fine oil painting by the great Australian abstract artist Robert Jacks, sourced directly from the artist’s estate. In 2014 the National Gallery of Victoria staged a major retrospective of the artist’s oeuvre. ‘This exhibition represents…

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Portrait miniature of Robert, Lord Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816).

Enamel on copper, image 75 x 60 mm (oval format); inscribed, signed and dated on the counter-enamel verso: ‘The Rt. Honble. The Earl of Buckinghamshire. Painted by Henry Bone ARA. Enamel Painter to HRH the Prince of Wales. Jany 1806’; some traces of surface dirt to the sitter’s face and…

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The songs of Scotland, ancient and modern;

with an introduction and notes, historical and critical, and chapters of the lyric poets. London : John Taylor, 1825. Four volumes, octavo, in attractive bindings of half calf over marbled papered boards, flat panelled spines with decorative tooling, contrasting morocco title labels lettered in gilt, some light scuffing, marbled edges…

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Australian portrait photographs, 1850s-1940s

BOCK, Thomas (and Alfred BOCK), attributed

Ambrotype of a gentleman against a painted backdrop with trailing vine.

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SCHOURUP, Peter

Young woman holding a flower. Port Adelaide, 1871.

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DEANS, F. R.

“A Little Colonial” named Lena, on roller skates. Boulder (Kalgoorlie), Western Australian goldfields, circa 1910.

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CLIFFORD, Samuel (1827-1890) (publisher); FRITH, Henry Albert (active in Australia 1858-1867) (photographer, attributed)

Studio portrait of Pangernowidedic (Bessy Clarke), William Lanne, Trugernanner (Truganini), and Wapperty. Hobart Town, 1864.

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New Acquisitions September 2024

CONDER, Charles (1868 - 1909)

The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition

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McPHERSON, Robert

[GOLD RUSH] Lengthy letter written by a newly arrived Scottish immigrant, describing the city of Melbourne in July 1853.

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[Various].

[VIETNAM WAR] Collection of business cards for bars and nightclubs catering to US servicemen on R&R in the Wanchai red-light district of Hong Kong.

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AMERICAN & AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY [LIND, James P.]

[WINE] Front view of a colonial cottage showing rows of neatly planted grape vines. Melbourne (or Beechworth?), 1869-70.

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Featured: Ambrotype portrait of a seated woman in a blue dress and lace holding a daguerreotype case. Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1861.

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Events: Amsterdam International Antiquarian Book Fair '24

will be held following the 45th ILAB Congress from 19 – 20 October 2024.

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