Columbus on Himself
London, The Folio Society, 1992 (first thus). More
London, The Folio Society, 1992 (first thus). More
London, The Folio Society, 1994 (first thus). With an Introduction by Gerald Norris. More
London, The Folio Society, 1984 (first thus). Introduction and epilogue by John Keay. More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press for The Hakluyt Society, 1959 [and] 1968. With the ownership signature of Sir Walter Crocker in each volume. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Volumes 112 and 132. Signed Crocker copy. More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1966 (facsimile edition)/ 1814. Peade A37: 2150 sets. [3 items]. More
Perth, Wm. Alfred Watson, Government Printer, 1902. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 46 of 1902; only 1200 copies were printed. The 'expedition was fitted out to explore the remaining unknown regions of Australia on similar lines to the Elder expedition'. Lawrence Allen Wells, third in command on the ill-fated Elder..... More
Sydney, Doubleday, 1986. Loosely inserted is a printed acknowledgement slip from Project Blizzard (supporting the conservation of Sir Douglas Mawson's Huts). More
Ipoh, Perak Academy, 2004. An exposé of the pseudohistorical claims in Gavin Menzies's book '1421: The Year China Discovered the World' (2002). More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1866. South Australian Parliamentary Papers Number 79 and 80 of 1866. The first one, by Frederick Howard, gives a summary account of activities from 28 December 1865 to 26 August 1866. It contains numerous references to the McKinlay expedition; the 'Beatrice' was its support vessel. Most of..... 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
When compared with all other examples of portrait photographs of either explorer in the public domain, this matching pair - delicately hand-coloured and skilfully vignetted to the head and shoulders - has little if any competition. And significantly, they are fresh to the market ... However, when it came to..... More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1998 [facsimile edition]/ 1914. With the ink ownership details of Dr Barbara Hardy, AO. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 216; one of 501 copies thus (of a total edition of only 600). As the original edition was published in a small format..... More
Bundaberg, Corkwood Press, 1995 (second facsimile edition)/ 1875. This new cheaper reprint (of 2000 copies) should ease the demand not fully catered for by the deluxe edition of only 200 copies several years ago. More
Canberra, NLA Publishing, 2015. More
Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1979. Giles' third expedition, to the west of South Australia. Number 485 of 500 numbered copies initialled by the publisher. Reset from the first (and only other) edition of 1880, with minor corrections plus 'the accounts of the expedition, brief though they are, recorded by his companions..... More
Carlisle, Hesperian Press, 1993 [facsimile edition]/ 1902. More
Chatswood, Reed Books, 1995. Inscribed and signed in ink by the author, and with the ink ownership signature and details of the recipient, Dr Barbara Hardy AO. More
Chatswood, Reed Books, 1995. 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
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
Melbourne, John Ferres, Government Printer, 1862. Victorian Parliamentary Paper Number 109 of 1861-2. The expedition was "for the purpose of rendering relief, if possible, to the missing explorers under the command of Mr Burke; and directing the movements of the two land parties organized and despatched on the same mission..... More
Canberra, Roebuck Society, 1981. Number 29 in the Roebuck Series. 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
[Perth, Western Australian Department of Lands & Surveys], 1955. The head of the title page is signed in ink by the author, the leader of this North Kimberley Survey and Mapping Expedition, 1954. The report has some interesting Aboriginal content. Not in McLaren; not in Greenway. More