Captain Cook's Voyages, 1768-1779
London, The Folio Society, 1997 (first thus). Selected and introduced by Glyndwr Williams. More
London, The Folio Society, 1997 (first thus). Selected and introduced by Glyndwr Williams. More
Mona Vale, Lansdown Slattery, 1978 (facsimile edition)/ 1893. 'Cook's private log, the Endeavour's official log and private journals kept by several of the officers during those four months of Australian exploration'. More
London, Philip Allan & Co., Ltd., 1926. Foreword by Fridtjof Nansen. More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1905. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 27 of 1905; one of only 730 copies. McLaren 7723. The Murchison and Davenport Ranges in 1898 and 1899, and from the vicinity of Tennant Creek westward to within 30 miles of the Western Australian border and back by a circuitous..... More
Kalgoorlie, 'D. Falconer, Photo Artist', [between August 1894 and 1896]. The most readily-accessible, extensive (and accurate) information on Davidson is to be found in the lengthy introduction by Valmai Hankel to the new edition of 'Journal of Explorations in Central Australia ... 1898-1900'. The journal was first published as South..... More
North Melbourne, Cassell Australia, 1970. More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. 'John Davis was a member of the South Australian relief expedition, led by John McKinlay, to search for Burke and Wills. The expedition travelled to Cooper Creek and north almost to the Gulf of Carpentaria ... [They..... More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. 'John Davis was a member of the South Australian relief expedition, led by John McKinlay, to search for Burke and Wills. The expedition travelled to Cooper Creek and north almost to the Gulf of Carpentaria ... [They..... More
London, The Folio Society, 1981 (first thus). Translated, and with an introduction, by J.M. Cohen. More
London, Methuen & Co., 1898 (Colonial Edition). The lengthy introduction (21 pages) is by Henry Stanley. More
London, R.H. Porter, 1892. William Lucas Distant (1845-1922) was a British entomologist; this is an account of his first visit to southern Africa, 'a twelve months' business sojourn ... [when] he employed the whole of his leisure time in ... zoological recreation'. His later four-year expedition resulted in the publication..... More
Christchurch, Art Galleries and Museums' Association of New Zealand, 1969. More
Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1987. 'The first comprehensive translation into English of the official narratives of Dumont d'Urville's expeditions to the South Pacific and Antarctica'; not least, an account of his visit in April 1839 to Raffles Bay and the new settlement at Port Essington (33 pages). 'His description of..... More
South Melbourne, The Macmillan Company of Australia, 1982. More
London, Egypt-Exploration Society, 1980 to 1984. More
The Rocks/ Sydney, International Cultural Corporation of Australia/ Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1988. More
Adelaide, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, 1891. Offered with a copy of the 1991 facsimile edition (which also contains 'A Study of Incompatibles' by Kenneth Peake-Jones). [2 items]. More
North Adelaide, Corkwood Press, 1999 (facsimile edition)/ 1893; 2002 [first thus]; and 2003 [first thus]. Each of the three parts is limited to 400 numbered copies; the three were published at different times and the volumes offered here do not carry the same edition number. The two maps accompanying the..... More
North Adelaide, Corkwood Press, 1999 (facsimile edition)/ 1893. Number 31 of only 50 sets of this deluxe edition (in the total print-run of 400 sets). The publisher's Catalogue Number 3 (January 2000) is loosely inserted. [2 items]. More
North Adelaide, Corkwood Press, 1999 (facsimile edition)/ 1893. One of only 400 numbered sets. The map in the original edition is here in duplicate; the second copy is the geological map, overprinted in colour. Not previously reprinted (hence great value at the price). More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1893. The journal was originally published with two maps; they are basically identical, but one has added chromolithographic geological features, and a key. This second map is not offered here. McLaren 12614 (the dimensions for the maps are larger than those we have recorded here, because McLaren..... More
London, Caliban, 1984. The first editions of these journals; both men accompanied Cook on the second voyage of the 'Resolution'. More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1999 (facsimile edition)/ 1848. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 220; one of only 501 copies thus. The 14-page introduction by Valmai Hankel and Valerie Sitters is new to this edition; publisher's brochure is loosely inserted. More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1975 (facsimile edition)/ 1865 (second edition)/ 1864. Peade A198: one of only 904 copies. More
Bundaberg, Corkwood Press, 1995 (facsimile edition)/ 1897. Number 42 of only 300 sets. Winnecke was the leader of the expedition, and in 'the natural order of things these (journals and maps) should have been published in connection with the scientific and other records of the Horn Expedition, as both supplementary..... More