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83. Mundy godfey Charles. Our Antipodes, or
Residence and Rambles in the Australasian Colonies with a
Glimpse of the Gold Fields. Three Volumes, sepia plates, original
blue pictorial gilt cloth. Second edition revised. London 1853.
Bagnall. 3671 Fergusson. 12957
$150 – $250
84. Phillip Arthur. The Voyage of Governor Phillip
to Botany Bay. Quarto, frontispiece portrait, engraved title with
vignette, 6 folding charts and 47 plates, advertisement leaf at end,
contemporary calf, spine rebacked in nineteenth century calf, panelled
with gilt ornaments, some browning , otherwise clean, neat taped
repairs to reverse one plate. First edition, London, John Stockdale
1789. The title page is in the first state with the medallion
vignette including the name of the artist, Henry Webber.
Fergusson 47
$2000 – $3000
85. Rae H. Richardson. Pencillings by Land and Sea.
Small octavo, original cloth, covers worn, frontispiece. Mostly
Victorian, Queensland gold fields, amusing stories re Lansell
the “Quartz King”. Hokitika, Reid & Co 1887.
$100 – $300
86. Saunders & Otley. 1857, A Colonial Directory,
including Geelong And Melbourne in Victoria; Sydney in New
South Wales; Auckland, Nelson, Wellington, and Canterbury
in New Zealand. Octavo, cover title, 19 pages of advertisements
follow text. London, Warren Hall & Co Printers (1857)
$300 – $600
87. Suttor george. The Culture of the Grape-Vine and
Orange in Australia and New Zealand comprising instructions
for planting and cultivation …. Octavo, dark green cloth boards,
frontispiece, 24 pages of advertisements. London, Smith, Elder &
Co 1843. Fergusson 3731
$300 – $500
88. Tench Captain Watkin. A Complete Account of the
Settlement at Port Jackson in New South Wales. Quarto with
folding engraved map; contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked with
original spine cover, and inner hinges neatly reinforced, red label, a
nice clean copy. London, G. Nicol & J.Sewell 1793. Fergusson
171
$6000 – $10 000
89. Turnbull John. A Voyage round the World in the
years 1800….1804 in which the author visited Madeira, and
the Brazils, Cape of Good Hope, the English Settlements of
Botany Bay and Norfolk Island and the principal islands in the
Pacific Ocean. Second edition, with out the half title, rebound in
fine quality gilt panelled half calf, marbled boards, some foxing on
title page, quarto, a nice copy. London, A Maxwell, 1813. The first
work to describe New South Wales from a commercial point of
view. Important New Zealand references, Te Pahi on Norfolk
Island, George Bruce and the cutting off of the Boyd. Bagnall
5654, Fergusson 570
$1000 – $3000
15
90. Wills, William John. A Successful Exploration
through the Interior of Australia, from Melbourne to the Gulf
of Carpenteria. From the Journals and Letters of William John
Wills. Edited by His Father, William Wills. Octavo, original
green cloth, frontispiece, portrait, folding map, 32 p of adverts, some
light spotting, wear along front inner joint. London 1863. Note
on sub title “Dr Wills, the Explorer’s Father was my maternal
Grandmothers cousin, A.T Pycroft”. Fergusson 18622
$400 – $800
91. Wilson Edward. Rambles at the Antipodes: A Series
of Sketches of Moreton Bay, New Zealand, the Murray River
and South Australia and the Overland Route. Octavo, 2 maps,
tinted lithograph plates by the artist S.T. Gill, original gilt cloth.
London 1859. Hocken 197
$200 – $300
Solomon Islands
92–95
Beattie John Watt [1859-1930]. Beattie was the most prolific
Tasmanian photographer. Operating from Hobart, the Studio
continues to print historical photograhs. After 1900 Beattie
employed other photographers but did travel extensively himself
including to the South Pacific in 1906 when most of these images
were taken.
92. Beattie John Watt. Solomon Island views, 31 gelatin
silver prints, all approximately 20 x 15cms.
$1000 – $2000
93. Beattie, John Watt. Melanesian views comprising
reef islands [5], Banks Group [5], Torres Group [2],
Norfolk Island [4], New Hebrides [4], Interior of ‘Southern
Cross’ [missionary vessel] [2]. 22 gelatin silver prints, all
approximately 20 x 15cms.
$600 – $1200
94. Beattie, John Watt. Catalogue of a Series of
Photographs Illustrating the Scenery and the Peoples of the
Islands in the South and Western Pacific. 27p card covered