Australia Pre 1850

  • The Governors Noble Guest : Hyacinthe De Bougainville's account of Port Jackson, 1825

    # 44740

    RIVIERE, Marc Serge

    The Governors Noble Guest : Hyacinthe De Bougainville’s account of Port Jackson, 1825

    Melbourne : Miegunyah Press, 1999. Octavo, boards in dustjacket, light shelf ware, pp. xxviii; 292, a very good copy.

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  • The Felonry of New South Wales. Being a faithful picture of the real romance of life in Botany Bay with anecdotes of Botany Bay Society and a plan of Sydney.

    # 44737

    MUDIE, James

    The Felonry of New South Wales. Being a faithful picture of the real romance of life in Botany Bay with anecdotes of Botany Bay Society and a plan of Sydney.

    Edited by Walter Stone. Melbourne; Lansdowne Press; 1965. Octavo. boards in dustjacket, pp. xiv; 215, a very good copy. Re-issue of the original edition of 1837 with annotations and additional contributions by the Editor.

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  • The history of the island of Van Diemen's Land, from the year 1824 to 1835 inclusive

    # 41841

    [MELVILLE, Henry (1799 - 1873)]

    The history of the island of Van Diemen’s Land, from the year 1824 to 1835 inclusive

    To which is added, a few words on prison discipline. London : Smith and Elder, 1835 (printed by H. Melville in Hobart-Town, Van Diemen’s Land). Octavo, contemporary straight-grained green morocco, spine ruled in gilt, expertly rebacked, later endpapers; pp. [iv]; 276; occasional spotting, a very good example. The very rare separate issue of the first …

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  • Passeggiata intorno al mondo negli anni 1817 - 18 - 19 - 20 sopra le corvette del Re di Francia l'Urania e la Fisica, comandante dal Sig. Freycinet

    # 42898

    ARAGO, Jacques (1790-1855)

    Passeggiata intorno al mondo negli anni 1817 – 18 – 19 – 20 sopra le corvette del Re di Francia l’Urania e la Fisica, comandante dal Sig. Freycinet

    Opera del Sig. Arago, disegnatore della spedizione. Milano : dalla dalla tipografia e’fratelli Sonzogno, 1824. Four volumes, duodecimo, publisher’s original printed grey wrappers with decorative borders, some light edge wear, manuscript Roman numerals to spine, various pagination, all edges uncut, occasional light foxing, small stain to lower wrapper of second volume, thirteen finely coloured engraved plates, …

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  • New South Wales General Standing Orders :

    # 44245

    [KING, Philip Gidley].

    New South Wales General Standing Orders :

    selected from the general orders issued by former governors, from the 16th of February, 1791 to the 6th of September, 1800 : also, General orders issued by Governor King from the 28th of September, 1800 to the 30th of September, 1802. Melbourne, Black Rock: History Books Australia, 1983. Octavo, cloth over marbled boards, matching slipcase, …

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  • The Sydney Cove Medallion

    # 44292

    SMITH, L. Richard

    The Sydney Cove Medallion

    Sydney : The Wedgwood Press, 1987. Third edition. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 36, illustrated. Includes printed updates dated July 1999 and June 2005, listing the locations of all eleven examples of the Sydney Cove Medallion located at the time.

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  • Arthur Philip 1738 - 1814 : his voyaging

    # 44149

    FROST, Alan

    Arthur Philip 1738 – 1814 : his voyaging

    Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1987. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, light handling marks, pp. xii; 320, illustrated in black and white.

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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.

    # 41117

    FOWELL, Newton Digby (1768-1790)

    [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 and rated in ms. 1/7 (to be …

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  • The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay (first edition, coloured)

    # 31523

    PHILLIP, Arthur (1738-1814)

    The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay (first edition, coloured)

    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, contemporary …

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  • Journal of a voyage to New South Wales (deluxe coloured edition)

    # 26694

    WHITE, John (1756-1832)

    Journal of a voyage to New South Wales (deluxe coloured edition)

    / with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions by John White Esqre., Surgeon General to the settlement. London : J. Debrett, 1790. Quarto, in an Italian binding of full white vellum, contrasting morocco title labels, decorated in gilt, engraved map from 1802 of the …

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  • A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales,

    # 29230

    TENCH, Captain Watkin

    A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales,

    including an accurate description of the situation of the colony; of the natives; and of its natural productions. London : Sold by G. Nicol, Pall-Mall ; and J. Sewell, Cornhill, 1793. Quarto, later half calf over marbled papered boards (rubbed), spine in compartments with elaborate gilt decoration and green morocco title label lettered in gilt, bookplate removed from front pastedown; all edges speckled red; frontispiece folding Map of the hitherto unexplored country …

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  • An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales,

    # 42976

    COLLINS, David (1756-1810)

    An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales,

    from its first Settlement, in January 1788, to August 1801: with Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, &c. of the Native Inhabitants of that Country. To which are added, some particulars of New Zealand; compiled, by permission, from the Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King; and an account of a voyage performed by Captain Flinders and Mr …

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

    # 42922

    Henry BONE, ARA (1755-1834), after Sir William Beechey, RA (1753-1839)

    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 hair, and some very minor …

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  • Kerr’s Melbourne almanac, and Port Phillip directory, for 1842.

    # 41832

    KERR, William (1812 - 1859)

    Kerr’s Melbourne almanac, and Port Phillip directory, for 1842.

    A compendium of useful and accurate information connected with Port Phillip. Melbourne: printed and published by Kerr and Thompson, at the Port Phillip Patriot Office, Collins Street, 1842. Octavo, original half cloth over papered boards (some wear and stains), expertly rebacked, worn paper label to spine; early ownership inscription of Alexander Beatson Balcombe (“Tichingorourke, 1842, …

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  • Natural Curiosity : unseen art of the First Fleet)

    # 44349

    ANEMAAT, Louise

    Natural Curiosity : unseen art of the First Fleet)

    Sydney : State Library of New South Wales, 2014. Quarto, illustrated limp boards, light handling marks, pp. 256, illustrated. A fine copy. A sense of awe swept through natural history circles in 18th-century London when the first ships returned from Sydney with their cargo of exotic animals, birds, and plants—and striking watercolor illustrations. The sudden …

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  • First views of Australia 1788-1825 : an early history of Sydney

    # 44260

    McCORMICK, Tim

    First views of Australia 1788-1825 : an early history of Sydney

    Sydney : Longueville Publications, 1987. Edition limited to 2000 copies. Large quarto, publisher’s navy cloth boards lettered in gilt, in illustrated dust jacket, light handling marks, light foxing to preliminaries, 340 pp, illustrated throughout (mostly colour plates), introduction by Robert Irving, with biographical notes on the artists, index; a very good copy of this important …

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