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Journey Across the Western Interior of Australia

Journey Across the Western Interior of Australia

by Warburton, Peter Egerton Colonel

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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle. 1875. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Green gilt decorated cloth boards, corners lightly bumped & a little rubbed. Spine edge also lightly rubbed - just light shelf wear. Bookplate to front pastedown and front hinge slightly cracked. A very nice, solid and clean copy of this scarce title. Small gift inscription to top of Preface. Illustrated with eight black & white engravings and large fold-out map [with neatly repaired tears] at rear. 307 pages. Important account of the first expedition to cross from Alice Springs to Roebourne on the West Coast of Australia in 1872 Warburton left South Australia as leader of an expedition that included his son Richard and J. Lewis. It was financed and provided with seventeen camels and six months supplies by (Sir) Walter Hughes and (Sir) Thomas Elder, and sought to link the province with Western Australia. After leaving Alice Springs in April 1873, they endured long periods of… Read More
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Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; including researches and discoveries on the...
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Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; including researches and discoveries on the east coast of West Greenland made in the summer of 1822, in the ship Baffin of Liverpool

by Scoresby, William Junior

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Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd. 1823. Octavo Size. Good++ condition. Half leather, marbled boards, title patch to top of spine. Bookplate to front paste-down. Leather lightly rubbed at edges and corners. Rear board has a small chip to leading edge. Plate 1 - the general map, is a copy (sympathetically copied) tipped in as original plate torn out. All other maps/plates are present and original. Some foxing throughout. A very clean, tight copy of this important work. 472 pages. An account of a voyage in which several weeks were spent in whaling and in the exploration of the Scoresby Sound region, in a search for Eskimo settlements and in quest of magnetic and other scientific observations. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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The Engraved Gems of the Greeks Etruscans and Romans, Part One : Engraved Gems of the Greeks and...

The Engraved Gems of the Greeks Etruscans and Romans, Part One : Engraved Gems of the Greeks and the Etruscans A history of Greek art in miniature

by Richter, G.M.A.

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London: Phaidon Press Limited. 1968. Folio Size. Very Good copy in a Good+ dustjacket. Dustjacket has a somewhat faded spine - is now protected in a pupose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Bookplate to front free endpaper 339 pages. A study of Greek and Etruscan gems is singularly rewarding. This is the first comprehensive book on the subject since Furtwangler's monumental work published in 1900. Dr Richter gives a representative selection of 695 Greek and 181 Etruscan examples, taken from all major European and American collections. The material is arranged chronologically with an introductory chapter for each period. In most cases an illustration of the intaglio in the original, minute size is accompanied by an enlarged illustration of the impression which shows the design as it was intended to be seen. B/W photographs are at the rear. Two colour tipped in plates to pp10/11. This book is complete in itself as the part two deals with engraved gems of the… Read More
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Italian Pictures of the Renaissance.  A List of the Principal Artists and Their Works with an...

Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. A List of the Principal Artists and Their Works with an Index of Places. Florentine School.[Two Volumes]

by Berenson, Bernard

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London: Phaidon Press Limited. 1963. Quarto Size. Both volumes are in Very Good condition in Very Good [price-clipped] Dustjackets. Both DJs have some age-toning to spine. Slipcase is very good condition but does have some marks with light discolouration to the top edge. Volume 1 contains the Artist lists with Black and White Plates [1-590]. Volume 2 is primarily black and White Plates [591-1478]. Volume 2 also contains a Topographical Index. A very handsome set. . A revised edition of Berenson's work which is a major reference for those interested in Renaissance painting. This edition includes more plates and the illustrations arranged in chronological and systematic manner. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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The Cyclopedia of South Australia
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The Cyclopedia of South Australia

by Burgess, H.T.

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Adelaide: The Cyclopedia Company. 1907& 1909. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Good+ condition in original half-leather binding. Gilt to page edges. Corners, top and tail of spine lightly rubbed. Gilt to spine still clear. Gilt page edges. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Black & white illustrations. Overall a very nice set. This is a very heavy item [weighs 6.25kg unpacked] and will require substantial additional postage costs for an international sale. 630 pages. The Cyclopedia contains a vast resource of historical and biographical information on South Australia - the people, towns, industries, professional, commercial and social institutions and much more. The volumes include thousands of illustrations, the larger number of these being portraits of those whose biographies are included. These are not just the wealthy and influential, but include quite a number of "ordinary citizens". . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Geology of the Amadeus Basin, Central Australia [Bulletin 100]

Geology of the Amadeus Basin, Central Australia [Bulletin 100]

by Wells, A.T.; Forman, D.J.; Ranford, L.C. & Cook, P.J.

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Canberra: Department of National Development. 1970. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Six [6] large folded coloured maps to rear pocket. Quite scarce. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 100. 222 pages. The Amadeus Basin is a large sedimentary basin in central Australia, lying mostly within the southern Northern Territory, but extending into Western Australia. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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The Far North Country
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The Far North Country

by Newland, S. [Simpson]

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Adelaide: Burden & Bonython, Advertiser Office. 1887. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good Condition. Red cloth boards [as noted in Ferguson 13317] are faded at spine and upper edge. Free endpapers are tanned. Interior is clean. 39 pages. A reprint of articles originally published in the Advertiser of the author's trip through the centre of Australia. As well as touching on colonial politics it also addresses the issue of Aboriginal people. The author is now best known for his early novel of colonial South Australia ' Paving the Way' but was a notable figure politically in the early years of the colony. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Norman Lindsay's Ship Models [Signed Limited Edition]
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Norman Lindsay's Ship Models [Signed Limited Edition]

by Lindsay, Norman [Preface and Commentary by]

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1966. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Green morocco leather spine with bright gilt title; canvas boards with gilt decoration - bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Contained in a very good, albeit marked slipcase. Limited edition of 150 of which this is no. 54 - signed by Norman Lindsay. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs by Quinton F. Davis and black & white drawings by Norman Lindsay. Foreword by Douglas Stewart. x, 98 pages. In two parts. Part I: An examination of 11 of Lindsay's ship models from a Greek Galley to the Joseph Conrad. Part II: Details from working drawings. The Preface by Lindsay discusses what made him a 'ship model addict' . . Limited Edition. Hardback.
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Arthur Boyd [Signed by Artist]
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Arthur Boyd [Signed by Artist]

by Philipp, Franz

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London: Thames & Hudson. 1967. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good copy in Very Good Dust jacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Bookseller stamp/label to front paste-down. Signed by Arthur Boyd on half-title page. Illustrated with 44 colour and 134 black & white reproductions. 288 pages. Arthur Boyd, AC OBE was one of the leading Australian painters of the late 20th Century. A member of the prominent Boyd artistic dynasty in Australia, his relatives included painters, sculptors, architects or other arts professionals. Boyd's work ranges from impressionist renderings of Australian landscape to starkly expressionist figuration, and many canvases feature both. He was a member of the Antipodeans, a group of Melbourne painters that also included Clifton Pugh, David Boyd, John Brack, Robert Dickerson, John Perceval and Charles Blackman. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Journey Without Maps
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Journey Without Maps

by Greene, Graham

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London: William Heinemann. 1936. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Good condition. No dustjacket. Pale yellow boards are a marked with some tiny stains to spine. Some scattered foxing to fore edge and to the edges of some preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps to endpapers. Uncommon. 296 pages. Greene's account of his four week trip through Liberia in 1935. This was Greene's first trip outside Europe. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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The Contemporary Contrabass  (The New Instrumentation)
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The Contemporary Contrabass (The New Instrumentation)

by Turetzky, Bertram

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Berkeley: University of California Press. 1974. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Stiff card covers in spiral binding - as issued. Covers very lightly rubbed at the lower edges and corners. Sound disc in pocket at rear. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Includes musical notation. 114 pages. A book by Bertram Turetzky, renowned American double bass soloist and composer, which shows a number of new and interesting ways of playing the double bass including featuring it as a solo performance vehicle with no other instrumental accompaniment. The Book is organized it into the following chapters - Pizzicato, New Directions in Bowing, The Bass as a Drum, Vocal and Speech Sounds, Harmonics, Miscellanea, Amplication and Electronic Effects. These new ways of playing and writing for the instrument are illustrated with copious musical examples. Includes sound disc in rear pocket. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st… Read More
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald Illustrated in Colour...
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald Illustrated in Colour and Line by Rene Bull

by Fitzgerald, Edward (Translator)

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London: Hodder & Stoughton. No Date[1913]. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Tan boards with gilt and blue decorations. Light rubbing to spine ends and corner. Mild offset to free endpapers. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Nineteen 189 pages. Ten full page tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards intact. Nineteen inlaid small colour plates and numerous line illustrations in blue introduce each quatrain. Each quatrain is printed on a single page. The full-page colour plates are bordered with gold decorations and the inlays with black or blue decorations. All plates are present and in lovely condition. Rene Bull was a talented artist and cartoonist and was noted for his great abilities as a comic draughtsman and a brilliant illustrator of fairy tales. . 1st Trade Edition. Hardback.
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The Bounty and Beyond: A textual and bibliographical investigation of William Bligh's...

The Bounty and Beyond: A textual and bibliographical investigation of William Bligh's journals of the first breadfruit expedition

by Fish, John A.

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Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2023. Quarto Size [approx 21x28cm]. Mint copy in a Mint Dustjacket. A New Copy. Dustjacket protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Colour plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 300 pages. Despite Bligh’s Bounty journal being widely regarded as the most important of all of the primary documents related to the famous mutiny, the relationship between the official version of the journal (at The National Archives in London) and Bligh’s private version (at the Mitchell Library in Sydney) has never been thoroughly investigated. That surprising omission has now been comprehensively rectified with the publication of The Bounty and beyond, a meticulous comparison of the two versions of the journal by John A. Fish. Numerous surprising and important differences are revealed, particularly those relating to food and drink, and Bligh’s relationships with his officers and… Read More
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My Uncle Oswald (Signed & Inscribed by Author)
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My Uncle Oswald (Signed & Inscribed by Author)

by Dahl, Roald

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London: Michael Joseph. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. The Dustjacket is NOT price clipped. Inscribed and signed by author 'Ian Love Roald Dahl 6/10/85'. 221 pages. One of Dahl's adult novels. The further salacious adventures of Uncle Oswald, who had previously appeared in two short stories. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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MiG Pilot The Final Escape of Lieutenant Belenko
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MiG Pilot The Final Escape of Lieutenant Belenko

by Barron, John

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New York: Reader's Digest Press/McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1980. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. The Dustjacket is lightly chipped at spine ends awith mild rubbing to edges. Book a little slanted. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 224 pages. The story of the Soviet Pilot who defected to the West with his MiG-25 in 1976. A unique view of Soviet military life and examination of intelligence forces at work. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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