Australia Pre 1850

# 15754

PLIMER, Nathaniel, 1757-1822, attributed

A portrait miniature of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Brisbane, sixth Governor of New South Wales, 1821-1825

A fine portrait of a distinguished administrator whose political and social legacies were of immense importance in the shaping of the Colony of New South Wales. Portraits of such significant early Australian figures are of the utmost rarity.  [Attributed to Nathaniel Plimer, probably 1803-1804]. Portrait on ivory, in its original nine-carat gold mount, 70 x 53 mm; verso of …

# 15616

WALLIS, James, Captain, 1785?-1858

An historical account of the Colony of New South Wales and its dependent settlements; in illustration of twelve views, engraved by W. Preston, a convict; from drawings taken on the spot by Captain Wallis, of the Forty-Sixth Regiment. To which is subjoined an accurate map of Port Macquarie, and the newly discovered River Hastings, by J. Oxley, Esq. Surveyor General to the Territory.

One of Australia’s finest early plate books, coloured by a skilled hand to striking effect. London : R. Ackermann, 1821. Folio, half crushed morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, lacking the half-title, pp [iv] (with the “Extract from the Sidney Gazette“); 42, followed by 12 engraved plates of views (six are double page) and a …

# 14857

ROSS, James (1786-1838)

The Hobart Town Gazette (virtually complete run of issues for the year 1834)

Hobart : James Ross and George Howe, Government Printers, 1834. A run of 49 issues for 1834: vol. XIX, no. 919, January 10, 1834 – vol. XIX, no. 968, December 18, 1834 (missing nos. 918; 928; 969). Quarto, all issues stitch bound, various paginations; a number of issues with supplements (Government acts); some issues with …

# 14856

ROSS, James (1786-1838)

The Hobart Town Gazette (complete run of issues for the year 1835)

Hobart : James Ross and George Howe, Government Printers, 1835. A complete run of 52 issues for 1835: vol. XX, no. 970, January 1, 1835 – vol. XIX, no. 1021, December 25, 1835. Quarto, all issues stitch bound, various paginations; a number of issues with supplements (Government acts); some issues with subscriber's name [H.B. Fortesse] …

# 15627

MARSH, S[tephen] H[ale] (1805 1888)

[SHEET MUSIC] Dr. Leichhardt’s March, for the piano, composed on the successful termination of his Expedition, after having traversed a distance of nearly 3000 miles through a portion of Australia, hitherto untrodden by civilized man, by his friend, S. H. March. 

London : T. Boosey & Co., [circa 1846]. Folio, lithographed title page [verso blank] with a scene of the expedition drawn by W. Boosey, slip cancel “for the piano” replacing “for the harp” (as in other copies); pp [1 blank], 2-5, [1 blank]; four leaves in total; occasional foxing, paper spine; a very good copy of this …

# 15436

GIBSON, Andrew Lucian (Scotland, 1796 - "Tirranna", near Goulburn, 1840)

Sketches made during the Napoleonic Wars and later (c.1815-1821), by military surgeon Dr. Andrew Gibson, founder of Tirranna station near Goulburn, New South Wales

Nine leaves removed from a small early nineteenth century sketchbook, trimmed to various dimensions up to 160 x 100 mm, eight with watercolour and pencil vignettes and manuscript captions in ink, one with manuscript bearing the artist’s name, ‘Andrew Lucian Gibson’, laid down on a later nineteenth century backing sheet, 380 x 320 mm; in very good condition, with some mild …

# 15361

A letterpress description of the views of Sydney in 1810.

Sydney: William Dymock, Book Arcade, 1884. Quarto, self-wrappers, pp. 6, lithographed map ‘A new plan of the settlements in New South Wales, taken by order of Government. July 20th 1810’ (unfolded and thus discoloured the right portion). Letterpress description of the Dymock facsimile of the rare 1810 John Eyre views of Sydney, originally issued with the …

# 15965

CORTAMBERT, Richard

[QUEENSLAND] Eliza Fraser : a brief account of her shipwreck, ordeal and rescue

[article in] La Science pour tous : journal illustré paraissant tous les jeudis. 8e Année – No 2. 18 décembre 1862. Quarto, disbound, [pp 17-24, double columns], illustrated. A single issue of this weekly journal which contains a review (single column) by the French writer Richard Cortambert of the recently published book of narratives of …

# 13862

Parliament of Great Britain

World sea voyage journey times and seamen’s voyage rations

By the Commissioners for managing and causing to be levied and collected HIs Majesty’s Customs and other Duties 23d November 1832. [Great Britain : Parliament, 1833]. Quarto, disbound from a volume of H.M. Customs General Orders for 1833, [pp 12], with ink annotations. Contains a list of foreign goods that can be shipped duty free and …

# 14472

[MULGRAVE, Peter Archer, 1778-1847]

The Tasmanian. Volume II, number 56. March 21, 1828. Subscriber copy of P.A. Mulgrave.

Hobart Town : Printed and published by John Campbell MacDougall, at the Tasmanian Office, Elizabeth Street, March 21 1828. Folio newspaper, [4] pp, upper margin of first page with subscriber's name 'P.A. Mulgrave, J.P.' inscribed in ink and 2d newspaper duty stamp in orange; old folds (some tearing along the fold lines); a fragile but …

# 14604

MARJORIBANKS, Alexander

Travels in New South Wales

London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1847. Duodecimo, publisher's gilt-lettered red cloth (worn, chipped at head of spine), pp. vii; 267, waterstain to read endpapers. As well as much detail on the penal history of the colony, it includes chapters on Aborigines, Women in the colony and the new settlement at Port Phillip.  Ferguson 4593

# 14120

RUMSEY, Herbert

The Pioneers of Sydney Cove.

With decorations by James Emery. Sydney : Sunnybrook Press, 1937. Quarto, gilt-lettered boards in dustjacket (fine), pp. 121, line illustrations, original card slipcase Limited to 150 numbered copies signed by the author and publisher. A near perfect copy. 

# 12366

[HENTY, Henry, 1833-1912]

First settlers in Victoria

(Reprinted from the “Mission Field,” of Jan. 1, 1883). A significant association copy inscribed by Henry Henty, nephew of pioneer Port Phillip settler Edward Henty: “The Henty Family – Presented to the Club by Henry Henty”. Octavo, disbound, pp 7; foxed throughout.  Transcript of an address describing the establishment of the Portland Bay settlement. Originally …

# 13461

RAYMOND, James (compiler)

The New South Wales Calendar and General Post Office Directory, 1833

[Sydney] : [Stephens &​ Stokes], [1832 or 1833]. Octavo, original half morocco over marbled boards, rebacked, preserving the original gilt decorated backstrip; front pastedown with early binder's label of William Moffitt, King Street, Sydney, and twentieth century bookplate; front free-endpaper with a presentation inscription from the Sydney shipping agents Messrs. Aspinall, Brown & Co., Sydney …

# 13491

[PORTER, Sarah]

Alfred Dudley; or, the Australian settlers

London : Harvey and Darton, n.d. [c. 1836]. Second edition. Duodecimo, gilt-illustrated cloth (spine sunned), all edges gilt, early owner's inscription to front free endpaper, engraved frontispiece (foxed); pp. 196. The second edition of what is referred to the first novel set in Australia, drawing largely from Dawson's 'The Present State of Australia'. Ferguson 1313; …

# 13474

VERSCHUUR, G.

At the antipodes

Travels in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Islands, The New Hebrides, New Caledonia, and South America 1888 – 1889. Translated by Mary Daniels. London : Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1891. First edition in English. Octavo, pictorial cloth, bookplate to endpapers, folding world map, illustrations. Ferguson 17709

# 13473

GOUDIE, James T.

Notes and gleanings [presentation copy]

being leaves from the diary of a voyage to and from Australia and New Zealand in 1893. Edinburgh : R & R Clark for private circulation, 1894. Octavo, half-calf over cloth (rubbed), bookplate to front pastedown, presentation inscription on blank to William Goudie from the author, pp. 168. Includes chapters on each state and the …

# 13451

HOWE, George (1769-1821)

The Sydney Gazette, and New South Wales Advertiser. Vols I – II, 1803-1805

91 ISSUES OF THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER, FROM ITS FIRST TWO YEARS OF PUBLICATION. Sydney : G. Howe, 1803-05. Two full calf clamshell cases, silk-lined with gilt-lettering, custom made to the highest standard, housing the first two years of issue.  Vol. I (No. 1, March 5, 1803 – No. 52, February 26, 1804) : a …

# 13385

HOWE, George (1769-1821)

Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Volume Eight, number 320, February 17, 1810

Folio, disbound; incomplete, being one half of the bifolium only (i.e. the first 2 pages), loss at top edge and along fore-edge resulting in loss of text, in particular at the ends of lines on the first page; creasing, several small perforations with loss of text, paper strengthened in sections. Includes Government and General Orders …

# 13195

HOWE, George (1769-1821)

Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (Volume XVII, 1819, virtually complete)

Vol. XVII, no. 789, January 2, 1819 – vol. XVII, no. 840, December 25, 1819 (omitting no. 801). 51 issues, bound in one volume, folio, contemporary half calf over marbled boards; nos. 807, 823, 826, 827, 828 and 871 with supplement; first sheet of no. 818 repaired and incomplete (facsimile sheet bound in); second sheet …

# 13173

HOWE, George (1769-1821)

Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (Volumes XVII-XVIII, 1819-20, virtually complete)

Vol. XVII, no. 790, January 9, 1819 – vol. XVIII, no. 893, December 30, 1820 (omitting nos. 789, 822 and 849). 102 issues, bound in one volume, folio, later half calf over marbled boards, a number of issues with subscriber's name of Mr. Bean or T. Nileham, Esq.; nos. 807, 826 and 871 with supplement; …

# 13146

HOWE, Robert (1795-1829)

Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (Vol. XXIII, 1825, 23 issues)

[Sydney] Australia : Printed and published by Robert Howe, editor and proprietor, 1825. Volume XXIII, no. 1112, and nos. 1130-1162 (omitting 1131-2, 1135, 1142, 1148, 1153, 1156, 1158-61), March 10, 1825 – December 12, 1825. Twenty-three issues bound in one volume, folio, contemporary calf backed marbled boards; all issues [4] pp, text in 5 columns; …