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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… | *** |  |
| *** | Flinders, Matthew (1774-1814), A Voyage to Terra Australis, undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator and subsequently in the armed… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | First Large-Scale Map of the Australian Continent 'Hollandia Nova detecta 1644, Terre Australe decouverte l'an 1644' by Melchisedech Thevenot [Paris, 1644]. The very rare first issue in its first state: with the latitudes incorrectly numbered, without 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… | *** |  |
| *** | The Eureka Stockade Flag - A Fragment of Australian History, The Eureka Stockade, also known as the Eureka Rebellion, took place at the Eureka Diggings in Ballarat, Victoria, on the 3 December 1854. The rebellion was instigated by goldminers who were fed… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Dale, Lieutenant Robert. Descriptive account of the panoramic view of King George's Sound and the adjacent country. London, 1834. Small octavo, pp 20 with hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece 'Portrait of Yagan, King of the Swan River', after George… | *** |  |
| *** | 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,… | *** |  |
| *** | J. W. Lindt (1845-1926) & H.King (1855-1923) - An album of albumen photographs, An album containing 49 Lindt albumen photographs of Melbourne street scenes and buildings including several infrequently seen images (Little Collins St, William St, The… | *** |  |
| *** | Northern Territory: An album of 48 albumen photographs, circa 1880s, titled in pencil below the image, subjects include Abraham's Billabong, Ironstone Camp Birdum Creek, Daly Waters Telegraph Station, Typical Chinese Hut, N. T., Daly Waters Telegraph… | *** |  |
| *** | [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… | *** |  |
| *** | Fred Kruger (1831-1888), Victoria, An album containing 60 albumen photographs with subjects including: Yarra Street Wharf Corio Bay, Geelong, Victorian Aboriginals and War Implements, Victorian Aboriginals and Canoe, New Lighthouse and Quarters, Dromana,… | *** |  |
| *** | A rare oak wall mounted map holder, Australian, circa 1900 with ten retractable maps of the Australian States | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Centennial International Exhibition, 1888 - Presentation Album to Sir Henry Loch, 67 Photos, embossed on front cover: Presented to His Excellency Sir H. B. Loch, G. C. M. G., K. C. B. Governor of Victoria by the Executive Commissioners for the Centennial… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | John Pascoe Fawkner Important archive collection of documents, papers and notes relating to and in many cases written by John Pascoe Fawkner, including a fine collection of calling cards of Melbourne dignitaries, invitations addressed to Fawkner, family… | *** |  |
| *** | Charles Bristow Walker (1835-1901) Photographs of Melbourne & Suburbs, [c.1897]. Each photograph is titled in pencil. 30 photographic prints mounted in an album with gold lettered title on front cover. The British photographer Charles Bristow Walker… | *** |  |
| *** | 'A General Chart Exhibiting the Discoveries made by Captn James Cook in this and his two preceding Voyages; with the Tracks of the Ships under his Command by Lieut Heny Roberts of His Majesty's Royal Navy' [W. Palmer sculp. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell… | *** |  |
| *** | Journal of a voyage to NSW by John white 1788. Printed for J. Debrett, Piccadilly MDCCXC. White, John. Calf spine | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | John Noone (working 1858-1888), A folio of 15 albumen prints including views of Melbourne from the tower of 'Rostella', Fitzroy Gardens, the Government Printing Works, Williams Street and Little Lonsdale Street, The Observatory, The Post Office, Treasury… | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive album of photographs assembled for H.J.Younger in 1890. Titled 'Vol.1. Melbourne & the Surrounding Country' with 87 images of Melbourne, Fernshaw, Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat, Sandhurst, Aborigines and several of Malta. 87 photographs, a… | *** |  |
| *** | Views of Victoria and the Fijis, An album of 105 photographs including photographs Nicholas Caire, Fred Kruger, depicting scenes of Victoria, Geelong, Queenscliff, Bendigo, NSW, Blue Mountains, NZ, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, 14 x 20 cm each approx. | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | A colonial surveyor's map, 'Plan of the town of Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, from the actual survey by H. W. H. Smythe, 1855', 64 cm high, 78 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | 1910-11 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', Series F (Rays), almost complete set [59/60]. Mainly G/VG. [The rarest of the Sniders & Abrahams sets] | *** |  |
| *** | William Buckley, the Wild White Man, the Newsletter of Australasia' Number XIV - August 1857 (George Slater, Melbourne) with an engraved portrait of William Buckley by Frederick Grosse and a lengthy manuscript letter dated July 1857 and concerning the… | *** |  |
| *** | New Zealand and Australia, An album containing approx. 180 photographs in varying sizes, of particular note are five Maori portraits by Arthur James Iles [1870 - 1943], each 20 x 13.5 cm (approx.). Other New Zealand photographs include R.B. Graham, Muir &… | *** |  |
| *** | Batchelder and O'Neill photographers: Carte-de-VIsite photograph depicting William Landsborough and two Aboriginal trackers, Jemmy and Jack Fisherman. circa 1862. Landsborough led a search for Burke and Wills after their disappearance.10 x 6.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | The George Whitelaw archive, A fine illustrated diary with gold embossed title to spine, titled 'Sketches in Australia by George Whitelaw, 1857 - 1864' with parrakeet feathers affixed to pages in places and containing 24 charming and mostly detailed and… | *** |  |
| *** | Tasman, Abel Janszoon. Journal of his discovery of Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand in 1642. With documents relating to his exploration of Australia in 1644... To which are added, Life and labours of Abel Janzsoon Tasman, by J.E. Heeres. Amsterdam, 1898.… | *** |  |
| *** | Samuel Clifford (1827-1890), Tasmanian Scenes, An album of 48 photographs each with hand written inscriptions, 10.5 cm x 15 cm each approx | *** |  |
| *** | C. B. Walker, Melbourne and Suburbs: 60 albumen prints affixed to the pages of a dilapidated album, each titled in manuscript below the image. Subjects include hotels, town halls, schools, street scenes, churches, etc., circa 1880, Mainly 15 x 20 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | 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 map of St Kilda, Victoria, c. 1840, lithograph with watercolour highlight on paper backed on linen, 30 x 36.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Charles Henry Kerry (1857-1928), Charles Kerry Photographs of Norfolk Island and Fiji, 52 albumen prints circa 1890 affixed in later album, subjects include The Old Jail Kingston(e), Cricket Ground, Norfolk Island, Bloody Bridge, Norfolk Island, Cutting… | *** |  |
| *** | Album - Samoa, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand, 50 photographs by John Davis, C. Pulman, James Valentine and others. Various sizes. | *** |  |
| *** | Lifesavers Bondi, Max Dupain, signed and dated Max Dupain 1980 lower right 31 x 39 cm | *** |  |
| *** | G P Wright - 'Brisbane Illustrated' Brisbane Principal Buildings and Country Homestead, also Northern Territory. Albumen paper prints laid down on boards., 15 loose photos, each 20.5 x 26.5 cm average, The photographer George Parkinson Wright was active… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 'meat Queue', black and white photograph Max Dupain signed verso 37 x 50 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | John Pascoe Fawkner signed carte de visite with inscription verso and accompanying news clipping and envelope, | *** |  |
| *** | Shipping Archive: An important photo & lithographic archive housed in album compiled by 'E.B.Bell Hamilton Lodge 39 Farnham Street Flemington Victoria' of ships that plied Australian waters during the 19th & early 20th centuries. Many captioned with… | *** |  |
| *** | Van Diemiens land, map of the colony, 84 x 69 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine 1869-1895, uniformly bound (52) | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | Eureka Stockade: First hand account of the events leading up to the 1854 Eureka rebellion by Jon Dow, written on April 1st 1896. This document offers a fascinating insight into the daily events on the Ballarat goldfields from meeting with George Scobie,… | *** |  |
| *** | 1910-11 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', Series F (Rays), almost complete set [58/60]. G/VG. [The rarest of the Sniders & Abrahams sets] | *** |  |
| *** | Abraham Lincoln (1809-65, 16th President of the USA): signature on military Appointment of George A.Mursick to Assistant Surgeon of Volunteers (9th Oct.1863). Partially printed document on vellum with embossed Presidential seal, also signed by Edwin M… | *** |  |
| *** | 1902 Wills (Australia) 'Cricketer Series' (fancy frame), part set [19/32 - series is numbered to 25, although there are 7 variants known], includes two types of no.19 H.Trumble (not recorded in Skinner). Fair/G. | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Waratahs and the Moon, Max Dupain, signed and dated Max Dupain and dated 86 lower right 42 x 39 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 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,… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of six photographs depicting Aboriginal family groups and portraits, including images from Northern Australia, Murray River, Port Augusta and Inniminka, 19 x 15 cm (average size) | *** |  |
| *** | 1907 Wills (Australia) 'Prominent Australian & English Cricketers', with (1-50) set (50); Grey captions (51-73) (23); Red captions (66-73) (8). Mainly G/VG. (Total 81) | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | N.S.W. Conditional Pardon, dated 13th July 1847 (on vellum) for Thomas Fishlock, tried and convicted at Wiltshire Assizes in March 1832 (house breaking) and sentenced to transportation for life. The pardon is signed at Government House, Sydney, by the… | *** |  |
| *** | Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824, 5th Governor of Australia (NSW)), signature on 1821 Land Grant for 60 Acres in Van Diemen's Land, scarce original document. | *** |  |
| *** | First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle. The first printed accounts of the Expedition to and the Settlement at Sydney Cove, in issues of the London Chronicle newspaper issued in early 1789, March 26-28, 1789: A very lengthy article covering nearly… | *** |  |
| *** | Chart of Van Diemen's Land, From the Best Authorities, and From Actual Surveys and Measurements', by Thomas Scott (Edinburgh, 1824), (tear at base), impressive musk wood frame, 62 x 87 cm overall. (Tooley 1129). Provenance: Property originally of Thomas… | *** |  |
| *** | Thomas Foster Chuck (Circa 1826-1898) photographer: Blue bound album with 60 photographs of Regional Victoria, Government House and Botanical Gardens, Maryborough, Warrnambool, Queenscliff, etc. Annotated in pencil below each image. Mainly 14 x 19 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | John Paine (1834-1915), Large black leather-bound presentation album with gold embossed decorations. Contains a collection of Sydney and New South Wales images, circa 1890. 88 photographs, mostly titled in the image or in mss below, and mainly 14.5 x 20.5… | *** |  |
| *** | '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. | *** |  |
| *** | Australiana: interesting collection including rare real photographs, country towns, post offices, Tasmania, Korumburra, north Queensland etc. Well worth close inspection, over 450 cards | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Charles Henry Kerry (1857-1928), Charles Kerry Photographs of Tonga, Treasury Island, Fiji, Samoa, New Caledonia & Tokelau, 40 albumen prints circa 1890 affixed in later album, subjects include Nukulofa Tonga, Girl's School, Mua, Tonga, Mafinga, Tonga… | *** |  |
| *** | New South Wales, Absolute Pardon, 1847 signed by Governor Fitzroy to Alfred Toogood who was transported for the Luddite crime of machine breaking, 35 x 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | c1905 Valentines 'Association Series' postcard for West Melbourne. G/VG. Colourful and attractive. | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |