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  • Reminiscences of an adventurous and chequered career at home and at the Antipodes

    # 46858

    TOLMER, Alexander (1815 - 1890)

    Reminiscences of an adventurous and chequered career at home and at the Antipodes

    London : Sampson Low, 1882. Two volumes, octavo, decorated cloth (worn, rubbed and marked), patterned endpapers, hinges a little split, related news clipping to endpaper of first volume, ownership inscriptions to half-titles of J. J. Morris, Penola Station, Penola, pp. xii; 323; viii; 306; 32 (advertisements), internally clean, a good set. Autobiography and reminiscences from …

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  • The Arabian Nights

    # 46872

    FOLKARD, Charles (illustrator)

    The Arabian Nights

    London : A & C Black, 1920 (reprint). Octavo, pictorial papered boards (corners bumped, light general wear), contemporary ownership inscription to endpaper, pp. xii; 411, colour plates, black and white vignettes, light scattered foxing, a very good copy. Loosely enclosed are two illustrated prospectuses for A & C Black books. A charming illustrated edition of …

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  • War messages and other selections by May-ling Soong Chiang (Madame Chiang Kai-shek).

    # 47118

    CHIANG, May-ling Soong (1898 - 2003)

    War messages and other selections by May-ling Soong Chiang (Madame Chiang Kai-shek).

    [Cover title: Madame Chiang’s messages in war and peace.]. [Hankow, China] : [China Information Committee], [1938]. Octavo, silk over boards bound in the Chinese style, silk ribbon ties, wear to corners and light fading to spine, title label, text from the China Information Committee pasted to upper pastedown, pp. iv, 381, a good copy. Amongst …

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  • Across Australia

    # 46969

    SPENCER, Baldwin; GILLEN, Francis James

    Across Australia

    London : Macmillan, 1912. First edition. Two volumes, octavo, publisher’s pictorial red cloth gilt (light edge wear), top edges gilt, vol. 1 xiv, 254 pp; vol. 2 xvii, [255] – 515, [iv, ads] pp; 365 plates (some colour), 2 folding maps; light scattered foxing; a very good set.

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  • Histoire d’Alexis Goodman, tirée des manuscrits de feu M. le capitaine Cook

    # 14356

    POUGENS, Charles de (1755-1833)

    Histoire d’Alexis Goodman, tirée des manuscrits de feu M. le capitaine Cook

    pp 1-75 in: Pougens, Charles de. Récréations de philosophie et de morale. Yverdon : [F. B. de Félice] ; et se vend à Paris : chez Debure l’aîné, 1784. Duodecimo, contemporary full calf ruled in gilt (rubbed), spine with gilt ornament, contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt ‘Histoire d’Alexis Goodman’ (frayed at head and …

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  • Compendium manualis Navarri,

    # 46460

    ALAGONA, Pietro; AZPILCUETA, Martín de

    Compendium manualis Navarri,

    ad commodiorem usum, tum confessariorum, tum poenitentium, compilatum … … Venice : ex officina Damiani Zenarii, 1593. 24mo (105 x 55 mm), contemporary vellum (heavily rubbed and darkened from handling); all edges stained red; title printed in red and black with woodcut printer’s device, pp. [1]-400, 401- 444 (the second work, with drop title), [44] (index); binding …

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  • The Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the Saraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church ...

    # 46508

    EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE

    The Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the Saraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church …

    London : G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1856. Duodecimo, full red velvet with ornate brass hardwear and working clasp, a few light marks, moire silk endpapers, all edges gilt, unpagainted, a fine, decorative Victorian binding.

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  • Reminiscences of Old Hawaii

    # 46912

    BISHOP, Sereno Edwards

    Reminiscences of Old Hawaii

    With a brief biography by Lorrin A. Thurston. Honolulu : Hawaiian Gazette, 1916. The Advertiser Historical Series No. 1. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (lightly marked), bookplate from the Honolulu Academy of Arts to front pastedown, small call number to verso of title page, pp. 64, photographic illustrations, a very good copy.

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  • Western Canada. Manitoba, Assiniboia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and New Ontario. How to get there. How to select lands. How to make a home.

    # 46909

    CANADA PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

    Western Canada. Manitoba, Assiniboia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and New Ontario. How to get there. How to select lands. How to make a home.

    [Montreal?] : The Canada Pacific Railway Company, 1903. Octavo, lettered wrappers (lower panel detached), pp. 80, black and white photographic illustrations, very large folding lithographed map showing the lands under the control of the Canada Pacific Railway Company, a very good copy. Very scarce guide for settlers in Western Canada.

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  • Reasons suggestive of mining on physical principles for gold and coal. A review of the assumptions of geologists

    # 46908

    WOOD BEILBY, J.

    Reasons suggestive of mining on physical principles for gold and coal. A review of the assumptions of geologists

    Melbourne : Walker, May and Co., 1875. Octavo, lettered salmon wrappers, pp. 54, a clean copy. Ferguson, 6882.

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  • A glimpse of Madagascar

    # 46888

    ALBRIGHT, M. Catharine

    A glimpse of Madagascar

    London : Friends’ Foreign Mission Association, 1925. Octavo, illustrated wrappers by Albright (a little marked), pp. 24, map. A first hand account of missionary work in Madagascar. The final leaf, titled ‘Friends at present in Madagascar, February, 1925′ lists ten missionaries from the Friends’ Foreign Mission Association working in Tananarive, Artivonimamo, Isovinandriana, Ambohibelo and on …

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  • Past unfolded 1986

    # 47075

    JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

    Past unfolded 1986

    Gouache on card, 175 x 125 mm (image), with additional pencil drawing and title in lower margin, 280 x 180 mm (card), inscribed lower margin ‘Past Unfolded 1986’, floating mount, framed in black timber (43 x 46 cms). A fine original painting by the great Australian abstract artist Robert Jacks, sourced directly from the artist’s …

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  • [AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; ANTARCTICA] Avstralii︠a︡ i poliarnyia strany.

    # 47033

    KRUBER, A. A. et al.

    [AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; ANTARCTICA] Avstralii︠a︡ i poliarnyia strany.

    : illi︠u︡strirovannyĭ geograficheskiĭ sbornuk / sostavlennyĭ prepodavateli︠a︡mi geografii. Moskva : I. N. Kushnerev, 1912. Third edition. Octavo (240 x 170 mm), contemporary half pebbled cloth over watered silk boards (rubbed), pp vi, 489, [1]; numerous photomechanical process illustrations (many full page); text in Russian; a good copy. This Imperial Russian publication covers the physical geography …

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  • Police records and recollections; or, Boston by daylight and gaslight for two hundred and forty years.

    # 46911

    SAVAGE, Edward H.

    Police records and recollections; or, Boston by daylight and gaslight for two hundred and forty years.

    Boston : John P. Dale & Company, 1873. Octavo, half-morocco over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering and ornamentation, edges rubbed, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, pp. 388, lithographed plates. A description of the seedier side of Boston by a police officer.

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  • [AUSTRALIA; MELANESIA; POLYNESIA] Avstralii︠a︡

    # 47032

    KRUBER, A. A.

    [AUSTRALIA; MELANESIA; POLYNESIA] Avstralii︠a︡

    : illi︠u︡strirovannyĭ geograficheskiĭ sbornuk / sostavlennyĭ prepodavateli︠a︡mi geografii. A. Kruberom, S. Grigorʹevym, A. Barkovym, i S. Chefranovym. Moskva : I. N. Kushnerev, 1903. Octavo (235 x 170 mm), later pebbled cloth over boards with leather corners (worn) and cloth spine; original Russian owner’s name to title; pp. 343, with numerous photomechanical process illustrations (some full-page; one with …

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  • Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, during the time of the late Chancellor King. (Redmond Barry's copy)

    # 46867

    MOSELY, William (compiler)

    Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, during the time of the late Chancellor King. (Redmond Barry’s copy)

    / Collected by William Mosely, Esq., late Barrister at Law. Published with notes, and many thousand references, and two tables; one of the names of cases; the other of the principal matters. Dublin : printed for William Jones, no. 86, Dame-street, and Henry Watts, no. 3, Christ Church-lane, 1793. Octavo (215 x 140 mm), rebound …

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