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London, Scriptum, 1997 (third printing)/ 1997. More
London, Scriptum, 1997 (third printing)/ 1997. More
Ninety-one numbers (Volumes 23 and 24 were issued as one volume) plus the separately issued paper envelopes of maps for Volumes 18 and 19 (the second envelope is a little worn and stained); nine early numbers are bound as five volumes in publisher's half morocco, and Volume 4 is bound..... More
Adelaide, Rigby, 1971. 'Uranium hit the news in a big way in August 1970, when the huge deposit of uranium ore found by a woman prospector in the Northern Territory of Australia was valued at many milions of dollars.... The hope of making such a lucky strike was what kept..... More
1975. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Number **. More
The author was one of a small party of men, under Ralph Milner of Killalpaninna, which set out in December 1870 with 7000 sheep and about 300 horses, with the intention of claiming a South Australian Government reward for the first 1000 sheep or 100 head of cattle delivered from..... More
[Cincinnati, Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., circa 1856]. The first article deals with Sturt's journey along the Murray; the second one deals with Eyre, Mitchell and Leichhardt. More
[London, Printed for T. Woodward (and others), 1744]. The first dedicated English map of Australia, originally issued as part of the second edition of John Harris's 'Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels' (London, 1744-1748); 'Vol. 1, page 325' is printed in the top right-hand..... More
Babbage was 'engineer, scientist and explorer ... son of Charles Babbage, Cambridge professor of mathematics [and the first computer pioneer], and his wife Georgina, sister of W.W. Whitmore, a founder of South Australia.... In 1856 Babbage was sent north to search for gold as far as the Flinders Ranges. He..... More
Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1996 (second edition, revised and enlarged)/ 1988. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Malvern, The Banks Society, 2004 (first thus). More
London, Paul Holberton Publishing/ University of Washington Press/ NewSouth Publishing, 2016. The catalogue developed from a celebratory exhibition held in Lincoln in 2014. A related newspaper clipping is loosely inserted. More
Melbourne, The Colony Press, 1993. Number 101 of only 150 copies. Published to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the birth of Sir Joseph Banks; with 'many documents which are published for the first time, including correspondence of Arthur Phillip, William Bligh and Banks himself'. More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1878. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 209 of 1878. Barclay and his small party left Alice Springs on 31 January 1878; before turning back on 4 June, they had almost reached the Queensland border. Lack of food and water was the main problem, exacerbated on their return..... More
London, The Folio Society, 2001 (fifth impression)/ 1998 ('reprinted with a new binding')/ 1976 (first thus). Edited, and with an introduction, by Captain Stephen W. Roskill. More
Adelaide, RSSA, 1905. This issue also contains HEDLEY, C.: Report on the Mollusca collected by Mr H. Basedow on the South Australian Government North-West Expedition (5 pages plus a plate); and TEPPER, J.G.O.: Insects collected ... [on the same Expedition] by H. Basedow (9 pages). Herbert Basedow also contributes two..... More
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1918. Undertaken initially (in April-June 1916) to explore the mineralogical possibilities of the region; the end result is of considerable anthropological significance. To quote Dr Basedow: 'Realising the rare opportunity for conducting scientific research in a tract of practically unknown country, I resolved that, after the work entrusted..... More
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1918. Undertaken initially (in April-June 1916) to explore the mineralogical possibilities of the region; the end result is of considerable anthropological significance. To quote Dr Basedow: 'Realising the rare opportunity for conducting scientific research in a tract of practically unknown country, I resolved that, after the work entrusted..... More
Adelaide, J.L. Bonython & Co., Printers (for the Society), 1916. The Victoria, Fitzmaurice, Daly, Adelaide, McKinlay and Mary Rivers; among others. McLaren 5066 (this issue). More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1974 (first complete edition in English). Translated from the French by Christine Cornell, with a foreword by Jean-Paul Faivre. This is the first complete English translation of Baudin's personal journal during the 1800-1804 expedition to the Australian coast, and provides an alternative perspective to..... More
Paris, Imprimerie Nationale Éditions, 2000 (first thus). The text is in French; the introduction is by Jacqueline Bonnemains, with prefaces by Michel Rocard and Antoine Rufenacht. More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1965. A 'Thesis for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in History, at the University of Adelaide, 1964.' Provenance: Sir Archibald Grenfell Price: the front free endpaper is inscribed 'To Sir Grenfell, In grateful recollection of your unfailing kindness, Christine Cooper [nee Cornell]..... More
London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969 (first thus). Written in 1800 'to serve as guidance to some of the members of the Societe des Observateurs de l'Homme in an impending expedition to Australia (under the command of Captain Nicolas Baudin) ... Degerando's originality lies in his recognizing and stating that..... More
Carlton South, The Miegunyah Press, 1998. More
Adelaide, Rigby, 1970. More
London, Hakluyt Society, 2007. Hakluyt Society Series 3, Number 18. More