Rare Books

  • The voyager's companion, or shell collector's pilot;

    # 46404

    MAWE, John (1764-1829)

    The voyager’s companion, or shell collector’s pilot;

    with instructions and directions where to find the finest shells; also for preserving the skins of animals; and the best methods of catching and preserving insects &c. &c. &c. London : printed for and sold by the author, and by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Fourth edition. Duodecimo, full polished calf (corners …

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  • [WHALING] Certificate of Shipment of Seamen issued at Honolulu for the whaling vessel "Montpelier" out of New Bedford (Job Macomber, Master). Dated 7 February 1857.

    # 28360

    CONSULATE OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR HONOLULU, H.I.

    [WHALING] Certificate of Shipment of Seamen issued at Honolulu for the whaling vessel “Montpelier” out of New Bedford (Job Macomber, Master). Dated 7 February 1857.

    Honolulu, Hawaii : U.S. Consulate, 1857. Lithograph printed document with manuscript entries, 310 x 400 mm, headed ‘Cirtificate [sic] of Shipment of Seamen’ above the American eagle and ‘Consulate of United States of America, for Honolulu, H. I.’; immediately below is the printed declaration with relevant entries supplied in ms.: ‘I, the undersigned, Consul of …

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  • Mémoire sur les causes des maladies des marins et sur les soins à prendre pour conserver leur santé dans les ports et à la mer.

    # 27137

    KERAUDREN, Pierre François (1769-1857?)

    Mémoire sur les causes des maladies des marins et sur les soins à prendre pour conserver leur santé dans les ports et à la mer.

    Paris : Annales maritimes et coloniales. II.e partie. Année 1824. – Juin. Octavo, bound in contemporary marbled wrappers, pp [2], 457-541, with an engraved diagram of a furnace ventilator (p.540); light browning to some of the leaves, but a very good copy. Text in French. An important treatise on the causes of, and preventive measures …

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  • "Globe terrestre" (a box in the form of a pocket globe)

    # 46467

    Z. & B.

    “Globe terrestre” (a box in the form of a pocket globe)

    Paris? : Edit. Z & B. c.1910.  Card box in the form of a pocket globe, 3 1/2 inches in diameter, the box in two halves split along the equator, which fit together to form the whole, some surface rubbing and detachment of the card inserts internally, a good example.

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  • A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay;

    # 14834

    TENCH, Captain Watkin (1758-1833)

    A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay;

    with an account of New south Wales, its production, inhabitants, &c. To which is subjoined, a list of the civil and military establishments at Port Jackson. London : J. Debrett, 1789. Second edition. Octavo, half-calf over marbled boards, spine in compartments with gilt fleurons, gilt lettered morocco title label, pp [xii, including the half-title], 146, …

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  • Louis de Rougement, colonial adventurer and hoaxer: autograph letter, signed, offering stories to an editor for publication. Ampthill, Bedfordshire, 1903.

    # 32327

    ROUGEMONT, Louis de (Henri Louis GRIN) (1847-1921)

    Louis de Rougement, colonial adventurer and hoaxer: autograph letter, signed, offering stories to an editor for publication. Ampthill, Bedfordshire, 1903.

    Manuscript in ink on ruled paper, 160 x 200 mm; headed ‘Flitwick, Ampthill, 1.7.03’, the letter is addressed to The Author Syndicate, Lincoln Inn Field, London, and is signed at the foot ‘Yours, Louis de Rougemont’; wet stamped ‘Received 2 Jul 03’, and with a correspondence number in red crayon; original vertical fold, clean and …

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  • Alma Plains and Adelaide, South Australia : an important pioneer settlers' photograph album with portraits of members of families associated with the Church of Christ. 1860s-80s.

    # 45904

    FARNDELL, Edward; DURYEA, Townsend; MARCHANT, E. W.; VON HARTITZSCH, Otto; RUSHTON & JUST; STUMP & CO., et al.

    Alma Plains and Adelaide, South Australia : an important pioneer settlers’ photograph album with portraits of members of families associated with the Church of Christ. 1860s-80s.

    Quarto (290 x 230 mm), embossed green leather decorated in gilt (upper board detached and lacking backstrip); title leaf with later family member’s inscription identifying the original owners of the album as ‘Janet and William Howard, Alma Plains – Dalkey’; containing a total of [82] albumen print photographs – [73] in carte de visite format, …

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  • The Oriental Bank, corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane, Melbourne, c.1864.

    # 46202

    MORRIS, Alfred

    The Oriental Bank, corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane, Melbourne, c.1864.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 74 x 72 mm (arch-top format), on pale yellow board mount 82 x 171 mm; verso with printed label worded ‘A. Morris & Co.’s Stereoscopic Views of Victoria. Oriental Bank [in ms.] Melbourne’, and with the firm’s address ’56 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne’ at lower right; both prints are …

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  • On the natural history and classification of birds

    # 46518

    SWAINSON, William (1789-1855)

    On the natural history and classification of birds

    London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1836 – 37. Two volumes, octavo, full polished calf, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt tooling, contrasting Morocco title labels lettered in gilt, engraved title pages, pp. viii; 365; viii; 398, text vignettes, with descriptions of avian life found worldwide, including New …

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  • Bib and Bub : their adventures.

    # 46568

    GIBBS, May (1877-1969)

    Bib and Bub : their adventures.

    Sydney : Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1925. First edition. Quarto (240 x 210 mm), publisher’s blue cloth decorated in black (boards discoloured and very slightly warped), pictorial endpapers (front endpaper with off-setting), half-title, title, pp. 79, (1), colour panelled (i.e. comic strip format) illustrations throughout; contents with occasional toning and scattered foxing (more pronounced on preliminaries and last …

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  • A rare cased atlas of eight large folding maps of the world

    # 46577

    BRUÉ, Adrian Hubert

    A rare cased atlas of eight large folding maps of the world

    Paris : Chez J. Goujon et J. Andriveau, 1827. A large book-form box made of stiff card, 250 mm tall, gilt-decorated papered sides, silk draw ribbon, the ‘spine’ made of crushed morocco styled in compartments, with gilt ornamentation and the lettering ‘Atlas par H. Brué’, listing the eight maps contained within: ‘Mappemonde; Europe; Asie; Afrique; …

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  • Observaciones astronómicas, y phisicas hechas de orden de S. Mag. en los reynos del Perù

    # 46582

    Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre Giral, 1716-1795; Antonio de and Jorge Juan y Santacilla, 1713-1773

    Observaciones astronómicas, y phisicas hechas de orden de S. Mag. en los reynos del Perù

    Por D. Jorge Juan … y D. Antonio de Ulloa … de las quales se deduce la figura, y magnitud de la tierra, y se aplica a la navegacion. En Madrid : Impresso de orden del rey nuestro señor, por Juan de Zuñiga, Año M.D.CC.XL.VIII. [1748]. First edition. Folio, contemporary full speckled calf with ornamental …

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  • [BIOLOGICAL RACISM] Betrachtungen über die Fruchtbarkeit, oder Unfruchtbarkeit, über den vormahligen und gegenwärtigen Zustand der vornehmsten Länder in Asien,

    # 46347

    MEINERS, C. (Christoph) (1747-1810)

    [BIOLOGICAL RACISM] Betrachtungen über die Fruchtbarkeit, oder Unfruchtbarkeit, über den vormahligen und gegenwärtigen Zustand der vornehmsten Länder in Asien,

    von C. Meiners…. [=Observations on fertility and sterility in the ancient and present states of the main regions of Asia]. Lübeck und Leipzig : im Verlage bey Bohn und Compagnie, 1795-96. Two volumes, octavo (195 x 125 mm), matching contemporary bindings of marbled papered boards (lightly rubbed, first volume with small paper loss, otherwise very …

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  • Women as sex vendors, or, Why women are conservative (being a view of the economic status of women).

    # 46389

    TOBIAS, R. B. (Roscoe Burdette) and MARCY, Mary E.

    Women as sex vendors, or, Why women are conservative (being a view of the economic status of women).

    Chicago : Charles H. Kerr & Company Co-operative, 1918. Small octavo (170 x 130 mm), publisher’s olive green papered boards with black lettering to front (boards heavily rubbed and marked; corners, edges and spine worn); half-title with early gift inscription ‘Violet Wilson from Otto Elsner’; pp. 59; front hinge cracked, occasional pencilled marginalia (presumably by Violet …

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  • The Champagne country

    # 45939

    TOMES, Robert

    The Champagne country

    New York : George Routledge, 1867. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (boards a little marked, slight bumps to head and foot of spine), pp. xv; [blank]’ 231; [blank]; (8 – advertisements), slight edge wear to pp. xiii-xiv, else a fine copy, internally clean. The first book in English on Champagne. A charming guide to the Champagne region …

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  • The lady of the blue beads

    # 46563

    RENTOUL, Annie R.; RENTOUL, Ida S. (illustrator)

    The lady of the blue beads

    / Her book, being an account of her first blue moon spent on Sun Island. Melbourne: George Robertson & Co., [1908]. Quarto (280 x 220 mm), publisher’s oatmeal cloth boards, the upper board decorated in orange and blue (bright and unrubbed); pp. 102, with 13 full-page monochrome plates and in-text illustrations and decorations by Ida …

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