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True History of the Kelly Gang -
Peter Carey
2001 - Faber & Faber, London - First UK Edition
Signed first UK edition (true first was published in Australia 2000), without map.
Carey's second Booker Prize winning novel, cleverly written in the voice of Ned Kelly.
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2001 - Faber & Faber, London - First UK Edition
Signed first UK edition (true first was published in Australia 2000), without map. Carey's second Booker Prize winning novel, cleverly written in the voice of Ned Kelly.
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Through New Guinea and the Cannibal Countries -
H. Cayley-Webster
1898 - Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York - First American Edition [London edition published the same year]
An exciting account of the author's travels in New Guinea, Batavia, Java and the Solomon Islands, collecting insects and birds on behalf of Lord Walter Rothschild, as a Victorian explorer and hunter would, with little regard for his own health or safety!
Illustrated throughout with photographs, and maps to which are added tables and indices.
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1898 - Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York - First American Edition [London edition published the same year]
An exciting account of the author's travels in New Guinea, Batavia, Java and the Solomon Islands, collecting insects and birds on behalf of Lord Walter Rothschild, as a Victorian explorer and hunter would, with little regard for his own health or safety!Illustrated throughout with photographs, and maps to which are added tables and indices.
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The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World. -
Captain James Cook
1821 - Longman, London
A remarkable seven volume set of all of Cook’s three voyages. Illustrated with twenty five striking aquatint plates, including frontispieces in each volume, large folding map, and a table.
‘The famous accounts of Captain Cook’s three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge’. [Hill]
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1821 - Longman, London
A remarkable seven volume set of all of Cook’s three voyages. Illustrated with twenty five striking aquatint plates, including frontispieces in each volume, large folding map, and a table.‘The famous accounts of Captain Cook’s three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge’. [Hill]
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The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook, with "The Death of Captain Cook" Plate -
James, John, James Cook, Hawkesworth, King
1773London - Second Edition, First Edition, Second Edition
‘The famous accounts of Captain Cook’s three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge’. [Hill]
Together nine volumes. Overall, a near fine set.
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1773London - Second Edition, First Edition, Second Edition
‘The famous accounts of Captain Cook’s three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge’. [Hill]Together nine volumes. Overall, a near fine set.
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A Visit to the Indian Archipelago -
Henry Keppel
1853 - Richard Bentley, London - First Edition
A lovely clean two volumes in original publisher’s gilt decorated cloth bindings, illustrated by Oswald W. Brierley with eight tinted chromolithograph plates, and the scarce folding ‘Chart of the Indian Archipelago Shewing the Track of H.M. Ship Mæander’ in pocket of volume I.
‘Keppel returned to the China Station in 1847, and was appointed to convey Sir James Brooke to Labuan, an island off Borneo. At Brooke's suggestion, Labuan was ceded to Great Britain in 1846 by the Sultan of Brunei; it was made a crown colony, and Brooke was named governor. Keppel's book treats of the voyage to Labuan, incidents there, piracy in the South China Sea, and gives a description of Manila.’ - [Hill 920, Abbey Travel 550]
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1853 - Richard Bentley, London - First Edition
A lovely clean two volumes in original publisher’s gilt decorated cloth bindings, illustrated by Oswald W. Brierley with eight tinted chromolithograph plates, and the scarce folding ‘Chart of the Indian Archipelago Shewing the Track of H.M. Ship Mæander’ in pocket of volume I.‘Keppel returned to the China Station in 1847, and was appointed to convey Sir James Brooke to Labuan, an island off Borneo. At Brooke's suggestion, Labuan was ceded to Great Britain in 1846 by the Sultan of Brunei; it was made a crown colony, and Brooke was named governor. Keppel's book treats of the voyage to Labuan, incidents there, piracy in the South China Sea, and gives a description of Manila.’ - [Hill 920, Abbey Travel 550]
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Against The Grain -
Joan O’Hagan
1988 - Doubleday, New York - First US Edition
Alongside a uranium mining site in the Northern Territory of Australia a plot of arable land has been secretly planted with an experimental wheat. At once it is evident that complete secrecy has not been achieved, since the novel opens with a scene of violence - an attempted raid to seize some of these plants.
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1988 - Doubleday, New York - First US Edition
Alongside a uranium mining site in the Northern Territory of Australia a plot of arable land has been secretly planted with an experimental wheat. At once it is evident that complete secrecy has not been achieved, since the novel opens with a scene of violence - an attempted raid to seize some of these plants.
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John Ignatius Bleasdale: A Friend of Wine in New Worlds -
Thomas Pinney
2006 - The Book Club of California, San Francisco - One of 250 copies
The Reverand John Ignatius Bleasdale, D.D., although an unlikely figure in the history of California wine, was a large presence in it during the few years that he lived and worked in this state. He was a Catholic priest, teacher, administrator clubman, scientist, government agent, and—not least—an adviser to pioneer winemakers. The main subject of his account is his involvement in wine making. What needed to be done in regions new to winemaking? Where could winemakers find help? How could they hope to find any sort of market? These and other questions are the sort that Bleasdale sought to answer, first in Australia, where he became a leading authority, and afterwards in California. - Book Club of California
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2006 - The Book Club of California, San Francisco - One of 250 copies
The Reverand John Ignatius Bleasdale, D.D., although an unlikely figure in the history of California wine, was a large presence in it during the few years that he lived and worked in this state. He was a Catholic priest, teacher, administrator clubman, scientist, government agent, and—not least—an adviser to pioneer winemakers. The main subject of his account is his involvement in wine making. What needed to be done in regions new to winemaking? Where could winemakers find help? How could they hope to find any sort of market? These and other questions are the sort that Bleasdale sought to answer, first in Australia, where he became a leading authority, and afterwards in California. - Book Club of California
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A Vagabond's Odyssey - Being Further Reminiscences of a Wandering Sailor-Troubadour in Many Lands -
A. Safroni-Middleton
1916 - Grant Richards Ltd., London - First Edition
The lively, amusing and personal accounts of Safroni-Middleton’s travels through the pacific, mostly about New Zealand and Australia.
Illustrated with 16 black and white photographic plates.
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1916 - Grant Richards Ltd., London - First Edition
The lively, amusing and personal accounts of Safroni-Middleton’s travels through the pacific, mostly about New Zealand and Australia.Illustrated with 16 black and white photographic plates.
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