(Adelaide): Sullivan's Cove, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tall 4to. Edition limited to 500 copies, of which this is number 315. Foreword by "E. F." Blue cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on spine. In a printed dust jacket. Old tag from a Melbourne bookseller on front pastedown, else a handsome, desirable copy.....
Melbourne, Australia: The Miegunyah Press, University of Melbourne, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xxvii, 364. Frontis. portrait photograph. Illustrated with text maps and diagrams, 19 plates many in color. Glossary, bibliography, 5 appendices, index. Bound in black buckram, gilt lettering stamped on the spine. Light blue.....
Auckland: H. Brett, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 331 followed by pp. 10 of advertisements. Illustrated 54 with black & white halftone photo reproductions and 9 two-color fold-out maps. Red cloth, titles and decorations stamped in black on the cover and spine, advertisement on back, ochre endpapers printed with.....
(Mona Vale, NSW): (Landsdown Slattery & Company), (1978). Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xxvii, [1], 2- 936. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Illustrated with a couple two-color maps: one is a fold-out of the first farms on the Hawkesbury River; the other a fold-out of Port Stephens.....
(Mona Vale, NSW): (Landsdown Slattery & Company), (1978). Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [v], vi-xxxviii, [1], 2-856. Preface by Alexander Britton. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Frontis. two-color map is a 1796 "Plan of Settlements of New South Wales." Another fold-out map in three-color presents "New South.....
(Mona Vale, NSW): (Landsdown Slattery & Company), (1978). Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [v], vi-lxviii, [1], 2-866. Preface by Alexander Britton. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Frontis. reprints an engraving of Government House, Sydney, 1802. Illustrated with a couple other reproductions, one being a fold-out facsimile of.....
(Mona Vale, NSW): (Landsdown Slattery & Company), (1978). Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [v], vi-lxxvi, [1], 2-875. Preface by Alexander Britton. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Frontis. reprints an engraving of Sidney Cove, 1803. Illustrated with a few other reproductions, as well as several fold-out facsimiles of.....
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1965. Facsimile. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. viii, 87, [5]. Dark blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Very light foxing to edges and outer leaves. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 12. Reproduction of an original printed by A. Hill in Sydney, held by the.....
Queensland: Corkwood Press, (1994). Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xii; 88. Large folding map bound in at rear. Blue cloth with gilt rules and lettering on front cover and spine. As New condition, with no detracting qualities whatsoever. A handsome production, being a facsimile reprint of the 1867 edition published.....
NP: Queensbury Hill Press, (1984). Limited Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Pp. 103 (8). Frontispiece portrait of Collins tipped in, and with a portrait of Daniel Woodriff, captain of the HMS "Calcutta," also tipped in. Bound in full calf with hand-tooled gilt decoration to spine and borders of pastedowns, front and.....
(Mona Vale, NSW): (Landsdown Slattery & Company), (1978). Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xlii, [3], 4-526. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Frontis. reprints an engraving of Capt. James Cook. Illustrated with a couple other reproductions, including a fold-out facsimile of a Cook log entry. Tables. Index. Bound.....
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. Second Edition Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. x, 519, [10] of publisher's advertising. Illustrated with engravings in the text. "New Edition" stated, with preface dated June 1845, postscript dated Feb 1st 1860, and index. Dark red cloth, titles "Naturalist's Voyage Round the World" stamped.....
Melbourne, Australia: The Miegunyah Press, University of Melbourne, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xxviii, 521. Illustrated with 11 survey charts & 8 maps, plus 24 pages with 48 illustrations, 29 in color. Notes, bibliography, 5 appendices, index. Bound in brown buckram, gilt lettering stamped on the.....
Adelaide: Rigby Limited, (1961). Douglas Maxted (dust jacket design). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [10], 11-238. Illustrated with black-and-white photography throughout. Endpaper maps. Bound in cream cloth with brown lettering stamped on spine. A bright copy in the illustrated dust jacket that shows fading to spine, edge-wear.....
Sydney: Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1929. R. Wenban. Second Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 246. Frontis. painting. Illustrated with black & white halftone Wenban painting reproductions. Blue-green cloth, titles stamped in dark blue on the spine and in borders on the cover: light foxing to edges, endpapers age toned.....
Waltham: Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. [9], 10-68. Original yellow half-cloth over brown paper-covered boards. Printed spine label a tad worn. Light foxing to endpapers; remnant of removed bookseller tag on rear pastedown. Ownership signature of former Los Angeles Times Literary Editor Paul Jordan Smith. First.....
London: White Lion Publishers Limited, 1975. Robert Gibbings. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Small 8vo. Pp. 129. Frontis. woodcut. Illustrated with the author's woodcuts. Black cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine: top edge lightly foxed, else bright and crisp with tight binding. In the color illustrated dust jacket.....
Sydney: K. G. Murray Publishing Company, 1944. First Edition. Leather bound. Small 8vo. Pp. 256. Bound in half dark blue morocco, with gilt lettering and gilt rules on spine, over light blue cloth. A lovely copy. Beginning with the wreck of the Trial in 1622, the first recorded ship destroyed.....
Adelaide, SA: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964. Occasional full plate illustrations; spot illustrations throughout. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Pp. xi, 412; vii, 482. Frontispieces. Color plates. Vol. I with two fold-out maps. Bound in faux red leather with gilt lettering on spine. Light foxing to endpapers and edges.....
London: Neville Spearman, (1955). EB. Early Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Small 8vo. Pp. ix, 100. Introduction by Alan W. Mitchell.Afterword by Nigel Palethorpe. Frontis. photo portrait of the author. Illustrated with reproductions of family photos. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Boards a tad splayed;.....
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1999. Fold-out chart and 19th C. ads. Limited Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Pp. 295. With 4 pp. of publisher's (Cross, 1838) ads. Introduction by Valmai Hankel, rare books librarian, State Library of South Australia. Folding chart. Bound in dark green calf.....
The University Press, Cambridge: The University Press, Cambridge for the Hakluyt Society, 1968. First Edition. Three volumes. 8vo. Vol. I: Pp. xvii; 423. Vol. II: Pp. v; 424-819. Vol. III: v; 820-1175. Each volume with maps, appendices and indices. Blue cloth with stamped gilt device and lettering. Each volume with.....
North Adelaide: Corkwood Press, (1999). Australiana. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One text volume and one map folder, uniformly bound. 8vo. Pp. 207. Folding box contains two large-format maps, one in color. Text volume contains a several-page vocabulary of words and phrases collected from the Pidong tribe at the head of the.....
Melbourne: Australian Red Cross Society, [c. 1954]. Limited Edition. Hardcover in Slipcase. 4to. Pp. unpaginated. Illustrated with black & white rotogravure photo reproductions, drawings and paintings with a few in color. Dark red leatherette, beveled boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, red cross in gilt wreath on the.....
Wellington: George Didsbury, Govt. Printer, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. [iv], xvi, 354. General and subject indices. Plus a catalogue of etchings and engravings in the Bishop Monrad collection. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth, rebacked with original spine label laid down. Edge wear to cover. A Melbourne bookseller's tag to.....