London, Collins, [No date, circa early 1890s]. Tidy contemporary ownership details (Whinham College, South Australia). One of the Collins School Series. More
London, Thames and Hudson, [1970s] (facsimile edition)/ 1645 and 1654. Number 26 of only 500 copies; with an introduction by R.V. Tooley. 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
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, John Wallis, 24 December 1794. An attractive Georgian board game, with the winner being the first player to reach London. The letterpress gives rules for playing the game and details of the history and manufactures of the 117 towns mentioned. It is not necessarily accurate; for instance, Henry VI..... More
Zi-Ka-Wei [near Shanghai], Imprimerie de l'Orphinat de T'ou-Se-We, 1930 [second edition]/ 1929. Loosely inserted are three contemporary maps in French, neatly hand-drawn and hand-coloured in outline, of China, Indo-China and the French colonies in the Pacific, and a printed map in English, removed from another book, showing the coast and..... More
London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948 (first thus). 'This collection of maps is intended to serve as a supplement to the Colonial Office List. It may be possible in a later issue to revert to the practice of inserting the maps at appropriate places in the text itself, for easier..... More
Mona Vale, Lansdown Slattery & Company, 1980 (facsimile edition)/ 1893. The 'Historical Records of New South Wales' series comprised seven volumes of text (in eight books) and this atlas volume, originally published between 1892 and 1901. More
[Venice, Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti, circa 1701]. The plates for these gores were engraved in 1688 for Coronelli's large 110 cm (42 inch) globe. Engraved vignettes and text show speculative scenes from the unknown interior (including an elephant and numerous deer), drawing on the accounts of Marco Polo. The large..... More
![Item #136838 The North Wales Coast [cover title]. Darlington's handbooks, Ralph DARLINGTON](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/136838_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698119170)
Llangollen, Darlington & Co., [1903-04]. More
Adelaide, South Australian Department of Environment & Planning, 1989. More
Wayne, Avery Publishing Group, 1989. Not least, the atlas contains 135 pages of detailed colour maps. More
London, John Murray, 1933. More
London, J. and C. Walker, [circa 1850s]. The maps are lithographic reproductions of the county maps in John and Charles Walker's 'British Atlas' (Longman, Rees & Co., 1837), with the borders of the hunts delineated by a dashed line and hand-coloured, their names printed in blue, and places of meeting..... More
Potts Point, Hordern House, 2010. A lavish catalogue of 113 antiquarian items (principally books), issued by Hordern House Rare Books in celebration of their silver jubilee. The price list is loosely inserted. More
![Item #112434 Proposed New Hundred and Agricultural Area [in Portion of Kangaroo Island]. Kangaroo...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/112434_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1573024072)
Adelaide, W.C. Cox, Government Printer, 1870. The areas under discussion are near Kingscote. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 216 of 1870. More
Boston, Ancient Egypt Research Associates, Inc., 2007. More
Box Hill, The Author, 1992. The author spent more than 28 years with National Mapping, retiring in 1976 as Director Designate of the Division of National Mapping. 'The material for this book has come from a considerable number of sources [but] the principal source has been the Australian Archives in..... More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1906. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 57 of 1906; only 570 copies printed. Primarily a detailed map of a roughly rectangular region from Farina in the south, extending about 20 miles east of Farina, to about 20 miles north and west of Marree. More
Adelaide, W.C. Cox, Government Printer, 1862 (first edition). South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 12 of 1862. The earliest printing of McKinlay's journal of his Burke and Wills Relief Expedition, and a rarity. 'The South Australian House of Assembly chose John McKinlay to lead the South Australian relief expedition in August..... More
Bonn, Bernard & Graefe, 1991. Volume 5 in the Architectura Militaris series; essentially 'Graphical Representations of the Town and Fortress of Julich'. More
Canberra, Government Printer, 1928 and 1929. Commonwealth Parliamentary Papers Number 222 of 1926-27-28 (only 835 copies), and Number 15 of 1929 (Second Session) (only 840 copies). The Commission, empowered to function from the proclamation of the Northern Australia Act of 1926 on 1 February 1927 (resulting in the proclamation of..... More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1892. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 97 of 1892; only 650 copies printed. Thomas Playford (1837-1915) was Premier of South Australia when he 'visited India early in 1892 to investigate the suitability of coolie labour for limited-term employment in the Northern Territory, then part of South Australia..... More
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1976. The front free endpaper is inscribed ('With best regards on the first edition 12/4/77') and signed by the author. More
Adelaide, R.E.E. Rogers, Government Printer, 1912 [and] 1913. The ownership signature of Arthur Searcy (1913) is written in pencil on each title page. Arthur Searcy (1852-1935) was Controller of Harbors from July 1911 and Chairman of the Harbors Board Committee until his retirement at the age of 65 (information from..... More