Australia Pre 1850

  • Pastures New : An account of the pastoral occupation of Port Phillip (signed copy)

    # 46015

    BILLIS, R. V. and KENYON, A.S.

    Pastures New : An account of the pastoral occupation of Port Phillip (signed copy)

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 1930. First edition. Octavo, gilt-lettered blue cloth, in scarce dustjacket (chipped and word with splits along folds), pp. xi; (iii);  272, chip to fore edge of pp. xi-xii, internally clean. Scarce pastoral history of Victoria. Signed ‘With the author’s compliments’ by Billis on the endpaper.

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  • A natural history of the birds of New South Wales, collected, engraved and faithfully painted after nature. (The Bradley Martin copy)

    # 45901

    LEWIN, John William (1770-1819)

    A natural history of the birds of New South Wales, collected, engraved and faithfully painted after nature. (The Bradley Martin copy)

    By John William Lewin, A.L.S., late of Paramatta, New South Wales. New and improved edition, to which is added a list of the synonymes of each species, incorporating the labours of T. Gould, Esq., N. A. Vigors, Esq., T. Horsfield, M.D., and W. Swainson, Esq. A fine example, in original condition, of one of the …

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  • The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay

    # 44863

    PHILLIP, Arthur (1738-1814)

    The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay

    with an account of the establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island; compiled from authentic papers, which have been obtained from the several departments, to which are added, the journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Capt. Marshall; with an account of their new discoveries. London : John Stockdale, 1789. Quarto, full …

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  • Joseph Lycett : convict artist

    # 45951

    McPHEE, John (ed.)

    Joseph Lycett : convict artist

    Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 2006. Quarto, cloth-covered boards in illustrated dust jacket, pp. 285, illustrated in colour throughout, academic text on the artist by John McPhee, Richard Neville, Roger Butler, Shane Frost and Martin Terry. A richly illustrated monograph on the convict artist Joseph Lycett published on the occasion of …

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  • The Riverina : people and properties

    # 45754

    RONALD, Robert B.

    The Riverina : people and properties

    Melbourne : Cheshire, 1960. Octavo, gilt-lettered green cloth in very uncommon price clipped illustrated dustjacket (chipped with loss), maps to endpapers (tape marks), pp. [iv]; vi; 183, internally clean. Rare, especially with the dustjacket.

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  • Victoria and its metropolis, past and present (facsimile edition)

    # 45789

    SUTHERLAND, Alexander

    Victoria and its metropolis, past and present (facsimile edition)

    Melbourne : Today’s Heritage, [1988] (originally published in Melbourne by McCarron, Bird & Co., 1888). Facsimile edition. Three volumes, quarto, gilt-lettered rexine, pp. xii; 594; [viii]; 439; [vi]; 441 – 882; numerous black and white illustrations, traces of foxing to fore edges, a very good set. Printed in an edition of 500 numbered copies. Ferguson …

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  • Baudin in Australian Waters.

    # 45766

    BONNEMAINS, Jacqueline

    Baudin in Australian Waters.

    The artwork of the French voyage of discovery to the southern lands 1800 – 1804. With a complete descriptive catalogue of drawings and paintings of Australian subjects by C.-A. Lesueur and N.-M. Petit from the Lesueur Collection at the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre, France. Edited by Jacqueline Bonnemains, Elliott Forsyth and Bernard Smith. Melbourne …

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  • Historical records of New South Wales

    # 44735

    BRITTON, A. (editor) et al.

    Historical records of New South Wales

    Mona Vale, N.S.W. : Lansdowne, Slattery and Company, 1978-1980. Facsimile edition of the first edition published between 1892 – 1901. Seven volumes in eight, octavo, cloth in dustjacket (edges lightly rubbed), pagination various, illustrated, together with the facsimile volume of charts, quarto, to accompany Vol. 1, Part 1. A very good set. Complete.

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  • An account of a voyage to establish a colony at Port Philip in Bass’s Strait,

    # 14833

    Tuckey, James Kingston (1776-1816)

    An account of a voyage to establish a colony at Port Philip in Bass’s Strait,

    on the South Coast of New South Wales : in His Majesty’s Ship Calcutta, in the years 1802-3-4 / by J. H. Tuckey, Esq. First Lieutenant of the Calcutta. London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; and J.C. Mottley, 1805. First edition. Octavo, original polished calf, gilt-decoration, expertly recased with new spine to style by Aquarius, …

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  • Skinner Prout in Australia 1840-1848

    # 45184

    BROWN, Tony and KOLENBERG, Hendrik

    Skinner Prout in Australia 1840-1848

    Hobart : The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1986. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 80, illustrated. One corner bumped, else a  fine copy. Prout’s works in Australia, including studies of indigenous Australians.

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  • William Buelow Gould : convict artist of Van Diemen's Land

    # 45125

    DARBY, Garry

    William Buelow Gould : convict artist of Van Diemen’s Land

    Sydney : Copperfield, 1980. Quarto, gilt-lettered boards in dustjacket, pp. 136, illustrated.

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  • Studio portrait of William Huon, pioneer squatter in the Riverina district. Sydney, March 1866.

    # 43901

    HETZER, William

    Studio portrait of William Huon, pioneer squatter in the Riverina district. Sydney, March 1866.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 62 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘W. Hetzer’s Photographic Gallery, 287, George Street, Sydney, N.S.W.’, and a fully contemporary inscription in ink, identifying the sitter: ‘W. Huon Esq., Wodonga, March 1866’; both the print and mount are in fine condition. William Huon (Campbelltown 1825 – …

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  • A general history of quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick.

    # 44811

    BEWICK, Thomas (1753-1828)

    A general history of quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick.

    Newcastle upon Tyne : printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, Newcastle : sold by them, by G. G. J. & J. Robinson, and C. Dilly, London, 1790. First edition. Large octavo, contemporary full speckled calf, edges very lightly rubbed, flat panelled spine ruled in gilt, contrasting morocco title label lettered …

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  • A history of Woodville district

    # 44728

    GORTON, L. V.

    A history of Woodville district

    Woodville, N.S.W. : L. V. Gorton, 1959 (second edition, January 1987). Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 38, illustrated. Scarce local history. ‘Dunmore House, the Woodville shop/general store is Australia’s oldest continually running business still carrying on the same services it was licensed for in 1844’. – Wikipedia.

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  • A history of Australia

    # 44747

    CLARK, Manning

    A history of Australia

    Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 1992 (revised edition). Six volumes, complete, octavo, boards in dustjackets, spines lightly sunned, pagination various, illustrated. A fine set of Manning Clark’s monumental History of Australia focussing on the period post European settlement to 1935.

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  • Illustrating the Antipodes. George French Angas in Australia and New Zealand 1844-1845

    # 44852

    JONES, Phillip

    Illustrating the Antipodes. George French Angas in Australia and New Zealand 1844-1845

    Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2021. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 380. illustrated. A very good copy. George French Angas (1822-1886) spent 18 months sketching and observing in Australia and New Zealand between 1844 and 1845. It was a period of decisive and irreversible cultural change. The young Angas excelled at capturing the minute …

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