New Zealand. Scenic Playground of the Pacific
(Wellington), NZ Government ... 1933. More
Travel
Shell Motor Tours. [South Australia (cover subtitle)]
Adelaide, The Shell Company of Australia Ltd, [circa 1930s]. More
A New Slant on America. 'Un Oeil Neuf Sur L'Amerique'
Chicago, Rand McNally, 1931. Translation from the French by Margaret Gaffey Mel. With Drawings from the French Edition by D. Olere. More
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Travels in the South of Europe and Brazil, with a Voyage up the Amazon and the Xingu' [sic]. Translated by Sir Robert H. Schomburgk and John Francis Taylor
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
The Makers of British India
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
From the Middle Temple to the South Seas
London, John Murray, 1927. A 1930 Murray catalogue is loosely inserted. More
Tales of a Big Game Guide
Lyon, The Derrydale Press, 1992 (first thus). One of 2500 copies. More
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The National Geographic Magazine. Volume 53, January to June, 1928 [and] Volume 54, July to December 1928 [12 separate issues]
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
Madeira. Kanarische Inseln. Azoren. Westküste von Marokko. Handbuch für Reisende
Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1934. The first edition of a scarce Baedeker, and the only edition in German (one in English appeared in 1939). More
Great Steamers White and Gold. A History of Royal Mail Ships and Services
Southampton, Ensign Publications, 1993. More
Hidden Tribes of India
[London], Local Colour, [2001]. Text by Decland Quigley and Vinay Srivastava. More
Three Years in Tristan da Cunha
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
The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin, Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes 'Geographe' and 'Naturaliste'. Translated from the French by Christine Cornell
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1974. The first complete translation into English. More
The Observation of Savage Peoples
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
The 'Dreadnought' of the Darling
London, Alston Rivers Limited, 1911 [first edition]. 'In writing the articles which were afterwards republished in "On the Wool Track", the Author found that it was necessary to discard many of his most interesting memories of visits to the back country because they could not possibly be referred to the..... More
Nomads of Niger. Text by Marion Van Offelen
London, Harvill, 1991 [first thus]. More
Jungle Days
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
Karamojo Safari
Suffolk, Neville Spearman, 1984 (first edition thus)/ 1949. The Introduction by Negley Farson is unique to this edition. More
Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China; being the Journal of a Naturalist in those Countries, during 1832, 1833, and 1834
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
W.J. Dakin's classic study Australian Seashores. A guide to the temperate shores for the beach-lover, the naturalist, the shore-fisherman and the student. Fully revised and illustrated by .
North Ryde, Angus and Robertson, 1987 (fully revised, expanded, deluxe edition). More
Pearl Diver. Adventuring Over and Under Southern Seas
London, William Heinemann, 1930. Some Australian content. More
Toil, Travel and Discovery in British New Guinea. ['British New Guinea from the Protectorate to the Sovereignty, 1884-1888' is the spine title]
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1890. More
Tables for Azimuth, Great-Circle Sailing, and Reduction to the Meridian, with a new and improved 'Sumner' method .. also Other Useful Navigational Tables ..
Wellington, John Mackay, Government Printer, 1908 [third edition]/ 1905. Laid down on the front pastedown is a presentation label from the author. More
Capstan Bars. With eight woodcuts by Freda Bone
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