Tasmania

  • Sensational tales by the late Marcus Clarke

    # 26496

    CLARKE, Marcus (1946 - 1881)

    Sensational tales by the late Marcus Clarke

    Published by permission of the author’s widow. Hobart : Walch Bros., 1886. Octavo, lettered wrappers (stained, chips to spine), pp. [xii]; 91; (5), advertisements to preliminaries and endpapers, the cover stain affecting with diminishing severity the first twenty or so pages, light handling marks, else a good copy. Contains the tales : The island of gold …

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  • The Orient Steam Navigation Company, Limited. Prospectus.

    # 26003

    ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

    The Orient Steam Navigation Company, Limited. Prospectus.

    London : The Orient Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., 13 Fenchurch Avenue, E.C., [1880]. Folio (420 x 265 mm) bifolium, 3 pp, folding to 265 x 105 mm with printed title to outer side; original share application form still loosely enclosed; outer side a little dusty, but a near fine example. ‘The Orient Steam Navigation Company …

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  • [MANUSCRIPT] Campagne de la Corvette à Voiles l'Alcméne. Commandée par Mr. Coudein, Capitaine de Frégate, à destination des Mers du Sud et Océanie.

    # 15736

    Gendron, Ernest

    [MANUSCRIPT] Campagne de la Corvette à Voiles l’Alcméne. Commandée par Mr. Coudein, Capitaine de Frégate, à destination des Mers du Sud et Océanie.

    [Libourne, France, between 1882 and 1887]. Folio, 270 x 215 mm, manuscript, [159] pp, in 4 stitched sections of 23, 38, 48 and 50 pages respectively, the third section with 2 pencil and wash drawings in the text, the fourth section with 3 pencil and wash drawings in the text and one laid down on thick paper (a …

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  • [THYLACINE] Австралийская фауна (=Australian fauna)

    # 23927

    F. A. BROCKHAUS

    [THYLACINE] Австралийская фауна (=Australian fauna)

    St. Petersburg : Litografiia Kadushin, [c.1900]. Chromolithographed print, 165 x 250 mm (sheet); reproduced from the Brockhaus Konversationslexikon, with the original German text translated into Russian; in good condition, unmounted.

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  • Omnibuses. (An essay by Mary Leman Grimstone published in Tait's Edinburgh Journal, 1836)

    # 23933

    GRIMSTONE, Mary Leman (1796-1869)

    Omnibuses. (An essay by Mary Leman Grimstone published in Tait’s Edinburgh Journal, 1836)

    Edinburgh : William Tait, 1836. Four pages small quarto (260 x 160 mm), disbound from Tait’s Edinburgh Journal (pp 335-38), printed initials M.L.G. at the foot of the text; fine. English writer and feminist Mary Leman Grimstone (1796-1869) wrote what are arguably the first two Australian novels. These were her second and third novels, Louisa …

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  • Merchant sailors. (An essay by Mary Leman Grimstone published in Tait's Edinburgh Journal, 1835).

    # 23932

    GRIMSTONE, Mary Leman (1796-1869)

    Merchant sailors. (An essay by Mary Leman Grimstone published in Tait’s Edinburgh Journal, 1835).

    Edinburgh : William Tait, 1835. Two pages small quarto (260 x 160 mm), disbound from Tait’s Edinburgh Journal (pp 451-52), printed initials M.L.G. at the foot of the text; fine. English writer and feminist Mary Leman Grimstone (1796-1869) wrote what are arguably the first two Australian novels. These were her second and third novels, Louisa …

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  • Men and women. (An essay by Mary Leman Grimstone published in Tait's Edinburgh Journal, 1834).

    # 23930

    GRIMSTONE, Mary Leman (1796-1869)

    Men and women. (An essay by Mary Leman Grimstone published in Tait’s Edinburgh Journal, 1834).

    Edinburgh : William Tait, 1834. Two pages small quarto (260 x 160 mm), disbound from Tait’s Edinburgh Journal (pp 101-2), printed initials M.L.G. at the foot of the text, with contemporary pencilled annotation ‘Mrs. Leman Grimstone’; fine. English writer and feminist Mary Leman Grimstone (1796-1869) wrote what are arguably the first two Australian novels. These …

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  • Manuscript diary recording an Englishman's outward voyage to New Zealand via Hobart Town, his tour of the North Island, and homeward voyage on s.s. Ruapehu, June - October 1894.

    # 19417

    GOSSELIN, Hellier Robert Hadley (1849-1924)

    Manuscript diary recording an Englishman’s outward voyage to New Zealand via Hobart Town, his tour of the North Island, and homeward voyage on s.s. Ruapehu, June – October 1894.

    Small pocket diary (163 x 113 mm), limp roan covers with later handwritten paper label ‘Old diaries / Hellier Gosselin’, approximately 75 pages neatly written in ink, recording the owner’s journey to New Zealand, out via the Cape of Good Hope and Hobart Town, home via Cape Horn (both voyages on s.s. Ruapehu), and his …

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  • A rose of regret

    # 16812

    HEBBLETHWAITE, James (1857-1921)

    A rose of regret

    Sydney : The Bulletin Newspaper Co. Ltd, 1900. Series: The Bulletin booklets.—No. II. ‘Edition limited to 550 copies on paper, (and 2 on vellum); 500 of the paper copies are numbered and are for sale.’ (This is copy no. 492). Octavo, original pictorial red wrappers with yapp edges (sunned, chipped, and with paper splits to …

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  • Map of South Australia, New South Wales, Van Diemens Land, and Settled parts of Australia.

    # 10126

    WYLD, James

    Map of South Australia, New South Wales, Van Diemens Land, and Settled parts of Australia.

    Respectfully dedicated to Major Sir T.L. Mitchell K.t D.C.L. F.G.S. &c Surveyor General of New South Wales …. London : James Wyld, [c.1848]. Engraved map with hand colouring, 620 x 1000 mm, dissected and laid on linen and edged in green silk, as issued, folding to 210 x 130 mm, in original card slipcase with …

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  • Lang toolroom lathes

    # 9521

    [R.L. MILLIGAN]

    Lang toolroom lathes

    Johnstone, U.K. : John Lang & Sons, Ltd., [c.1938]. Quarto, decorative card covers, front with printed agent's label of R.L. Milligan 68A Collins Street Hobart; 15 pp, illustrated, a good copy.

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  • Universal Grinding Machine Company

    # 9517

    [H.P. GREGORY & CO., LTD.]

    Universal Grinding Machine Company

    Fitchburg, Massachusetts : Universal Grinding Machine Company, 1919. Quarto, pictorial card covers (front detached), front with printed label 'H.P. Gregory & Co., Ltd., 74 Clarence St., Sydney, N.S.W.' and ownership inscription of H.W. Hollus, Instructor in Charge, Technical College, Hobart, Tasmania, 20 pp, illustrated. 

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  • Van Diemen’s Land Company : Report made to the second yearly general meeting, 1827.

    # 9499

    VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY.

    Van Diemen’s Land Company : Report made to the second yearly general meeting, 1827.

    Report made to the Second Yearly General Meeting of the Van Diemen’s Land Company, held at the Company’s office, in Old Broad Street, the 13th March, 1827. London : Printed by Robson, Blades & Co., Abchurch Lane, Lombard Street, 1827. Octavo, original printed wrappers, 12 pp, light vertical fold, a very good copy. The first …

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  • Van Diemen’s Land Company : Report to the ninth yearly general meeting, 1834.

    # 9496

    VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY.

    Van Diemen’s Land Company : Report to the ninth yearly general meeting, 1834.

    Cover title: Report made to the ninth yearly general meeting of the Van Diemen's Land Company, held at the Company's office, in Old Broad Street, the 18th March, 1834. London : Printed by George Woodfall, Angel Court, Skinner Street, 1834. Octavo, original printed wrappers, 7 pp, a fine unopened copy.

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  • Van Diemen’s Land Company : Report to the fifteenth yearly general meeting, 1840.

    # 9493

    VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY.

    Van Diemen’s Land Company : Report to the fifteenth yearly general meeting, 1840.

    Cover title: Report made to the fifteenth yearly general meeting of the Van Diemen's Land Company, held at the Company's office, in Old Broad Street, the 16th March, 1840. London : Printed by George Woodfall, Angel Court, Skinner Street, 1840. Octavo, original printed wrappers, 19, [1] pp, folding map with hand colouring, a very good …

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  • Van Diemen’s Land Company : Report to the sixteenth yearly general meeting, 1841.

    # 9295

    VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY.

    Van Diemen’s Land Company : Report to the sixteenth yearly general meeting, 1841.

    Cover title: Van Diemen's Land Agricultural Company. 29th March, 1841. London : Printed by Royston & Brown, 40, Old Broad Street, 1841. Octavo, original printed wrappers, 20 pp; the final page with a notice 'To Emigrants proceeding to the Australian Colonies', advertising the Company's supply of 'livestock of the purest breeds'; a fine copy.

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