Rare Books
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# 44849
ROSTENBERG, Leona and STERN, Madeleine B.
Bookends
New York : Free Press, 2001. Octavo, cloth in dustjacket, pp. x; 246, illustrated. Biblio-memoir by the pair of American women booksellers.
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# 44752
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806 - 1861)
The poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A new edition, carefully corrected by the last London edition. With an introductory essay. New York : C. S. Francis & Co., 1857. Four volumes, octavo, half calf over marbled papered boards, spines in compartments with raised bands, gilt decoration, contrasting morocco title-pieces lettered in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, pp. xx; 21 – 313; …
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# 45075
Anon.
Emigrantskeppet Atlantis undergång.
Stockholm : Adolf Johnsons Förlag, 1895. Series: Folkskrifter no. 18. Duodecimo (142 x 94 mm), publisher’s pictorial yellow wrappers (a few tiny nicks at edges), pp. 21, [10 publisher’s ads.]; illustrated title-page (repeating cover illustration); text in Swedish; a fine copy. Adventure story for juvenile readers about the loss of an emigrant ship in the …
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# 44831
International Marxist Group
The Red Mole (complete run)
London : The Old Mole, 1970 – 1973. Newspaper. Eighty-two issues… 66 regular issues including one unnumbered issue (1st Sept. 1971) that falls between Vol. 1, No. 14, Aug 1971… the actual 27th issue release, and the issue numbered 27. In addition to the regular issues, the run includes 16 broadsheets. Various paginations, 12×18 inches …
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# 45099
BARTLETT, N. S. (compiler)
Department of Lands and Surveys, Western Australia. Handbook for surveyors and draftsmen
Perth : Fred W. Simpson, Government Printer, 1911. Octavo, gilt-lettered roan, light edge wear, hinges cracked, pp. [vi]; 110, diagrams, folding ‘Map of Western Australia shewing T.S. Plan System’, another folding plate, and contained within and endpocket, ‘Chart shewing nautical almanac stars’ and a diagram of the South Pole and collatitude circle printed on linen. …
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# 45076
DU RIETZ, Rolf
[ULIMAROA] Daniel Djurbergs namn på Australien.
/ av Rolf Du Rietz. Stockholm : Bortzells, 1961. “Särtryck ur Ymer 1961, h. 2.” [=Reprinted from: Ymer, vol.2 (1961)]. Octavo (230 x 150 mm), printed wrappers (a little sunned), the upper wrapper with a presentation inscription by Du Rietz for Swedish academic and collector Teddy Brunius; pp. 81-100; text in Swedish, with a summary …
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# 44313
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.
(From the Corrected and Enlarged Edition of 1845). With a Biographical Introduction. London, New York, and Melbourne : Ward, Lock and Co.; 1890. Seventh edition. The Minerva Library of Famous Books. Edited by G. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. Octavo, lettered cloth, patterned endpapers (contemporary owner’s name to endpaper), pp. xx; 381; [blank], [2 – advertisements], …
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# 44312
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
Cole’s Library of Notable Books. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.
(From the Corrected and Enlarged Edition of 1845). With a Biographical Introduction. Melbourne; E. W. Cole, Book Arcade; [c. 1890?]. First Australian edition (?). Octavo original black cloth (silverfished), edges stained red, yellow endpapers, pp. pp. xx, 381; [blank]; 16 plates, text vignettes, maps, internally clean, a very good copy. An account of the five …
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# 45078
BYNUM, William and Helen
Botanical Sketchbooks
London : Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2023. Second edition. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 296, illustrated. New copy. A visual compendium of botanical sketches, many specially photographed, providing a revealing insight into the immediate responses of artists encountering the glories of the plant world. Artists with Australian connections included in the book include William Swainson, …
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# 45154
POLYNESIAN SOCIETY
Rules of the Polynesian Society
New Plymouth, NZ : Thomas Avery & Sons Limited, 1922. Third edition. Octavo, self-wrappers (lightly foxed, old fold lines), pp. 7; some spotting at margins, otherwise good.
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# 45155
POLYNESIAN SOCIETY
List of reprints from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, also of other available Maori publications.
Wellington, NZ : Polynesian Society, [1941]. Octavo, stapled wrappers (foxed, owner’s pencilled name and date ‘F. H. Molony May 1943’ to front, lower wrapper extensively annotated in pencil, paper splits at head and tail of spine); pp. 12, [2]; original owner’s marginalia, otherwise internally good. Dating based on one of the ‘New Publications’ advertised on …
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# 45331
DEKKER, Elly and VAN DER KROGT, Peter
Globes from the Western world
London : Zwemmer, 1993. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 183, illustrated. A superb reference book on antique globes.
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# 45179
JOPPIEN, Rüdiger and SMITH, Bernard
The art of Captain Cook’s voyages (four volume set)
Volume one : The voyage of the Endeavour 1768 – 1771. With a descriptive catalogue of all the known drawings of peoples, places, artefacts and events and the original engravings associated with them. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985 (reprint). Folio, cloth in dust jacket, pp. xv; 247, illustrated. Volume two : The voyage of …
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# 44929
ROSENBERG, Aubrey
Tyssot de Patot and his work, 1655-1738
The Hague, [Netherlands] : Martinus Nijhoff, 1972. Octavo, cloth in dustjacket, portrait frontispiece, pp. xii; 235. A detailed study of Tyssot de Patot, author of Voyages et avantures de Jaques Masse, a famous imaginary voyage to Australia.
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# 45103
DU RIETZ, Rolf
William Bligh
/ av Rolf Du Rietz. Åbo : Åbo Tidnings och Tryckeri, [1955?]. “Särtryck ur Finsk Tidskrift, H. 6, 1955” [=Reprinted from: Finsk Tidskrift, vol. 6 (1955)]. Octavo (210 x 145 mm), stapled wrappers, pp. 298-303; text in Swedish; at foot of text is written in blue pen (in the hand of Rolf Du Rietz) ‘Uppsala 1954’; …
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# 45146
WEBSTER, E. H. (Edwin Herbert), 1864-1947; NORMAN, L. (Leslie)
A hundred years of yachting
/ compiled by E. H. Webster and L. Norman. Hobart : Printed by J. Walch, 1936. “Issued under the auspices of the Government of Tasmania, the Hobart Marine Board, and the Hobart City Council.” Octavo, publisher’s lettered blue cloth over boards, spine a little sunned, endpapers with mild foxing, pp 256, b/w photographic illustrations, folding …