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VOGEL, Sir Julius [1835-1899].
New Zealand And The South Sea Islands, And Their Relation To The Empire. A Paper Read At The Royal Colonial Institute, On The 19th Day Of March, 1878.
London: Edward Stanford, 1878..
8vo. pp. 48. disbound. First Edition. Hocken p. 315. Bagnall 5755.
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WAIT, Benjamin [1813-1895].
Letters From Van Dieman's Land, Written During Four Years Imprisonment For Political Offences Committed In Upper Canada. By .Embodying, Also, Letters Descriptive Of Personal Appeals In Behalf Of Her Husband, And His Fellow Prisoners.By Mrs. B. Wait.
Buffalo: A.W. Wilgus, 1843..
small 8vo. pp. vi, [7]-356. wood-engraved frontis. & folding map (printed in white on black) of Van Diemen's Land. contemporary quarter roan (head of spine chipped, foxed, staining to lower margins of outer gatherings, short tears to first three leaves repaired). First Edition. One of nine Canadian exile narratives written by participants in the Rebellion of 1837-38 in Upper and Lower Canada. Wait was convicted of high treason and condemned to death, but his sentence was later commuted to permanent exile to Van Diemen's Land. He managed to escape to the United States before news reached him that he had received a pardon in 1842. TPL 2622. Lande 2283. Sabin 100969. Ferguson 3762.
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WALCH, Garnet.
Victoria In 1880.
Melbourne, Sydney, & Adelaide: George Robertson, [1880]..
4to. pp. xvi, 215, [6]list of subscribers, [1]ad. with half-title. tinted illuminated lithographed title, 4 tinted lithographed plates (incl. frontis.), 8 wood-engraved plates, title vignette & numerous text illus. by Charles Turner. original black & gilt-stamped cloth, gilt edges, rebacked with spine mounted First Edition. Contains chapters on Gippsland, Ararat, Stawell, the Grampians, the Wimmera, Ballarat, Sandhurst, Geelong, Melbourne &c. Ferguson 18034.
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WALCH, J. & SONS.
Walch's Tasmanian Almanac For 1886.Twenty-fourth Year of Publication.
Tasmania: J.Walch & Sons., [1885]..
12mo. pp. [3], 340, [2], 96, [5]. (ads on end-leaves: included in pagination). folding lithographed map with outline colour showing the Tasmanian electoral districts. several text illus. in ads. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (pieces chipped from spine, joints cracked). cfFerguson 18046.
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WENTWORTH, W[illiam] C[harles] [1790-1872].
A Statistical, Historical, And Political Description Of The Colony Of New South Wales, And Its Dependent Settlements In Van Diemen's Land: With A Particular Enumeration Of The Advantages Which These Colonies Offer For Emigration.
London: Printed For G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1820..
8vo. pp. [iii]-xix, 579, [1]ad. lacking half-title. engraved frontis. 'A View Of Sydney, New South Wales'. engraved folding map. contemporary half calf, rebacked (light foxing to frontis.). Second (First Illustrated) Edition (1st: 1819), substantially revised and enlarged, principally with a view to the information and guidance of emigrants. The folding map and the engraved view of Sydney appear here for the first time. This is the first original work to be published by a native-born Australian. Wentworth, the 'Australian patriot' and chief founder of the system of colonial self-government, was born on Norfolk Island, then a penal dependency of New South Wales, where his father was government surgeon. His enthusiastic and glowing description of the colony, which he argued was far superior to the United States as a field of settlement, played a major role in attracting many new free emigrants. Also expounded here are Wentworth's views on parliamentary self-government, a goal which was eventually achieved in 1842. Ferguson 802. Wantrup 93n & pp. 117-18.
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WEST, Rev. Thomas.
Ten Years In South-Central Polynesia: Being Reminiscences Of A Personal Mission To The Friendly Islands And Their Dependencies.
London: James Nisbet & Co., 1865..
8vo. pp. xv, 500. with half-title. engraved frontis. portrait of George Tubou, King of the Friendly Islands. 2 lithographed maps (1 folding & partly coloured, the other double-page). original blind-stamped cloth (extremities bit rubbed & frayed, the large map cut along horizontal fold, probably by the binder, with slight loss). First Edition. The appendix contains Preliminary Remarks on the Tonguese Language and The Tonguese Grammar. The author notes in the preface that the publication of this book was delayed for several years while he was engaged in the compilation and translation of various works, published for the benefit of the Tonguese, by the Wesleyan Missionary Society, and in the completion of a translation of the entire Bible into Tongan, under the direction of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Having received his missionary appointment, West set sail for Tonga in 1845, stopping at Sydney and Auckland on the way. West also describes Fiji, which he visited on the return home. Bagnall 5985. Hill p. 323 (mentions only 1 map).
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WESTGARTH, William [1815-1889].
Half A Century Of Australasian Progress, A Personal Retrospect. Part I. Itinerary Of The Tour Of A Revisit. Part II. A Series Of Articles On General Questions Of Australasia, The Colonies, And The Empire Generally.
London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1889..
8vo. pp. xxxii, 423 + 32(ads). 3 folding coloured maps. untrimmed in original cloth (spine dull, corners worn, front hinge cracked, library bookplate). First Edition. Westgarth had been a prominent Australian colonist and politician and later, a colonial agent and financier in London. He here describes his visit to Australia and New Zealand in 1888: Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Geelong, Ballarat, Adelaide, Perth, &c. Inter alia he discusses colonial finance, intercolonial federation, the Melbourne Centenary Exhibition of 1888, free trade and protection, the condition of labour, Maori life, the Chinese and coloured labour question in connection with the Australian Transcontinental Railway, improved intercommunication between England and Australia, the frozen meat trade, and the Mount Morgan gold mine. Ferguson 18422. Bagnall 5990.
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WESTGARTH, William [1815-1889].
Victoria And The Australian Gold Mines In 1857; With Notes On The Overland Route From Australia, Via Suez.
London: Smith, Elder, And Co., 1857..
8vo. pp. xvi, 466, [blank leaf] + 16(ads). 3 maps (2 folding; frontis. partly hand-coloured). original blind-stamped cloth, recased preserving endpapers (extremities trifle frayed, occasional hint of foxing). Inscribed to John Logan from the author on the title-page. First Edition. An important work on the colony of Victoria by an early settler. Westgarth emigrated to Port Phillip (Victoria) in 1840 and resided there until 1857. A prominent figure in the social and political development of Victoria, Westgarth represented Melbourne from 1850 to 1853 in the legislature of New South Wales and in the first legislative Council of Victoria. He was responsible for the passing of the 1852 resolution against the further transportation of convicts to the colony. 'Three modern historians have described Westgarth as 'the John Stuart Mill of Victoria', 'the outstanding sociological thinker of the colonies', and 'the most perceptive of the early Australian historians'. His four major books on Victoria, each of which were fresh treatments, were written primarily to provide accurate information on the colony and also to advertise it.Westgarth is distinctive in his period for his efforts to explain the course of historical events and to seek reasons for change, and for his occasional generalizations about the nature of colonial society.His pioneering statistical work was an aspect of his modern approach to the conduct of business and government. But his practical work as one of the most advanced radical liberals of his day ranks equally with his intellectual and literary achievement.'. (Geoffrey Serle, ADB) Ferguson 18418.
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WILKES, Charles.
Narrative Of The United States Expedition During The Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.
Philadelphia: Lea Blanchard, 1845..
5 Volumes text plus Atlas. large 8vo. pp. lx, 434; xv, 476; xv, 438; xvi, 539; xv, 558; [ff. 2]. with half-titles. 9 double-page engraved maps, 64 engraved plates & 5 large folding maps in the atlas (1 hand-coloured). 2 double-leaf tables in Vol. I. numerous text illus. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (some fraying & chipping to extremities, some foxing to plates & adjacent leaves). Third (First Octavo) Edition, one of 1,000 copies printed (the first two quarto editions were printed in only 100 and 150 copies respectively). This, the first great naval scientific expedition to be sponsored by the United States, consisted of the flagship Vincennes and five other vessels, and numerous civilian naturalists, botanists, artists and other scientists, in additional to sailors and officers. "The chief fields of exploration.were the coast of the Antarctic continent, the islands of the Pacific Ocean, and the American northwest coast. Some 280 islands in the Pacific and adjacent waters and 800 miles of streams and coasts in the Oregon country were surveyed, and 1,600 miles of the coast of Antarctica were laid down. Wilkes Land in Antarctica perpetuates the name of the explorer. Much valuable information is given on the Columbia River, the Willamette Valley, Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Sacramento Valley. A survey of the Pacific whale fisheries was also completed. The Wilkes expedition made port at Madeira, the Cape Verde Islands, Brazil, Patagonia, the South Shetland Islands and Peter I Island, Chile, Peru, the Tuamotu, Society, and Samoan Islands, Australia, [New Zealand], Antarctica, New Zealand, the Tongan, Fijian, and Hawaiian Islands, Oregon Territory, California, the Micronesian Islands, the Philippines an Sulus, Singapore, and other ports in the Far East." (Hill p. 615) Bagnall 6072. Ferguson 4209. Hill p. 325. Howes W-414. Sabin 103994. Smith, American Travellers Abroad, W80. Strathern & Edwards 609n. Streeter VI 3324.
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WILLIAMS, John [1796-1839].
A Narrative Of Missionary Enterprises In The South Sea Islands; With Remarks Upon The Natural History Of The Islands, Origin, Languages, Traditions, And Usages Of The Inhabitants.
London: John Snow, 1839..
8vo. pp. xviii, [2], 506. wood-engraved title vignette. wood-engraved frontis. printed in oil colours by George Baxter, folding map, 5 wood-engraved plates, & numerous text illus. contemporary blind-stamped calf, all edges gilt (extremities worn, front joint split & holding by cords, some foxing to frontis. & outer leaves). "Fourteenth Thousand". Williams was sent by the London Missionary Society to South Sea Islands in 1816. He established headquarters at Raiatea (Leeward Islands), and conducted missionary tours to the Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, and neighbouring islands. In November, 1839, he was killed by cannibals at Erromanga in the New Hebrides. "Williams was the most sucessful missionary of modern times. He acquired the languages and adapted himself to the varying characters of the races he encountered in a manner most remarkable.". (DNB) cfHill pp. 326-27 (1838). Courtney Lewis 79.
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WILLIAMS, Thomas.
The Journal Of.Missionary In Fiji, 1840-1853 [Edited] By G.C.Henderson.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1931..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. li, 278; 3 p.l., [279]-606. 4 maps & 31 plates (incl. frontis. portrait & 1 colour). original cloth (ex-lib., spine ends & Vol. I upper joints chipped). First Edition.
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WILLIAMSON, Robert W.
The Ways Of The South Sea Savage A Record Of Travel & Observation Amongst The Savages Of The Solomon Islands & Primitive Cost & Mountain Peoples Of New Guinea.
London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1914..
8vo. pp. 6 p.l., 17-308. folding colour map & 43 illus on 32 plates. original cloth (some light foxing). First Edition.
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[WILSON, William Et Al.].
A Missionary Voyage To The Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed In The Years 1796, 1797, 1798, In The Ship Duff, Commanded By Captain James Wilson, Compiled From Journals Of The Officers And The Missionaries.With A Preliminary Discourse On The Geography An
London: Printed By S.Gosnell, For T.Chapman, 1799.
4to. pp. 6 p.l., c, 420, [12]list of subscribers. 7 engraved maps (5 folding) & 6 engraved plates. modern quarter sheep (spine rubbed, 44 mm. strip from lower blank margin of title replaced, foxing to plates & adjacent leaves, repairs to a few maps- no loss). First Edition of the first missionary voyage to the South Pacific. Most of the missionaries were settled on Tahiti, with several others landed at Tonga and the Marquesas. Troubles with the natives arose, and most of the missionaries were forced to seek refuge in Sydney, Australia, while three on Tonga were killed. The mission on Tahiti was re-established in 1815. In addition to Tahiti, Tonga, and the Marquesas, the work contains valuable accounts of the Fiji Islands, Tongatapu, the Gambier Islands, and the discovery of a new group of islands, named the 'Duff Group', among the Santa Cruz Islands. On the outward voyage, the expedition visited Rio de Janeiro, an engraved view of which is included among the plates. The work is also of Australian interest because of a passage mentioning escaped Botany Bay convicts, and the fact that some of the missionaries who fled to Australia eventually settled there and founded families important in Australian history. Another later edition with different pagination (4 p.l., c, 395, [1]blank, [12]). was published the same year. Cox II p. 307. Ferguson 301. Hill p. 184. JCB II 4063 (incomplete pagination. Kroepelien 528. O'Reilly 97 (incorrect pag.). cfSabin 49480 (different pag.).
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WOODS, Julian Edmund [Tenison-] [1832-1889].
Geological Observations In South Australia: Principally In The District South-East of Adelaide.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1862..
8vo. pp. xviii, 404. 5 wood-engraved plates. 1 map. woodcut text illus. with half-title. original blind-stamped cloth (joints & extremities frayed). First Edition. Wood began as a missionary in Australia but gradually devoted more of his time to scientific pursuits. In 1880 he was elected president of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, and in 1888 was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Society of the colony. He travelled widely in Australia and wrote over one hundred and fifty papers on natural history, geology, and palaeontology. Ferguson 18805. Cotes 1276.
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