New South Wales

  • [CARTOGRAPHY] John Coles, Royal Geographical Society map curator : signed letter to A. C. Macdonald of the Geographical Society of Australasia, re. the gift of a large map of New South Wales. April, 1885.

    # 44840

    COLES, John (1832-1910)

    [CARTOGRAPHY] John Coles, Royal Geographical Society map curator : signed letter to A. C. Macdonald of the Geographical Society of Australasia, re. the gift of a large map of New South Wales. April, 1885.

    Manuscript in ink, 1 page, small quarto (230 x 180 mm), on the letterhead of the RGS, London; dated 11 April 1885, the letter is addressed to ‘A. C. Macdonald Esq., Melbourne’; written in a secretarial hand, but with the autograph signature at the foot of ‘John Coles, Map Curator, RGS’; some off-setting and light …

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  • [ULIMAROA] Daniel Djurbergs namn på Australien.

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    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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  • The art of Captain Cook's voyages (four volume set)

    # 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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  • William Bligh

    # 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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  • Studio portrait of William Huon, pioneer squatter in the Riverina district. Sydney, March 1866.

    # 43901

    HETZER, William

    Studio portrait of William Huon, pioneer squatter in the Riverina district. Sydney, March 1866.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 62 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘W. Hetzer’s Photographic Gallery, 287, George Street, Sydney, N.S.W.’, and a fully contemporary inscription in ink, identifying the sitter: ‘W. Huon Esq., Wodonga, March 1866’; both the print and mount are in fine condition. William Huon (Campbelltown 1825 – …

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  • Studio portrait of a professional reciter and his prompter. Sydney, circa 1885.

    # 44821

    MAGUIRE, H. J.

    Studio portrait of a professional reciter and his prompter. Sydney, circa 1885.

    Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 162 x 108 mm (mount); recto of mount imprinted ‘Maguire / Photographer, 195 George Street, Sydney’; verso blank; both the print and mount are in excellent condition. Although these two gentlemen are unidentified, there can be no doubt as to their professional roles. Public reciting was something of a …

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  • Tinted studio portrait of a young woman holding a flower. Deniliquin, New South Wales Riverina, circa 1877.

    # 44843

    ROSS & CO.'s ROYAL STUDIO OF ARTS

    Tinted studio portrait of a young woman holding a flower. Deniliquin, New South Wales Riverina, circa 1877.

    Albumen print photograph with hand colouring, carte de visite format, 100 x 63 mm (mount); verso imprinted ‘Ross & Co.’s Royal Studio of Arts, Cressy Street, Deniliquin’, surmounted by the British coat if arms; the print has a couple of tiny marks, but is otherwise in very good condition; the mount is clean. The following …

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  • View from the top of Government House looking towards Campbell's Wharf on the west side of Circular Quay, Sydney, 1858.

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    BLACKWOOD (Olaf) William (1824-1897)

    View from the top of Government House looking towards Campbell’s Wharf on the west side of Circular Quay, Sydney, 1858.

    Large format albumen print, 190 x 270 mm, in a specially prepared mount with a translucent backing sheet and cedar frame designed for viewing in a Polyrama Panoptique (see below); the cedar frame bears an early inscription in ink: ‘Campbell’s Wharf’; the print is a little faded and has scattered foxing and a few small …

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  • Kamilaroi and Kurnai (Presentation copy from the authors)

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    FISON, Lorimer; HOWITT, A. W. (Alfred William)

    Kamilaroi and Kurnai (Presentation copy from the authors)

    : group-marriage and relationship, and marriage by elopement : drawn chiefly from the usage of the Australian aborigines : also the Kurnai tribe, their customs in peace and war. Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane : George Robertson, 1880. First edition. Octavo (225 x 150 mm), original blind-blocked brown cloth (bright and unrubbed), spine lettered in gilt; presentation …

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  • A history of Woodville district

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    GORTON, L. V.

    A history of Woodville district

    Woodville, N.S.W. : L. V. Gorton, 1959 (second edition, January 1987). Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 38, illustrated. Scarce local history. ‘Dunmore House, the Woodville shop/general store is Australia’s oldest continually running business still carrying on the same services it was licensed for in 1844’. – Wikipedia.

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

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    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.

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    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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  • A short account of the late discoveries of Gold in Australia;

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    ERSKINE, Captain John Elphinstone, R.N.

    A short account of the late discoveries of Gold in Australia;

    With notes of a visit to the Gold District. London; T. & W. Boone; 1851. First Edition. Octavo, contemporary calf-backed cloth boards, armorially stamped; pp. [ii], 102 (last blank); folding map (partially hand-coloured, a little toned) showing the location of the goldfields; (first four leaves slightly foxed; otherwise fine and clean); top edge gilt, others …

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  • Argyle Cut, The Rocks, Sydney, circa 1872.

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    PICKERING, Charles Percy (1825-1908)

    Argyle Cut, The Rocks, Sydney, circa 1872.

    Large format albumen print photograph, 230 x 280 mm; captioned in negative l.r. ‘Argyle Cut’; a beautifully crisp print in fine condition, unmounted. From the DAAO: ‘Under the direction of Colonial Architect James Barnet, Pickering was commissioned by the New South Wales government in January 1871 to prepare “a number of photographic views of Sydney …

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  • Languages of the Kamilaroi and other Aboriginal tribes of New South Wales.

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    MATHEWS, R. H. (Robert Hamilton) (1841-1918)

    Languages of the Kamilaroi and other Aboriginal tribes of New South Wales.

    London : Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1903. “Reprinted from the Journal of the Anthropological Institute, Vol. XXXIII, July-December 1903”. Quarto (270 x 180 mm), publisher’s printed green wrappers (edges sunned, original owner’s name to front and first page of text), pp. 259-283; an excellent copy, bound in later limp morocco with silver …

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  • Atlas of Australia with all the Gold Regions

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    BARTHOLOMEW, J[ohn], W. HUGHES, and Sidney HALL (engravers)

    Atlas of Australia with all the Gold Regions

    A series of maps from the latest and best authorities. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, c. 1853. Quarto, later gilt-lettered cloth, containing six hand-coloured engraved maps (five double page, and one folding) of the gold regions of Australia, a few pale stains, short tape repair to the margin of the first map, and a …

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