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| *** | Gould, John. The birds of Australia. London, [1840]-69. Eight volumes large folio, with 681 hand-coloured lithographed plates by the author and Elizabeth Gould, H.C. Richter and Edward Lear, 3 double-page, contemporary dark green morocco, sides with broad… | *** |  |
| *** | Gould, John. The mammals of Australia. London, [1843]-63. Three volumes large folio, with 182 hand-coloured lithographed plates by the author, Elizabeth Gould and H.C. Richter, contemporary dark green morocco, sides with wide gilt borders, spines fully… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe execute par ordre du roi, pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829' by Dumont D'Urville (Jules Sebastian Cesar) [1790-1842] 22 volumes (various sizes), comprising engraved plates, maps, charts and extensive text… | *** |  |
| *** | Darwin, Charles, editor. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836. London, 1839-43. Five parts in three volumes, large quarto, original blind-stamped and gilt-lettered cloth… | *** |  |
| *** | Gould, John and Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. London, 1875-88. Five volumes large folio, with 320 hand-coloured lithographed plates,… | *** |  |
| *** | [Thevenot, Melchisedec, editor]. Relations de divers voyages curieux. Paris, 1672. Four volumes folio, with 11 folding or double-page maps, 23 plates, some double-page, 5 coloured, and numerous text illustrations, some full-page, contemporary calf, the… | *** |  |
| *** | Darwin, Charles and Wallace, Alfred R. On the tendency of species to form varieties. [Contained in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, volume III, no.9, London, 1858]. Octavo, pp.62, [ii], 64, unopened in the original printed blue… | *** |  |
| *** | Shaw, George. Zoology of New Holland. Vol. 1 [all published]. London, [1793]-94. [ With] Smith, James. A specimen of the botany of New Holland. Vol. 1 [all published]. London, [1793-95]. Two volumes in one, quarto, with 12 + 16 hand-coloured plates,… | *** |  |
| *** | [Purry, Jean-Pierre]. Memoire sur le Pais des Cafres et la Terre de Nuyts [and] second memoire sur le Pais des Cafres et la Terre de Nuyts. Amsterdam, 1718. Two volumes in one, small octavo, pp. 84 + 78, [ii], later calf. First title a little dusty and… | *** |  |
| *** | Gould, John. The birds of Australia and the adjacent islands. London, The Author, 1837-38. The two parts, all published, large folio, with 20 fine hand-coloured plates by the author and Elizabeth Gould, notice to subscribers slip in the second part, half… | *** |  |
| *** | King, Captain Philip Parker, Fitzroy, Captain Robert and Darwin, Charles. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing the examination of the southern shores of South America,… | *** |  |
| *** | Flinders, Matthew. A voyage to Terra Australis, undertaken for completing the discovery of that vast continent, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803. London, 1814. Two volumes large quarto, with 9 steel-engraved views after William Westall, and… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Voyage au Pole Sud et dan l'Oceanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee, execute par ordre du Roi pendant les annees 1837-1838-1839-1840' by Dumont D'Urville (Jules Sebastian Cesar) [1790-1842] in 30 volumes (in 3 sizes), comprising volumes of text… | *** |  |
| *** | Gould, John. A synopsis of the birds of Australia. London, 1837-38. First issue in four parts, tall octavo, with 73 hand-coloured plates by Elizabeth Gould, original cloth-backed printed boards (back board of fourth part stained), prospectus bound in the… | *** |  |
| *** | Webber, John, 'Views in the South Seas, from drawings by the late James Webber, draftsman on board the Resolution, Captain James Cooke, from the year 1776 to 1780. With letter-press, descriptive of the various scenery, & c... The drawings are in the… | *** |  |
| *** | Vancouver, Captain George. A voyage of discovery to the northern Pacific Ocean and round the world... performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795 in the Discovery, sloop of war, and armed tender, Chatham. London, 1798. Three volumes… | *** |  |
| *** | White, John. Journal of a voyage to New South Wales. London, 1790. Quarto, engraved title with vignette and 65 hand-coloured plates of natural history subjects on wove paper. With, Gilbert, Thomas. Voyage from New South Wales to Canton in the year 1788.… | *** |  |
| *** | The Birds of Australia by Gregory M. Mathews F.R.S.E. Published by Witherby & Co., London 1910/11 Vols I - XII, plus checklist volume and Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, and supplement volume of Birds of New Zealand. Each volume 36 x 26 cm. Each… | *** |  |
| *** | Valentyn, Francois. Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien. Amsterdam and Dordrecht, 1724-26. Five volumes small folio, with 265 engraved maps and plates (and duplicate of one map) including a folding portrait of the author, an allegorical title and engraved dedication… | *** |  |
| *** | Harris, John, editor. Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels... London, 1744-48. Two volumes thick folio, printed double column, with 22 maps, mostly folding or double-page, and 39 plates, contemporary… | *** |  |
| *** | D'Entrecasteaux, J.-A. Bruny. Voyage de Dentrecasteaux, envoye à la recherche de La Perouse. Paris, 1807-08. Two volumes thick quarto, with 32 folding charts and diagrams in the first volume and a folding plate in the second, half-title in each, and large… | *** |  |
| *** | Peron, François and Freycinet, Louis de. Voyage de decouvertes aux Terres Australes... pendant les annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris, 1807-16. Two volumes quarto text, with portrait of Peron and 2 folding tables, half-titles, and errata leaf in… | *** |  |
| *** | Owen, Richard. Researches on the fossil remains of the extinct mammals of Australia. London, 1877. Two volumes quarto, with 132 lithographed plates, some folding, some double-page, including large folding linen-backed plate in the text volume,… | *** |  |
| *** | [Cook]. Hawkesworth, John, editor. An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis and Captain Cook… | *** |  |
| *** | Dampier, William. A new voyage round the world... [With] Vol. II. Voyages and discoveries in three parts. [With] Vol. III. A voyage to New Holland, &c. in the year 1699... [With] A continuation of a voyage to New Holland, &c. London, 1703-09. Four volumes… | *** |  |
| *** | Labillardiere, Jacques J.-H. de. Relation du voyage à la recherche de La Perouse... pendant les annees 1791, 1792, [1793 and 1794]. Paris, [1800]. Two volumes quarto and large folio atlas with engraved title, double-page chart and 43 plates, uncut in the… | *** |  |
| *** | Sweet, Robert. Flora Australasica, or, a selection of handsome or curious plants, natives of New Holland and the South Sea Islands, containing figures and descriptions of some of the choicest species most proper for the conservatory or greenhouse. London,… | *** |  |
| *** | Wallace, Alfred Russel. The Malay Archipelago. The land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. London, 1869. Two volumes octavo, with 2 folding coloured maps, 8 plates, and text maps and… | *** |  |
| *** | British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909: 'Antarctic Days Sketches of the homely side of Polar life..introduced by Sir Ernest Shackleton' by James Murray and George Edward Marston [London; Butler & Tanner for Andrew Melrose, 1913].Half title; four mounted… | *** |  |
| *** | Banks, Joseph and Solander, Daniel. Illustrations of the botany of Captain Cook's voyage round the world in H.M.S. Endeavour in 1768-71. London, Printed by order of the British Museum, 1900-05. Three volumes large folio, with 320 photolithographed plates… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of various furniture pattern books, 19th century and later, including W.H Rocke & Co., Melbourne and William Smee & Sons, London | *** |  |
| *** | de RAPIN, Paul [1661-1725] translated by TINDAL Nicolas [1687-1774] 'The HISTORY of ENGLAND' Vol. 1 [1743], Vol. 2 [1743], Vol.3 [1744], Vol.4 [1745], Vol.4 Part 2 [1747] plus a volume of 65+ maps and charts by Searle or Basire 'For Mr Tindal's… | *** |  |
| *** | Krefft, Gerard. The mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Miss Harriett Scott and Miss Helena Forde... With a short account of the species hitherto described. Sydney, 1871. Large folio, with 16 lithographed plates, binder's cloth retaining the original… | *** |  |
| *** | Christie, Agatha 'Ten Little Niggers', first edition, 252pp + 2pp. advertisements, original orange cloth very bright, lettered in black on spine, dust-jacket with a few minor chips, light spotting, mainly confined to the outer page edges but overall an… | *** |  |
| *** | A voyage of the South Seas. Cloth bound and green calf spine. Bligh, Lieutenant William, including an account of the military on board, from Tofoa to Timor. London Mdccxcii printed for George Nicol, Paul Mall | *** |  |
| *** | Donald Friend (1914-1989), Bumbooziana: 'Sundry Notes & Papers, being the recently discovered notes and documents of the Natural & Instinctive Bestiality Research Expedition. collected and collated under the title Bumbooziana wherein is set down the… | *** |  |
| *** | Hardman, Edward. T. Report on the geology of the Kimberley district, Western Australia. Perth, 1885. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper, small folio, pp. 38 with 20 lithographed plates (2 double-page) by H.C. Prinsep from drawings by the author,… | *** |  |
| *** | The dramatic works of William Shakespeare, William Watkiss Lloyd M.R.S.I, bell and Daldy London 1856 (10) | *** |  |
| *** | Dampier, William. A voyage to New Holland, &c.... In the year 1699. London, 1703. Octavo, with folding map and 14 plates, contemporary panelled calf well rebacked. Corner from four leaves affecting only the side-notes and page numerals, some browning or… | *** |  |
| *** | Strehlow, T.G.H. Songs of central Australia. [Sydney, 1971]. Quarto, with coloured frontispiece and endpocket map, corrigenda slip, original cloth in dustjacket (slightly frayed)., Very scarce. 'The author has set out on a task never before attempted in… | *** |  |
| *** | 'The Banksias' by Celia E. Rosser and Alexander S. George Volumes I & II [1981-88, published in association with Monash University] Numbered 392 from the Limited Edition of 730. | *** |  |
| *** | Dr Jekyll Mr Hyde, by R.L. Stevenson Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1886, first edition | *** |  |
| *** | Spencer, W. Baldwin, editor. Report on the work of the Horn Expedition to central Australia. London, 1896. Four volumes quarto, with large folding linen-backed map in endpocket and 69 plates, some coloured, text map and illustrations, corrigenda slip in… | *** |  |
| *** | Gregory, A. C. and Gregory, F. T. Journals of Australian explorations. Brisbane, 1884. Octavo, original cloth., An unusually fine copy of the complete record of the eight Gregory expeditions to northern, central and western Australia, between 1846 and… | *** |  |
| *** | Salvadori, Tommaso. [Collection of 29 ornithological papers]. Genoa, 1874-91. Together in two volumes octavo, in total approx. 780 pages, with 2 hand-coloured plates, binder's cloth retaining the wrappers., A rare series, entirely relating to the birds of… | *** |  |
| *** | Terrific register: or record of Crimes Judgements, compendium of Shocking stories including some Australian pieces Sherwood & Co., London 1825 (2 volumes) | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese book 19th century. With a set of twelve erotic paintings in ink and colour on silk | *** |  |
| *** | D'Albertis, L. M. and Salvadori, T. Catalogo degli uccelli raccolti da L.M. D'Albertis durante la seconda e terza esplorazione del Fiume Fly negli anni 1876 e 1877. Genoa, 1879. Octavo, pp. 132 with text figures, contemporary quarter cloth., Presentation… | *** |  |
| *** | Peters, W. and Doria, W. Enumerazione dei mammiferi raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Albertis ed A.A. Bruijn, nella Nuova Guinea propriamenti detta W. Peters e G. Doria. Genoa, 1881. Octavo, pp.48, [ii], with 14 plates (10 coloured), contemporary quarter… | *** |  |
| *** | The Australian Seasoned Timber Coy Ltd. Wandong, Warburton, Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia. An impressive book of silver gelatin albumen prints many with hand written captions, bound in full red morocco with embossed gilt titled cover. | *** |  |
| *** | Kuhl, Heinrich. Conspectus psittacorum. [Bonn, 1820]. Quarto, pp.104, with 3 hand-coloured plates, uncut in original cloth-backed wrappers (spine worn, with defective label), with the bookplates of Frederick Ducane Godman, J.H. Calaby and H.W.Whittell. A… | *** |  |
| *** | Moore, George Fletcher. Extracts from the letters and journals of George Fletcher Moore, now filling a judicial office at the Swan River Settlement. London, 1834. Small octavo, with a folding map, original cloth(spine wearing, the label defective, front… | *** |  |
| *** | Shakespeare’s dramatic works | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of reference books on Chinese Art, Oriental porcelain, pottery, Japanese Art and Asian history | *** |  |
| *** | A rectangular steel wine rack with double doors, French 19th century 114 cm high, 112.5 cm wide, 57 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | 'Australian Parrots' by Joseph M Forshaw & William T. Cooper [Melbourne, 1980], second revised edition limited 518/1000, signed by the author and illustrator, 2 Vol., full green Morocco folio in original cloth covered case | *** |  |
| *** | The QUEENS CLOSET OPENED: Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Chyrugery, Preserving and Candying, &c. Which were presented unto the QUEEN By the most Experienced Persons of the Times. .' [London, Christ. Eccleston, 1662]. bound together with 'A QUEENS… | *** |  |
| *** | [Great Britain, Board of Agriculture]. Davis, Richard. General view of the agriculture of the County of Oxford, with observations on the means of its improvement. London, 1794. Quarto, pp.40, with hand-coloured map (slightly cropped), bound with 45 other… | *** |  |
| *** | Stokes, John Lort Stokes. Discoveries in Australia, with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. London, 1846. Two volumes thick octavo, with 8 folding engraved… | *** |  |
| *** | Arago, Francois. Narrative of a voyage round the world in the Uranie and Physicienne corvettes commanded by Captain Freycinet, in the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820. London, 1823. Quarto, with folding map and 25 lithographed plates after drawings by the… | *** |  |
| *** | Gould, John. An introduction to the mammals of Australia. London, The Author, 1863. Octavo, original cloth. Very scarce. | *** |  |
| *** | Spencer, Baldwin and Gillen, F.J. The northern tribes of central Australia. London, 1904. Thick octavo, with folding map, 2 folding coloured plates, 3 folding tables and numerous illustrations, original gilt-decorated cloth (wearing). With, Spencer and… | *** |  |
| *** | Book of New Zealand Ferns, Eric Craige (1829-1923, compilor and retailer)An album of mounted specimens, with ink-stamped title 'New Zealand ferns mounted by Eric Craig, Princess Street, Auckland.circa 1880 | *** |  |
| *** | Donald Friend (1914-1989), the Farce of Sodom, The farce of Sodom. By the Right Honourable Earl of Rochester. Written for the Royal Company of Whoremasters, and printed a-new upon the three hundredth anniversary of the untimely demise of our noble author… | *** |  |
| *** | Roman Architecture Sculpture and Ornaments Selected Examples From Piranesi's Monumental Work Published in Rome 1756' edited by William Young facsimile edition circa 1900, comprising 48 lithograph plates. | *** |  |
| *** | Picturesque Atlas Of Australasia 3 volumes, [London, Melbourne, Mass., 1886] Full red morroco with embossed boards & title. Good firm copies | *** |  |
| *** | Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul. Elves and fairies. Verses by Annie R. Rentoul. Melbourne, [1916]. Folio, with 45 tipped-in plates, of which 15 are coloured, original gilt-decorated cloth (spine dulled), top edge gilt. Foxing, mainly affecting preliminary and… | *** |  |
| *** | Vigors, N.A. and Horsfield, Thomas. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society, with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. [London, 1827]. Quarto, pp. 170-331, binder's cloth., Part 1, all… | *** |  |
| *** | Mawson, Sir Douglas. The home of the blizzard. Being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. London, [1915]. Two volumes thick large octavo, with 3 folding maps in endpocket, numerous plates, some coloured, and text maps and… | *** |  |
| *** | Ridley, Rev. W. M. Kamilaroi, Dippil, and Turrubul: Languages Spoken By Australian Aborigines, Thomas Richards, Government Printers, Phillip-Street, Sydney, 1866 | *** |  |
| *** | Illiger, Johann Karl. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium. Berlin, 1811. Octavo, contemporary half calf (front joint neatly repaired). Foxed., A major contribution to zoological taxonomy, revising the Linnaean system and introducing the taxa family. | *** |  |
| *** | Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay. Re-bound leather. With an account of the establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island. Printed for John Hockdale, Piccadilly MDCCLX XXIX | *** |  |
| *** | McCOY, Frederick. Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria, or, figures with descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals. Melbourne, [1875]-1888. Two volumes thick imperial octavo, with 199 lithographed plates,… | *** |  |
| *** | Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria. Proceedings. Melbourne, 1872-75. Volumes 1-4, octavo, with 7 plates, and text figures, original cloth., Including, in the second volume, J. J. Bleasdale's long paper on colonial wines. A fifth volume,… | *** |  |
| *** | Wilson Hardy: 'Old Colonial Architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania'. | *** |  |
| *** | Jardine, Sir William, Selby, Prideaux John and Swainson, William. The naturalist's library. Ornithology. Edinburgh, [1843]. Fourteen volumes small octavo, frontispiece portraits, engraved titles with coloured vignettes and 435 hand-coloured plates,… | *** |  |
| *** | Shackleton, Ernest. The heart of the Antarctic. London, 1909. Two volumes thick large octavo, with 3 folding maps and sheet of panoramas, all in endpocket, and numerous plates, some coloured, original silver-decorated cloth, top edges gilt. First edition. | *** |  |
| *** | Tietkens, W.H. Journal of Mr. W.H. Tietkens' Central Australian Exploring Expedition. Adelaide, 1890. South Australian Parliamentary Paper, small folio, drop title, pp.32 with folding map and folding coloured geological section plan, quarter calf., The… | *** |  |
| *** | Winnecke, Charles. Herbert River and north-eastern exploring expedition. Plan and report of Mr. Winnecke's exploration from Alice Springs to the Herbert River and Tennant's Creek. Adelaide, 1882. South Australian Parliamentary Paper, small folio, drop… | *** |  |
| *** | AUSTRALIAN FURNITURE: 'Early Colonial Furniture in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land' [1972] by Craig, Fahy & Robertson. Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture' [1985] by Fahy, Simpson & Simpson. Australian Furniture Pictorial and Dictionary 1788 -… | *** |  |
| *** | Maurice, R.T. Extracts from journals of explorations. Fowler's Bay to Rawlinson's Ranges, and Fowler's Bay to Cambridge Gulf. Adelaide, 1904. South Australian Parliamentary Paper, small folio, pp. 40 with 2 large folding maps and 6 photographic plates,… | *** |  |
| *** | Hoeven, J. van der. Memoire sur le genre Ornithorhinque. [With] Corrections. [Bonn, 1823-25]. Quarto, pp. 353-72 with hand-coloured plate + 869-72, together in contemporary plain wrappers. Text foxed. Rare extracts from Nova acta Leopoldina. | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of four leather bound books in bespoke stand, Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain, published for Harding and Lepard, Pall Mall East,1834, each volume 40 x 48 cm | *** |  |
| *** | WILSON, Hardy 'Old Colonial Architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania' [Sydney, 1924]. Hardcover. SIGNED Number 240 out of 1,000. Gilt lettering and decoration on front/ back cover and along spine. All plates and tissue guards present and intact. | *** |  |
| *** | Soderberg, R. Studies of the birds in north west Australia. Results of Dr. E. Mjoberg's expeditions to Australia, 1910-1913, [Part] XVIII. Stockholm, 1918. Quarto, pp. 116, with 5 plates (one coloured) and text illustrations including a map, contemporary… | *** |  |
| *** | Picturesque Atlas of Australasia' by Hon. Andrew Garran [Syd, Melb. Lon. 1886], three volumes, original half morocco with gilt lettering | *** |  |
| *** | HENDERSON, Alexander 'Henderson's Australian Families. A Genealogical and Biographical Record. Volume 1' [all published], 1st Edition [Melbourne, 1941]. 408 pp. with very many black and white illustrations (portraits, houses and family crests), orig. red… | *** |  |
| *** | Amundsen, Roald. The South Pole. An account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Frame, 1910-1912. London, 1912. Two volumes thick octavo, numerous maps and plates, original cloth (flag ornament on spine of the first volume flaked, as often). A… | *** |  |
| *** | ROBERTSON, E. Graeme & CRAIG, Edith N. 'Early Houses of Northern Tasmania - An Historical and Architectural Survey' [Georgian House, Melbourne, 1964] in 2 volumes. Limited edition [#198] signed by the authors and endorsed 'To Geoffrey Stilwell with many… | *** |  |
| *** | Five wooden bound Chinese illustrated books, early 20th century, one depicting farming, two with festivals, one preparing tea, one silk and one, the pages gold tipped, 21 x 15 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Mountford, Charles P. and Specht, R.L., editors. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Melbourne, [1956-64]. Four volumes quarto, plates (some coloured), maps, and numerous illustrations, original cloth, all but the… | *** |  |
| *** | MEREDITH, Louisa Anne [1812-1895] 'Some of my Bush Friends in Tasmania. Native flowers, berries and insects drawn from life, illustrated in verse and briefly described' [Day & Son, London, 1860]. Folio. Orig. tooled cloth with bevelled boards. Ornamented… | *** |  |
| *** | Campbell, W.D. Aboriginal carvings of Port Jackson and Broken Bay. Sydney, 1899. With, Etheridge, Robert. The cylindro-conical and cornute stone implements of western New South Wales and their significance [and] The warrigal, or dingo, introduced or… | *** |  |
| *** | Gould, John. Handbook to the birds of Australia. London, The Author, 1866. Two volumes octavo, original pictorially-gilt cloth (a little stained). | *** |  |
| *** | Howitt, A. W. The native tribes of south-east Australia. London, 1904. Thick octavo, with 9 folding maps, folding table and numerous ilustrations, original cloth (rubbed). Some foxing. With, Smyth, R. Brough, The Aborigines of Victoria, 1878, two volumes… | *** |  |
| *** | Lloyd's Registers, various years ranging from 1920s through to 1960s, 43 volumes | *** |  |