Wooden Walls to Distant Shores. A Maritime Concoction and the "Regina Maris" Saga
Oslo, The Author, [nd, 1980s]. With the bookplate of Grattan Wheaton [OAM], his ownership signature and date of purchase (2 March 1990). More
Oslo, The Author, [nd, 1980s]. With the bookplate of Grattan Wheaton [OAM], his ownership signature and date of purchase (2 March 1990). More
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1980. The overlanders who pedalled around and across Australia. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1980. More
Adelaide, Royal Geographical Society of South Australia, 1981. Deluxe edition. Number 16 of only 50 numbered copies signed by the editor, Kenneth Peake-Jones, and with a copy of the prospectus loosely inserted. More
Canberra, Roebuck Society, 1981. Number 29 in the Roebuck Series. More
London, The Folio Society, 1981 (first thus). Translated, and with an introduction, by J.M. Cohen. More
Hawthorndene, Investigator Press, 1981 ('third and edited edition')/ 1934. 'Account of author's exploits as a member of Harold Lasseter's gold prospecting expedition 1930-31 [with] reference to Aranda, Luritja, Eumos and Wongapitcha (Pitjantjatjara) people in text and photograph captions' (Trove). Foreword by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. More
Lane Cove, Doubleday, 1982 [facsimile edition]/ 1833. More
South Melbourne, The Macmillan Company of Australia, 1982. More
Lane Cove, Doubleday, 1982 [facsimile edition]/ 1833. More
Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1983. The first intended transcontinental expedition; Central Mount Sturt [Stuart], the geographical centre of Australia was climbed and named on 23 April 1860, but insurmountable problems caused the party to turn back two months later, near the Tennant Creek area. From the original manuscript; the first separate..... More
Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1983. With the ownership label of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM (1955-2022). The first intended transcontinental expedition; Central Mount Sturt [Stuart], the geographical centre of Australia was climbed and named on 23 April 1860, but insurmountable problems caused the party to turn back two..... More
Gladesville, Golden Press, 1983 (facsimile edition)/ 1888. More
Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 1984. More
London, Caliban, 1984. The first editions of these journals; both men accompanied Cook on the second voyage of the 'Resolution'. More
[Darwin], G.L. Duffield, Government Printer for the History Unit of the University Planning Authority, [1984] (augmented facsimile edition)/ 1882. The index by Elizabeth Estbergs is new to this edition. More
London, The Folio Society, 1984 (first thus). Introduction and epilogue by John Keay. More
London, Caliban Books, 1984. With the small ownership label of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM. An important work, being the first publication of Sturt's manuscript journal written for his wife Charlotte (approximately 100 pages); in addition, it contains a facsimile reprint of 'An Account of the Sea..... More
[Darwin], G.L. Duffield, Government Printer for the History Unit of the University Planning Authority, [1984] (augmented facsimile edition)/ 1882. The index by Elizabeth Estbergs is new to this edition. More
Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1985. One of only 210 numbered copies; reprinted from 'The Adelaide Observer', 3 February 1883. 'Mr Ernest Giles, the explorer, has furnished us with the following notes of his late trip west of the Peake and neighbouring regions, which, although essentially a private expedition, will be seen..... More
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1985. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1985. With the ownership details of Honor and Shirley Cameron Wilson. More
Adelaide, The Society, 1985. Number 19 of only 50 copies of this deluxe edition, signed in ink by the author on a presentation label. In addition, this copy is dated (16 May 1985) and signed by the author on the title-page. More
[Adelaide], Sullivan's Cove ('set and printed entirely by hand at the Nag's Head Press in Christchurch'), 1985. One of only 175 copies initialled by the publisher (James Dally). This is the first publication of these expeditions (from the original manuscripts in the Archives Office of Tasmania). They are 'To the..... More
London, The Royal Society, 1985. An offprint from 'The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Volume 311'. With the colour pictorial bookplate of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM (1955-2022). More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1986. Never before published, this short journal was written by Leichhardt after his overland expedition of 1844-45. More
Sydney, Collins (in association with the Royal Geographical Society), 1986. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1986. Never before published, this short journal was written by Leichhardt after his overland expedition of 1844-45. More
Guildford, Genesis/ Hedley Australia, 1986. More
Sydney, Doubleday, 1986. Loosely inserted is a printed acknowledgement slip from Project Blizzard (supporting the conservation of Sir Douglas Mawson's Huts). More
Sydney, Doubleday Australia, 1986 [facsimile paperback edition]/ 1889. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson Publishers, 1986 (first thus). A facsimile edition of a field diary kept by Harold Lasseter; it was originally 'purchased by Ion Idriess, who included a transcription in his book' on Lasseter, first published in 1931. The original is now in the Mitchell Library. More
Warrnambool, Mahogany Ship Committee/ Warrnambool Institute Press, 1987 (first edition). Sequel to the First Australian Symposium on The Mahogany Ship, which was also, confusingly, titled 'The Mahogany Ship: Relic or Legend?'. More
Canberra, Australian National University Press/ North Australia Research Unit, 1987. 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
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1987. The foreword is by O.H.K. Spate. More
Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1988 (second impression)/ 1984. More
The Rocks/ Sydney, International Cultural Corporation of Australia/ Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1988. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1988. More
Balcatta/ Carlisle, Kookynie/ Hesperian Press, 1989 (facsimile edition)/ 1897 [second edition]. More
Adelaide, South Australian Government Printer, 1989. More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1989 (facsimile edition)/ 1814. A superb production, limited to only 500 numbered sets (this is number 98). The storage box was designed with a matching two-door lid opening at the centre, and attached to the base with piano hinges. About a third of the edition was issued..... More
London, John Murray, 1990/ 1990. With the bookplate of Grattan Wheaton [OAM], and his inscribed date of purchase. A centennial biography, McLynn draws on new material from a wealth of untapped manuscript sources. More
Applecross, F.V. Bentley Hillman, 1990. 'A meticulous diarist, methodically reporting and commenting upon every event and every person in the young Colony. Births, deaths, marriages, fires, altercations, murders, sports, theatre, shipping and shipwrecks, parliament, building the first railway... founding of newspapers ... all are recorded along with critical appraisal on..... More
Sydney, Hordern House for the Australian National Maritime Museum, 1991 (augmented facsimile edition)/ 1795. Australian Maritime Series Number One. One of 675 copies of the standard edition; a deluxe edition of 75 numbered copies in full calf was also published. With a lengthy commentary (25 pages with illustrations) by Gavin..... More
London, The Folio Society, 1992 (first thus). More
London, Harvill/ Harper Collins, 1993. More
Bundaberg, Corkwood Press, 1993 (facsimile edition)/ 1891. Copy number 69 of only 220 numbered copies. More