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BOYCE, Ben S.
Dear Dad Letters From New Guinea.
[Chicago]: W.D.Boyce Company, [1928]..
8vo. pp. 124, [1]. illus. (incl. frontis. portrait). illus. & colour maps on endpapers. cloth. Near fine copy. Printed Presentation Slip from the Publisher. First Edition.
$100 USD                          Book Number: dola517                         Order / Enquire



BRETON, [William Henry] [d. 1887].
Excursions In New South Wales, Western Australia, And Van Dieman's Land, During The Years 1830, 1831, 1832, And 1833.
London: Richard Bentley, 1833..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l. (title), iv, [ix]-xii, 476, [1]errata. hand-coloured aquatint frontis. frontis. of Regent Villa & lithographed plate of native arms. lacking half-title. later cloth, rebacked with spine laid down (some foxing mainly to plates & surrounding leaves). armorial bookplate of George Crompton. First Edition. An account of the author's travels in New South Wales, Western Australia and Van Diemen's Land in 1830-33, with observations on the aborigines, convict labour, farming, cost of living &c. The last chapter provides a summary of the conditions in the various colonies, intended to aid the prospective immigrant. Ferguson 1631. Abbey, Travel, 575. Hocken p. 53. Bagnall 650.
$961 USD                          Book Number: PETcuBRE51                         Order / Enquire



BROWN, George.
Melanesians And Polynesians Their Life-Histories Described And Compared.
London: Macmillan And Co., Limited, 1910..
8vo. pp. xv, 451. 40 plates (incl. frontis.). untrimmed in original cloth. First Edition. A description of the manners and customs of the natives of Samoa, Solomon Islands, New Guinea, and New Britain.
$275 USD                          Book Number: elala3391                         Order / Enquire



BROWNING, Colin Arrott [d. 1856].
The Convict Ship; A Narrative Of The Results Of Scriptural Instruction And Moral Discipline As These Appeared On Board The "Earl Grey," During The Voyage To Tasmania: With Brief Notices Of Individual Prisoners.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1844..
12mo. pp. xv, 324. lacking errata slip. original blind-stamped cloth (spine faded, extremities & joints trifle frayed). First Edition. Browning served as surgeon-superintendent on a number of voyages to Australia from 1831-47. The Convict Ship recounts the effects of religious instruction during the voyage of the Earl Grey to Tasmania in 1842-43. He was also the author of another work on the same subject, England's Exiles published in 1842. Ferguson 3796.
$564 USD                          Book Number: POWeBROW43                         Order / Enquire



BURTON, William Westbrooke [1794-1888].
The State Of Religion And Education In New South Wales.
London: J.Cross & Simpkin and Marshall, 1840..
8vo. pp. vii, [1]blank, [2 leaves], 321, [1]blank, cxxxvi. with half-title & tipped-in errata slip. folding partially coloured map (frontis.). 5 folding sheets of statistical tables. Untrimmed in original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt with vignettes of a church & a kangaroo (tears in map repaired - no loss, some light marginal dampstaining). First Edition. The author was a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The present work was intended to serve as an appendix to the report of the select committee on transportation. In it, Burton concluded that the transportation system had failed chiefly through the long continuing deficiency in religious instruction, for which he advocates several remedial measures. Burton's strong anti-catholic bias evoked an angry response from Bishop Ullathorne. Ferguson 2943 (calling for 2 errata slips & mentioning only 4 folding sheets of tables).
$705 USD                          Book Number: PRTeBURT94                         Order / Enquire



CAMPBELL, Lord George [Granville] [1850-1915].
Log Letters From 'The Challenger.'
London: Macmillan And Co., 1876..
8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 448. with half-title. folding lithograph map with partial colour (frontis.). 1 small text plan. original cloth, rebacked with spine mounted (extremities trifle frayed, spine dull). First Edition. An informal and unscientific account, consisting of extracts from Campbell's log, of this important scientific expedition, 1872-76. Included are chapters and sections on Australia, the Fiji Islands, Moluccas, Philippines, New Guinea, Japan, Hawaii, Tahiti, &c. Ferguson 7891. National Maritime Museum Cat. I 180.
$461 USD                          Book Number: PMPgCAMP80                         Order / Enquire



COGHLAN, Sir T[imothy] A[gustine] [1856-1926].
The Wealth And Progress Of New South Wales 1886-87.
Sydney: George Robertson & Co., 1887..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [ii]-xviii, 577. folding coloured map & statistical table. with half-title & errata slip. original printed bds. (bds. worn & discoloured but binding solid). First Edition. Including chapters on the population, law and crime, commerce, agriculture, stock, history &c. of New South Wales.
$359 USD                          Book Number: PGHeCOGH99                         Order / Enquire



COGHLAN, Sir T[imothy] A[gustine] [1856-1926].
The Wealth And Progress Of New South Wales 1887-88. Second Issue.
SydneyCharles Potter., 1888..
8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 673. folding coloured map & statistical table. with half-title & errata slip. original gilt-stamped cloth (extremities frayed, bookplate on front paste-down). Including chapters on the population, law and crime, commerce, agriculture, stock, history &c. of New South Wales.
$350 USD                          Book Number: elala525                         Order / Enquire



COLLINGRIDGE, George.
The Discovery Of Australia. A Critical, Documentary and Historic Investigation Concerning the Priority of Discovery in Australasia by Europeans before the arrival of Lieut. James Cook, in the "Endeavour," in the year 1770.
Sydney: Hayes Brothers, 1895..
4to. pp. xv, 376. 87 plates & text illus. with half-title. a nice copy, untrimmed in original gilt-stamped cloth (spinal extremities chipped, institutional bookplate). First Edition. Ferguson 8465.
$641 USD                          Book Number: PLLeCOLL45                         Order / Enquire



COWAN, James.
The Maori Yesterday And To-day.
Auckland...: Whitcombe & Toms Limited, 1930..
8vo. pp. xi, [1], 266. numerous illus. incl. frontis. index. cloth (covers slightly bowed, nick to top of front cover). First Edition.
$75 USD                          Book Number: dola2658                         Order / Enquire



COWAN, James.
The Maoris of New Zealand.
Christchurch, Wellington.: Whitcombe And Tombs Limited, 1910..
8vo. pp. xxiv, 356. frontis. portrait & text illus. (some full-page). original cloth (spotted, inner front hinge partly cracked). First Edition.
$150 USD                          Book Number: elala3398                         Order / Enquire



CUNNINGHAM, P[eter Miller] [1789-1864].
Two Years In New South Wales; Comprising Sketches Of The Actual State Of Society In That Colony; Of Its Peculiar Advantages To Emigrants; Of Its Topography, Natural History, &c. &c.
London: Henry Colburn, 1827..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 346, [2]ads; viii, 336. pp. 12 of ads bound in at front of Vol. I. folding engraved map. Uncut in modern bds. Second Edition, Revised And Enlarged. Cunningham served as a surgeon-superintendent on convict ships during four voyages to New South Wales. Published in the same year as the first, the second edition contains additional information on recent settlements and includes for the first time, a folding map of New South Wales. Cunningham's work includes a discussion of the settled districts in New South Wales, male and female convicts, agriculture, husbandry, natural history, shipping, commerce, the prospects in America versus Australia, &c. Ferguson 1110. Kress C.1869. Goldsmiths' 25279.
$1089 USD                          Book Number: PNNoCUNN20                         Order / Enquire



DAVIES, John [1772-1855].
The History Of The Tahitian Mission 1799-1830 Written By.Missionary To The South Pacific Islands With Supplementary Papers From The Correspondence Of The Missionaries Edited by C.W.Newbury.
Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society At The University Press [Second Series: No. 116], 1961..
8vo. pp. liv, 392. with half-title. folding table. 4 folding maps & charts (1 in rear pocket), 9 plates (incl. folding frontis.), 8 text illus. (5 full-page). original blind & gilt-stamped cloth. National Maritime Museum Cat. I 637.
$154 USD                          Book Number: PVIeDAVI16                         Order / Enquire



DUTTON, Francis [Stacker] [1816-1877].
South Australia And Its Mines, With An Historical Sketch Of The Colony, Under Its Several Administrations, To The Period Of Captain Grey's Departure.
London: T. And W. Boone, 1846..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., x, 361. 5 etched plates (incl. frontis.; 4 tinted), 1 engraved map & several text illus. untrimmed in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (institutional bookplate & several blindstamps, joints cracked & hinges strengthened). First Edition; without the folding pocket map present in some copies, but not included in the plate list. With chapters on the history, topography, climate, social life, government, agriculture, sheep farming, Captain Sturt's exploration, mining &c. of South Australia. Four of the plates were prepared by the Le Keux patented process "for laying a tint over an etched or steel-engraved basis." (Abbey) Abbey, Travel, 578. Kress C.6827. Goldsmiths' 36439. Ferguson 4267 (locating 1 copy with the folding pocket map).
$577 USD                          Book Number: PTTutDUT87                         Order / Enquire



ELLIS, William [1794-1872].
Polynesian Researches, During A Residence Of Nearly Six Years In The South Sea Islands.
London: Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1829.
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 536; viii, 576. 8pp. of ads bound in at front of Vol. I. 8 engraved plates, 1 wood-engraved plate, 2 engraved maps (1 folding) & 15 wood-engraved text illus. 1 facsimile in text. Uncut in original bds., rebacked (some foxing & browning to some plates in Vol. I). First Edition. "This work is one of the earliest instances of ethnological research by a missionary, and is one of the most important and enlightened missionary accounts of the South Seas, especially of Tahiti. The preliminary chapters describe visits to Rio de Janeiro, New South Wales, and New Zealand. Its publication helped alter the perception of missionaries in the eyes of those who had thought of them as ignorant and narrow-minded men.' (Hill) In a contemporary review, Robert Southey was moved to declare: "A more interesting book we have never perused." Hill (2nd Edn.) 549. O'Reilly & Reitman, Tahiti, 7556.
$1248 USD    Book Number: elala3695         Order / Enquire



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