New Zealand. Scenic Playground of the Pacific
(Wellington), NZ Government ... 1933. More
(Wellington), NZ Government ... 1933. More
Adelaide, The Shell Company of Australia Ltd, [circa 1930s]. More
Adelaide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, 2005. More
Chicago, Rand McNally, 1931. Translation from the French by Margaret Gaffey Mel. With Drawings from the French Edition by D. Olere. More
London, David Bogue, 1849 [first edition in English]. Prince Adalbert (1811-1873) was a Prussian naval theorist and admiral; several journeys led him between 1826 and 1842 to the Netherlands, Britain, Russia, Turkey, Greece, and Brazil (Wikipedia). He spent the last four months on 1842 in Brazil. Alexander von Humboldt makes..... More
London, John Hogg, [1888, first edition]. Australian legal and medical provenance; gift inscription to Helen Mayo from 'Father and Mother, 1st October 1890', and further inscribed 'the scroll of History is the curtain that hides the future'; a later hand has added in pencil 'reveals' above 'hides'. Dr Helen Mayo..... More
Lyon, The Derrydale Press, 1992 (first thus). One of 2500 copies. More
Washington, National Geographic Society, 1928. These twelve issues contain a number of important lengthy articles by (or about) famous early aviators: Lindbergh (two), Cobham, de Pinedo, and Kingsford-Smith and Ulm. The main article in the December issue, 'Renascent Germany' (pages 639-717), makes very interesting reading. More
Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1934. The first edition of a scarce Baedeker, and the only edition in German (one in English appeared in 1939). More
Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1914. The list of Baedeker's Guide Books printed on the front endpaper lists no editions later than 1914. More
Southampton, Ensign Publications, 1993. More
[London], Local Colour, [2001]. Text by Decland Quigley and Vinay Srivastava. More
London, Skeffington and Son, 1910. With the ownership signature of local businessman Arnold Edwin Davey, and a small article on the subject tipped-in to an early blank. More
London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969/ (1800). 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 the..... More
London, Harvill, 1991 [first thus]. More
New York, Putnam, 1925 (fourth impression)/ 1925. With a contemporary presentation inscription on an early blank: 'Hedley R. Marston / With regards & best wishes / from T. Brailsford Robertson 1926'. To Dr Hedley Ralph Marston FRS from his mentor Professor Robertson - both men were eminent Australian biochemists in..... More
London, Chatto and Windus, 1920. More
London, Richard Bentley, 1834. Approximately 300 pages of the first volume are devoted to Bennett's journeyings in New South Wales in 1832-33. George Bennett (1804-1893), medical practitioner and naturalist, 'had first visited Australia in 1829. He did so again in 1832, arriving in spring and becoming immediately impressed by "the..... More
North Ryde, Angus and Robertson, 1987 (fully revised, expanded, deluxe edition). More
London, William Heinemann, 1930. Some Australian content. More
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1890. More
Wellington, John Mackay, Government Printer, 1908 [third edition]/ 1905. Laid down on the front pastedown is a presentation label from the author. More
Edinburgh, The Porpoise Press, 1931. With the printed presentation plate 'From Mr. J.H. Gosse ... With Compliments' to (typed) 'The Secretary, Shiplovers' Society'. Sir James Hay Gosse (1876-1952), businessman, was a 'bustling, forthright and active man, irascible and genial by turn, Gosse was much sought after for his zest and..... More
[No Place, No Publishers, presumably The Authors], 1997. More