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KELLY, Celsus (Translator & Editor).
La Austrialia Del Espíritu Santo The Journal of Fray Martín de Munilla O.F.M. and other documents relating to The Voyage of Pedro Fernández de Quirós to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627) Translated And Edited By.Wi
Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society At The University Press [Second Series: Nos. 126-27], 1966..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, [1 leaf], 270; xiv, [1 leaf], [271]-446. with half-titles. 3 tables (2 folding; 1 in the text), 7 plates, & 9 maps & charts (incl. 2 folding & 3 in text). original blind & gilt-stamped cloth. Dws. (dws. little stained & spines discoloured). National Maritime Museum Cat. I 551.
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[KERR, J.H.].
Glimpses Of Life In Victoria By A Resident.
Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1872..
8vo. pp. xi, [2 leaves], 428. 8 tinted lithographs (incl. title). with half-title. contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving spine labels. First Edition. An interesting work on the development of Victoria and Melbourne from 1839 until 1871, including chapters on bushrangers, social life, gold mining, aborigines, emigrants, charitable institutions, &c. Ferguson 11124.
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LAMONT, E.H.
Wild Life Among The Pacific Islanders.
London: Hurst And Blackett, 1867..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xi, [1], 359, [1], [14]ads. with half-title. 7 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.). wood-engraved title vignette. untrimmed in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (cloth very soiled, extremities chipped & frayed, recased with new endpapers, foxing to first few leaves, name clipped from upper blank corner of title). First Edition. Largely concerned with the author's stay on Penrhyn Island, the most northerly of the Cook Islands, with observations on native manners and customs and tribal warfare. Lamont also visited the other Cook Islands, the Marquesas and Tahiti.
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LANCELOTT, F.
Australia As It Is: Its Settlements, Farms, And Gold Fields.
London: Colburn And Co. 1852..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xii, 317 + 16(ads); v, 304. 2 frontis. modern half calf (dampstaining to inner portion of frontis. & 2 preliminary leaves in Vol. I, some foxing). First Edition. Chapters on aborigines, zoology, viticulture, sheep farms, gold discoveries, advice to emigrants, the discoveries of Sturt and Barker, &c. Ferguson 11299.
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LANG, John Dunmore [1799-1878].
Phillipsland; Or The Country Hitherto Designated Port Phillip: Its Present Condition And Prospects, As A Highly Eligible Field For Emigration.
Edinburgh: Printed By Thomas Constable, 1847..
small 8vo. pp. vii, [1], 447. 2 folding lithographed maps. 4 tinted lithographed plates. modern half calf (paper somewhat embrowned, plates foxed, long tear in 1 map repaired - no loss). First Edition. Lang emigrated to Australia in 1822 and was the first Presbyterian minister who regularly officiated in New South Wales. In 1835 he established a weekly paper, The Colonist, which died in 1840, and subsequently edited the Colonial Journal, and the Press. A leading promoter of emigration to Australia, he persuaded the British Government in 1836 to finance the passage of four thousand emigrants to the colony over the next three years. Ferguson 4562.
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LE GOBIEN, Charles [1653-1708].
Histoire Des Isles Marianes, Nouvellement converties à la Religion Chrestienne; & de la mort glorieuse des premiers Missionnaires qui y ont prêché la Foy.
Paris: Nicolas Pepie, 1700..
12mo. pp. 12 p.l., 433 [ie. 435], [11], [1 leaf]errata. with half-title. 2 folding engraved maps. woodcut ornaments, initials & title vignette. contemporary calf, gilt back (corners & head of spine worn, upper front joint cracked, paper lightly embrowned, repair to outer margin of E2, ms. notes on title partly inked out. First Edition. A history of the Christian missions in the Marianas or Ladrones Islands in the north-western Pacific, the principal island of which is Guam. Reprinted in the text are several letters from early missionaries (Medina, Clain, Sanvitores, &c.). The author, Charles Le Gobien, was secretary and later procurator of the Jesuit missions to China. Bell L176. Brunet 28230. Cioranescu 41783. JCB p. 418.
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LEE, [Sarah].
The Australian Wanderers Or The Adventures of Captain Spencer, His Horse And Dog.
Boston: Lee & Shepard & New York: Lee, Shepard & Dillingham, 1873..
12mo. pp. x, [13]-472, [5]ads. 4 plates (incl. frontis.). A bright copy in original cloth, gilt spine. cfFerguson 11539.
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LEICHHARDT, F[riedrich] W[ilhelm] Ludwig.
The Letters Of.Collected And Newly Translated By M.Aurousseau.
Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society At The University Press {Second Series, Nos. CXXXIII-IV--V, 1968..
3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 423; v, 425-819; v, 821-1174, [1]. frontis. portrait, 1 folding map, & 9 text maps. original blind-stamped cloth. dws. (edges of dws. bit chipped). The second volume describes Leichhardt's scientific reconnaissance in eastern Australia, while the final volume is concerned with his major explorations: the successful expedition to Port Essington in northern Australia, during which he investigated the topography, geology and botany of the country, and his two attempts to cross the continent from East to West. He disappeared in the Australian interior in 1848.
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LOCKERBY, William [1782-1853].
The Journal of.Sandalwood Trader in The Fijian Islands During the Years 1808-09: With An Introduction & Other Papers Connected with The Earliest European Visitors to the Islands. Edited by Sir Everard Im Thurn.and Leonard C.Wharton.
London: Printed For The Hakluyt Society [Second Series: No. 52], 1925..
8vo. pp. cxi, 250, [1 leaf]. with half-title. 3 plates (incl. frontis.) & 3 folding maps in rear pocket (1 in colour). largely unopened in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (rear hinge cracked). National Maritime Museum Cat. I 647.
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LUMHOLTZ, Karl [Sofus] [1851-1922].
Among Cannibals An Account Of Four Years' Travels In Australia And Of Camp Life With The Aborigines Of Queensland.
London: John Murray, 1889.
8vo. pp. xx, 395 + 28(Publisher's Catalogue). with half-title. 2 folding coloured maps, 29 plates (incl. frontis. portrait & 4 coloured lithographs), & numerous text illus. original gilt-stamped cloth (bit soiled, extremities slightly frayed, bookplate removed & rubberstamp erased from lower margin of title, frontis. rehinged). First Edition of the English Translation. The Norwegian naturalist's expedition to Australia, 1880-84, was undertaken partly at the expense of the University of Christiania, with the object of making collections for the zoological and zootomical museums of the University, and of researching the manners and anthropology of the little-known native tribes. One year was spent among the cannibal tribes living several hundred miles north of Townsville. Lumholtz succeeded in securing a large collection of zoological specimens, and discovered four new mammals - a tree kangaroo and three opposums, which are depicted in the coloured lithographed plates. Ferguson 11770. Casey Wood p. 443.
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[MARBAULT, M. de].
Essai Sur Le Commerce De Russie, Avec L'Histoire De Ses Decouvertes.
Amsterdam: 1777..
12mo. pp. 2 p.l., 299, [1]. complete with half-title. large folding engraved map. woodcut headpiece. contemporary mottled calf, gilt back (joints & spine ends worn, paper lightly embrowned, blank corner of one leaf defective, 1 map browned & with short tear repaired - no loss). First Edition of this interesting work, which deals in part with Russian trade and discoveries in the northwest, between Kamchatka and America. While Lada-Mocarski notes that the information concerning Alaska is not particularly reliable or accurate, he recommends as "extremely detailed and worth studying" that portion of the work devoted to a general discussion of Russian commerce. The large folding engraved map, by Croisey after Gerardin, is titled 'Carte des decouvertes des Russes dans la mer orientale, et en Amerique pour servir a l'essai sur le commerce de Russie'. Bell M127. Howes M-270. Lada-Mocarski 26. Cat. Russica M-382. Streeter VI 3471. Wickersham 1775. Not in Hill, JCB or Sabin.
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[MELVILLE, Henry] [1800-1873].
Australasia And Prison Discipline. Dedicated By Permission To The Right Honourable Earl Grey.
London: Chas. Cox & J.Effingham Wilson, 1851..
8vo. pp. xiv, 392. 1 map (of Storm Bay). title vignette. original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with spine mounted. First Edition. According to the preface the author had resided for more than twenty years in the colonies. His work includes discussion of emigration, the present state of the colonies of New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and New Zealand, prison discipline - with suggestions for obviating the difficulties attending the transportation of convicts, the penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land, trade and manufactures, land regulations, the aborigines and their customs. Bagnall 3504n. Ferguson 12467.
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MILNER, John & BRIERLY, Oswald W.
The Cruise Of H.M.S. Galatea, Captain H.R.H. The Duke Of Edinburgh, K.G., In 1867-1868.
London: Wm.H. Allen And Co., 1869..
8vo. pp. xii, 487, [1]. text illus. (some full-page). original black & gilt-stamped cloth, a.e.g. (rubbed). Second Edition. The first edition of this account of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to the Australian colonies in 1867-68 was also published in 1869 with plates and a chart. cfFerguson 12627. cfNational Maritime Museum I 690.
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MITCHELL, Sir T[homas] L[ivingstone] [1792-1855].
Journal Of An Expedition Into The Interior Of Tropical Australia, In Search Of A Route From Sydney To The Gulf Of Carpentaria.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, And Longmans, 1848..
8vo. pp. xiv, [1 leaf], 437, [1], [2]ads + 32p. publisher's catalogue. 7 maps (4 folding), lithographed frontis. & 11 other plates (incl. 10 tinted lithographs), all after sketches by the author. several wood engravings in the text, incl. title vignette. untrimmed in original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with original gilt spine mounted & endpapers preserved (spine discoloured, some generally light foxing to plates & neighbouring leaves). ownership entry of 'George H.Strutt, 1849'. First Edition, First Issue with 32-page publisher's catalogue dated October 1847 inserted at end. Mitchell set out on his fourth and last expedition, undertaken in search of an overland route to Port Essington on the north-west coast, in December 1845. Nine months later, short of supplies and threatened by aborigines, he was forced to turn back near Isisford on the Barcoo River, incorrectly referred to as the 'Victoria', mistakenly believing that he had found his long-sought for north-west flowing river. Although the expedition failed in its primary objectives, it did accomplish the exploration of vast tracts of previously unknown territory in tropical Queensland. Ferguson 4829. Wantrup 129 & p. 203.
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MONCKTON, A.W.
Last Days In New Guinea.
London.: 1922..
8vo. pp. x, [2], 287, [1]blank, [4]ads. 55 plates & 2 folding maps.index. original cloth. First Edition.
$150 USD Book Number: elala3650 Order / Enquire
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