New Acquisitions
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# 46468
HACHETTE
Globe Terrestre par Vivien de Saint-Martin
Paris : Hachette & Cie vers 1870. Terrestrial globe, 21 cms in diameter, chromolithograph gores on plaster sphere, mounted on an ebonised turned wooden base, total height 44 cms, the globe with some marks and light surface abrasion, but overall in very good condition without any signs of restoration.
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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 46288
[ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY]
To commemorate the arrival of the Australian Fleet, Sydney, October 4th, 1913.
Sydney : John Sands, 1913. Quarto bifolium (295 x 205 mm), high quality textured paper, printed in colour on all four sides, the last side with statistical information on the Australia, Melbourne, Encounter, Sydney, Warrego, Parramatta and Yarra; original owner’s name to upper margin of first side, faint horizontal fold, a few spots of foxing, …
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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 46415
COOKE, E. J. (collector & compiler)
Album of pressed seaweed specimens. Wales, 1862-69.
Oblong folio (280 x 360 mm), original gilt-ruled half black calf over green pebbled cloth, the upper board stamped in gilt ‘SPECIES OF ALGAE / E. J. COOKE.’ (boards with some small stains and scuff marks); all edges gilt; moire endpapers; containing [94] pressed marine algae specimens pre-mounted on paper sheets, a high percentage with …
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# 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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# 45543
TARDIEU-DENESLE, Madame; MAIRE, Nicolas
Atlas portatif, composé de trente-deux cartes coloriées,
dressées d’après les derniers traités de paix, par M. Maire, géographe; precédé de notions sur la sphère céleste, et d’un précis élémentaire de géographie moderne … … par Madame Tardieu-Denesle. Paris : chez Tardieu-Denesle, libraire, quai des Augustins, no. 37. Oblong octavo (145 x 185 mm), original quarter calf over papered boards (worn), spine with …
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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 46141
[Various Wellington photographers]
[NEW ZEALAND] An archive of studio portrait photographs of members of the families of Benjamin and Edward Smith of Wellington, 1860s to early 1870s.
Twenty-five albumen print photographs in carte de visite format, average dimensions 100 x 63 mm (mounts), by the Wellington studios of E. S. Richards (4), Richards & Batt (1), Batt & Richards (2), W. H. Davis (7), W. J. Harding (1), Wrigglesworth (1), and Wrigglesworth & Binns (1), and the Wanganui studio of Thomas Tuffin …