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<strong>Voyager</strong> <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>Books</strong> <strong>Maps</strong> & <strong>Prints</strong><br />

<strong>Christmas</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

Tek Sing Treasure and Imaginary voyages and real ones by brave<br />

adventurers. Pixie O’Harris at her most delightful and the odd fish. The<br />

Water Babies with their Darwinian themes. See the light through a<br />

John Browning spectroscope and experience the chill of Peary in<br />

Greenland and a Villain from Brisbane<br />

• Museum Quality 19th Century Mineral Field Testing Kit<br />

• Peary out and about in Greenland — 2 Volumes<br />

• Pixie O’Harris Rarity - Princess of China<br />

• Frederick Carter knew D.H. Lawrence<br />

• Water Babies — Illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith –1920’s<br />

• Gold Refining in Australia by Donald Clark — 1909<br />

• Imaginary Voyages and that man Traprock<br />

• Ian Keen Thesis — One Ceremony One Song — concerning the Yolnu of Arnhem Land<br />

• Tasmanian Industrial History — Railways, Tramways and Coal Mines<br />

• Elements of Medical Logick from the Royal Library Windsor<br />

• Agatha Christie all of it 72 Novels.<br />

• Mrs Beeton the one with the kangaroo, wallaby and parrot pie<br />

v o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m<br />

<strong>Voyager</strong> <strong>Christmas</strong> Catalogue


<strong>Voyager</strong> <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>Books</strong> <strong>Maps</strong> & <strong>Prints</strong><br />

<strong>Voyager</strong> is a different sort of bookshop … we are forever changing, adding the more<br />

curious to the curious, and selecting prize items for our collection. We don’t measure our<br />

stock by numbers of items but by variety and quality.<br />

It has been a pleasure producing this Catalogue. And we hope you enjoy reading it and<br />

that it gives you a sense of what we are about … Sometimes our selections are a bit<br />

cheeky … but we hope that makes it more enjoyable.<br />

if you have an order then thank you and we will attend to it with care .<br />

Items are available on a first come first served basis. We take orders by telephone, email<br />

and through our website. When ordering quote page number and title of item.<br />

Postage and packing will be charged at cost and care is taken to get the best rate<br />

available. All items are packed to a high standard and will arrive safely.<br />

We accept Visa, Mastercard and direct deposits to our account. And issue PayPal invoices.<br />

Items are sold complete and in good condition. Anything found to be not as expected may<br />

be returned within seven days of receipt for full refund.<br />

We are now exclusively Online and Occasional Catalogue on Yumpu.<br />

Enquiries info@voyagerhobart.com or ring <strong>Voyager</strong> Bill 0411 875 508<br />

Website www.voyagerhobart.com<br />

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Here’s a Villain<br />

[Concerning Brisbane Boys Grammar]<br />

George Carson Cooling - Master<br />

First Edition Scarce 1949<br />

<strong>Rare</strong> book published Watson and Ferguson,<br />

Brisbane in 1949. George Cooling was a<br />

pupil and later Master at the illustrious<br />

Brisbane Boys Grammar. Written with a<br />

hint of Wodehouse; he certainly qualifies as<br />

a “Villain”… with his frank expose of goings<br />

on … often tongue planted firmly in cheek.<br />

The story of the teaching of sex education<br />

and the parents attempts with the birds<br />

and the bees is very funny … young boy at<br />

Church wedding of his elder sister shouts<br />

out to his mother … “When is he going to<br />

give her his pollen?” .. priceless.<br />

Octavo, 254 pages, a trifle cocked as with<br />

all old W & F books, very clean and with a<br />

very good dust jacket.<br />

The art on the dust jacket is really super<br />

and makes the book. For those that know<br />

the history of Pink Floyd, think of the<br />

Cartoon images drawn by the great Gerald<br />

Scarfe to accompany “One More Brick in<br />

the Wall” … was this the inspiration? Doubt<br />

it, but what a coincidence. “Hey Teacher<br />

Leave us Kids Alone”.<br />

Price $60.00<br />

Essential Grammar related book … but any<br />

Brisbanite will love and cherish it.


3<br />

Tek Sing Shipwreck Treasure – 1822<br />

Qing Dynasty decorated bowl recovered by Mike Hatcher from the<br />

Tek Sing shipwreck. A special ex<strong>amp</strong>le.<br />

Unusual more extensive decoration with a central spray of reeds emanating from<br />

rockwork, peony flowers to the left and a very nice bamboo image to the right.<br />

Three small floral designs under rim and two character marks to centre. Blue circle<br />

around foot and likely under rim. Larger ex<strong>amp</strong>le bowl for Tek Sing, 15 cm in<br />

diameter 3.0 cm high, with a good foot. Retains Nagel auction and catalogue<br />

stickers underneath for provenance.<br />

Price $220.00<br />

A Tek Sing special - Nice strong and uncommon decoration.<br />

________________________<br />

The Tek Sing Shipwreck – Background<br />

The Tek Sing (Chinese for “Bright Star”’) was a large Chinese Junk which sank in<br />

1822 in the South China Sea at the Belvidere Shoals. She was 50 meters long, 10<br />

metres wide and weighed a thousand tons. Manned by a crew of 200. The great loss<br />

of life has led to the Tek Sing being referred to as the “Titanic of the East”.<br />

Sailing from the port of Amoy (now Xiamen), the Tek Sing was bound for Jakarta,<br />

with a cargo of porcelain goods and 1,600 Chinese immigrants. After a month of<br />

sailing, Captain Lo Tauko took a shortcut through the Gaspar Straits and ran<br />

aground on a reef and sank in 100 feet of water.<br />

The next morning and English East Indiaman captained by James Pearl sailing from<br />

Indonesia to Borneo passed through the Gaspar Straits. He found debris from the<br />

sunken Chinese vessel and survivors. They managed to rescue 190 people.<br />

In 1999, marine salvor Mike Hatcher discovered the wreck. His crew raised what<br />

has been described as the largest cache of Chinese porcelain ever recovered. It<br />

was auctioned by Nagle in Stuttgart, Germany the following year<br />

V o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m


The Water Babies – Charles Kingsley – 1920’s<br />

illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith.<br />

The Water Babies was first published in 1863 in the<br />

midst of the Darwin’s developing theories on<br />

evolution .. more about that later.<br />

Water Babies has been re-issued numerous times,<br />

none more beautifully illustrated than this book.<br />

Published by Boots the Chemist (perhaps their best<br />

work during their foray into the book world).<br />

Quarto, ix, 240 pages with 12 super coloured plates,<br />

tipped in. Original green decorative cloth covered<br />

binding. A few spots as usual, none on the plates, a<br />

very attractive copy of a desirable Water Babies.<br />

For those not in the know, a complex book, partly a<br />

satire supporting Darwin’s theory of evolution as<br />

commenced in “On The Origin Species”. The text<br />

briefly refers to Darwin, Huxley, Murchison and<br />

Owen. Huxley’s grandchild wrote after reading the<br />

book … “Dear Grandpater (they were posh) – Have<br />

you seen a Water baby? Did you put it in a bottle?<br />

Did it wonder if it could get out? Could I see it some<br />

day? – Your loving Julian” … Julian went on to be<br />

one smart chap also and wrote a great biography on<br />

Grandpater. Enough of that back to the book.<br />

As well as the whole evolution theme there are also<br />

pointers to Victorian issues … the gulf between the<br />

Have and the Have Nots. Protagonist Tom is a young<br />

chimney sweep not the son of an aristocrat. Later<br />

explorer Paul Du Chaillu shoots a gorilla who had<br />

reverse evolved from a human … the gorilla wanted<br />

to say ‘Am I not a man and a brother” .. further<br />

references to slavery etc. So all up quite a thought<br />

provoking tale and still with modern day lessons …<br />

just need to think a bit.<br />

Price $220.00<br />

Water Babies a very special book and special<br />

beautifully illustrated edition<br />

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5<br />

Princess of China – Pixie O’Harris<br />

Extremely rare little book by Pixie O’Harris published by Currawong Press<br />

undated but believed 1946. Reference bibliography Muir 5509.<br />

Landscape soft cover illustrated wrappers, 48 pages with eight line drawings<br />

typical of Pixie O’Harris. Some signs of age and two of the illustrations have<br />

received between the lines colour from some happy previous owner.<br />

Generally a very good copy.<br />

Price $185.00<br />

Collectable Pixie O’Harris.<br />

<strong>Voyager</strong> = Thoughtful Gift


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D.H. Lawrence and the Body Mystical<br />

Frederick Carter – First Edition 1932<br />

Unusual book on aspects of Lawrence’s thinking<br />

and a fine production, printed in “Private Press<br />

Style” published by Denis Archer, London.<br />

Largish octavo format, 63 pages with extra<br />

blanks. Frontispiece of D.H. Lawrence by the<br />

author who was a skilled etcher. Printed on<br />

sumptuous Japan Vellum. Bound quarter black<br />

cloth over lightly marbled paper covered boards.<br />

Design, partly in gilt to front with titles, gilt titles<br />

to spine. A little rubbed at the corners and a<br />

slight stain to one of the rear blanks otherwise a<br />

very good copy.<br />

Frederick Carter (1885-1967) knew D.H.<br />

Lawrence very well … Lawrence would stay with<br />

Carter at his house in Shropshire. There they<br />

would share and develop their views on<br />

humanity. It was a time in Lawrence’s life that<br />

he was concerned with his health and the English<br />

cold and d<strong>amp</strong>. He craved warmer climes. One of<br />

his favourite if not most favourite places was<br />

Mexico where he saw something unusual and<br />

special in the people.<br />

Price $90.00<br />

Fine and worthwhile book on D.H. Lawrence<br />

by a man who knew him well.<br />

Pharais and the Mountain Lovers<br />

Fiona Macleod (William Sharp)<br />

William Sharp (1855-1905) edited poems for Walter<br />

Scott, Swinbourne and Arnold … he wrote the best<br />

biography of Rossetti. As a novelist he had moderate<br />

success under his own name but under his secretive<br />

nom de plume Fiona Macleod was highly respected.<br />

After his death his wife assembled the “Fiona<br />

Macleod” works resulting in this edition.<br />

Published by Heinemann in 1924, octavo, 401 pages<br />

Mountain Lovers the longer of the two. Bound in<br />

blue/green cloth covered boards with Celtic design<br />

to front. The boards have nibbles, whilst the rare<br />

dust jacket with matching design is in perfect<br />

condition. Overall an attractive copy.<br />

Pharais “A Romance of the Isles” … a flows in a<br />

mysterious, glamorous manner in true Celtic<br />

fashion .. the charm and terror of a night of tragic<br />

significance. The Mountain Lovers in a similar vein.<br />

Sharp was protective of Fiona Macleod … whenever<br />

a manuscript note was required in her hand he had<br />

it written by his sister … he kept it up but a few<br />

worked it out … that in itself is a good story.<br />

Price $35.00<br />

Beautiful, strong Celtic infused narrative by<br />

Fiona Macleod .. well Sharp really


7<br />

One Ceremony One Song.<br />

An Economy of Religious Knowledge Among Yolnu<br />

of North-East Arnhem Land. A PhD Thesis –<br />

Australia National University – 1978 – Ian Keen<br />

Original thesis by Ian Keen to for his PhD from ANU<br />

in 1978. Keen a respected anthropologist holding<br />

positions at Queensland University, ANU, spending<br />

time at Oxford, visiting Professor at Osaka etc.<br />

Bound in blue cloth covered boards, gilt titles to<br />

front and spine. Typed one side 412 pages with 19<br />

pages of plates from authors photographs; 72<br />

Figures in text; 45 information tables and 4 maps.<br />

The English born author was late to the academic<br />

world having first worked as an art restorer before<br />

doing an undergraduate degree at the University of<br />

London under Mary Douglas in his mid thirties. He<br />

did well and soon won a scholarship to work on<br />

Aboriginal religion through song symbolism in<br />

Arnhem Land, Northern Australia. This thesis<br />

demonstrates the depth of his research and<br />

provides a meticulous record of his findings.<br />

He commenced his work on the island of Milingimbi<br />

in 1974 and worked there for fourteen months<br />

before completing a further 10 months on the<br />

mainland at Nanggalala. It’s is not surprising that<br />

“’writing up” took him some time.<br />

His “Abstract” explains his examination of the<br />

relationship between the organisation, ownership<br />

and content of religious practice and knowledge,<br />

marriage and power relations in Yolnu society. He<br />

argues that older men require the authority gained<br />

through their control of secret ceremonies and<br />

religious knowledge, in order to sustain a<br />

polygynous regime. Making possible a system of<br />

marriage through which some men gain many<br />

wives. Keen’s description of the various<br />

ceremonies is highly detailed … we doubt if any<br />

broadly published material covers such depth.<br />

Price $280.00<br />

A special reference relating to the<br />

Yolnu of Northern Australia.<br />

V o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m


Northward over the "Great Ice".<br />

A Narrative of Life and Work Along the Shores and upon the Interior ice-Cap of<br />

Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897. In Two Volumes.<br />

Robert E Peary. First Edition 1898.<br />

Even longer title continues …With a Description of the Little Tribe of Smith-Sound<br />

Eskimos, the Most Northerly Human Beings in the World, and an Account of the<br />

Discovery and Bringing Home of the "Saviksue," or Great Cape-York Meteorites, with<br />

maps, diagrams and about eight hundred illustrations.<br />

American Polar hero Peary in the North of Greenland. Peary would claim the North<br />

Pole in 1909 contested by Frederick Cook. Over time Peary given the recognition but<br />

in recent years, on further analysis, the barometer is swinging back to Cook.<br />

Peary was sponsored by the US Navy and eventually given the rank of Commander. He<br />

went North many times and this account of two of those adventures, is enthralling.<br />

Well written and nicely summarised in the lengthy title.<br />

Published by Frederick Stokes, New York in 1898. Two quarto volumes printed on<br />

heavy paper stock, lxxx, 521 pages and xiv, 625 pages. Many illustrations as advertised<br />

one large folding image from a photograph, numerous maps — one large folding. Bound<br />

in original blue cloth with decoration to front, spines rather faded as often with this<br />

set, binding holding firm, a pretty good ex<strong>amp</strong>le.<br />

An expansive work containing much information about the natives of Northern<br />

Greenland and an expedition to McCormick Bay which confirmed that Greenland was<br />

an island. Peary would learn much about Inuit survival that he would take forward to<br />

his later expeditions. He also took an Inuit mistress who he would later return to<br />

Greenland in 1909. There is also much about the Cape-York meteorite an absolute<br />

monster at over 34 tonnes. Local Inuit had been using shards of the meteorite to make<br />

tools and weapons so who knows how big it was originally.<br />

Price $290.00<br />

Robert Peary substantial work of Arctic Exploration and<br />

Ethnology in Northern Greenland<br />

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9<br />

George Bass Discovery of the Bass Strait<br />

Commemorative Medal - 1968<br />

George Bass, Surgeon an Explorer carried out two voyages<br />

to confirm the Bass Strait and the separation of Tasmania<br />

(then Van Diemen’s Land) from mainland Australia –<br />

known affectionately in Tasmania as “The Other Island”.<br />

In 1797 he set off in an open whaleboat with a crew of<br />

six. They sailed to Cape Howe, the farthest point of South<br />

-east Australia and, from there west along the Gippsland<br />

coast to Western Point, at the entrance to Port Phillip.<br />

Observations of the rapid tide and south-western swell<br />

supported his view that a large Strait lay before him.<br />

In 1798 he set out again, with Matthew Flinders in the<br />

sloop Norfolk and circumnavigated Van Diemen’s Land.<br />

They visited the Derwent River which had previously<br />

been named by Captain John Hayes. On return to Sydney,<br />

Flinders promoted the naming of the Strait after Bass …<br />

the then Governor, John Hunter agreed.<br />

Bass’s later life was adventurous and … likely …tragic,<br />

making the date of his death on the medal questionable.<br />

The medal was struck in 1968. It was produced by K.G.<br />

Luke & Sons, Melbourne for the Numismatic Association of<br />

Victoria. 160 ex<strong>amp</strong>le were produced in this bronze form.<br />

50mm in diameter with a high relief bust of Bass facing<br />

right, carrying his spyglass. On the reverse a delightful<br />

image of the whaleboat, the sloop Norfolk an the chart<br />

and route of the vessels, appropriately dated.<br />

Price $120.00<br />

Celebrating the achievements of George Bass<br />

Hornblower and the Hotspur – C.S. Forester<br />

First edition published by Michael Joseph, London in<br />

1962. Octavo, 266 pages, blue cloth covered boards,<br />

very good dust jacket, top page edges quite aged.<br />

The tenth volume in the Hornblower series and we<br />

make it third in chronological order. The last finished<br />

Hornblower novel. “Crisis” being incomplete at<br />

C.S. Forester’s death.<br />

Set in 1803 with war with France imminent<br />

Hornblower is promoted to Commander and given<br />

the Sloop HMS Hotspur. Sent to enforce the blockade<br />

at Brest … does his usual super job not without<br />

difficulty and danger. Cornwallis considers him for<br />

promotion to Post-Captain … a position achieved<br />

when he executes his plan to deliver false documents<br />

to the French … it all had a bearing on “Trafalgar”.<br />

Price $50.00<br />

Hornblower’s career develops — bravery and cunning<br />

V o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m


10<br />

Agatha Christie – Complete Collected Edition<br />

by Hamlyn – 24 Volumes – 72 Novels.<br />

Published by Hamlyn, London various dates as issued in the<br />

1960’s and 1970’s. Uniform octavo, over 12,000 pages.<br />

Nicely bound in decorated black cloth covered boards with<br />

gilt adornment and titles, super headbands, all top edges<br />

stained red as required. Each covered in the original<br />

“Crime Themed” dust jackets of the period. Good condition,<br />

a tiny bit of age to a few, clean as a whistle internally.<br />

To be read over a lifetime … maybe twice. Comprising …<br />

4:50 From Paddington; Lord Edgware Dies;<br />

Murder in Mesopotamia;<br />

Sparkling Cyanide; The Secret of Chimney;<br />

Five Little Pigs;<br />

A Caribbean Mystery; Taken at the Flood;<br />

The Seven Dials Mystery;<br />

Evil Under the Sun; Death Comes as the End;<br />

The Sittaford Mystery;<br />

Ordeal by Innocence; One, Two, Buckle my Shoe;<br />

The Adventure of the <strong>Christmas</strong> Pudding;<br />

Partners in Crime; At Bertram s Hotel;<br />

The Hound of Death;<br />

Murder of Roger Ackroyd; They Do It With Mirrors;<br />

Mrs. McGinty s Dead;<br />

The Clocks; Third Girl; Murder in the Mews;<br />

Halloween Party; Passenger to Frankfurt;<br />

The Thirteen Problems;<br />

The Hollow; The Moving Finger; Three Act Tragedy;<br />

The Mysterious Affair at Styles; Ten Little Niggers;<br />

Dumb Witness;<br />

Appointment with Death; Crooked House;<br />

Sad Cypress;<br />

The Pale Horse; The Big Four; The Secret Adversary;<br />

Cat Among the Pigeons; The Labours of Hercules;<br />

Hickory Dickory Dock;<br />

Nemesis; Parker Pyne Investigates;<br />

Poirot Investigates;<br />

Death on the Nile; Towards Zero; After the Funeral;<br />

By the Pricking of My Thumbs; Mysterious Mr. Quin;<br />

Endless Night;<br />

Peril at End House; The Body in the Library;<br />

Hercule Poirot’s <strong>Christmas</strong>;<br />

Murder is Easy; Dead Man s Folly;<br />

The Man in the Brown Suit;<br />

Mirror Crack d from Side to Side; They Came to<br />

Baghdad; The ABC Murders;<br />

Murder on the Orient Express; Death in the Clouds;<br />

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?;<br />

The Mystery of the Blue Train; The Listerdale Mystery;<br />

The Murder at the Vicarage;<br />

The Murder on the Links; A Pocket Full of Rye;<br />

Destination Unknown;<br />

Cards on the Table; N or M; A Murder is Announced.<br />

Weight packed is approaching 20 kgs so we will have to<br />

quote postage to any buyers location. We always pack well<br />

and are conscious of mailing costs.<br />

Price $690.00<br />

Agatha Christie simply the best Complete Set.


V o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m<br />

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12<br />

In the Great White Land<br />

Gordan Stables<br />

Adventure book in the Antarctic for the young<br />

and young at heart. Published by Blackie<br />

London but really Glasgow in the early 1930’s.<br />

Octavo, 288 pages thick spongy paper and<br />

despite the spongey quite clean with some<br />

marks to the extreme per edge. Coloured<br />

frontispiece and three full page illustrations.<br />

Prize label on front endpapers. <strong>Rare</strong> in the<br />

illustrated dust jacket.<br />

Three stories. The first “Far Away in the<br />

Frozen North” an Arctic adventure on the good<br />

barque Walrus and the oft frozen Captain<br />

Mayne Brace (great pun). Story two “Under the<br />

Southern Cross” requires no clue as to the<br />

general location with many icy encounters.<br />

Finally “On the Great Antarctic Continent” and<br />

the beauty and marvel of the Ice-Cave.<br />

The sledging journey across the tableland and<br />

the dash for the pole takes its lead from the<br />

great Heroic Era accounts.<br />

Price $80.00<br />

Young at heart adventure<br />

with a nod to Polar reality.<br />

Macquarie Island – J.S. Cumpston<br />

We have been after this book for a long<br />

time. Published by the Antarctic Division<br />

in 1968 effectively Publication No 93 in<br />

the ANARE series of Scientific Reports.<br />

Small quarto, 380 pages, packed with<br />

content, illustrations, charts etc, end<br />

paper maps. Very good if not better copy.<br />

The author Cumpston helped Bayliss<br />

prepare the then most reliable map of the<br />

Antarctic in the 1930’s. He was an<br />

intelligent officer with the Allied<br />

Geographical Section during WWII.<br />

Starts with the discovery of the island and<br />

its first exploitation. Details of Joseph<br />

Underwood and then the “Hobart Town<br />

Gangs”. Caroline Cove and John McQueen<br />

and the Southland Sealers. Cormack, Elder<br />

and Co and Joseph Hatch. The vessel the<br />

Janet Ramsey and the loss of the Kakanui.<br />

The beginning of Antarctic interest;<br />

Joseph Burton and vessels Jessie Niccol<br />

and Clyde. The first truly Australasian<br />

Expeditions 1911-1914. In between then<br />

and BANZAR 1929-1931 the Southern Isles<br />

Exploitation Co Ltd – what a name!<br />

Price $120.00<br />

Macquarie Island – a busy history for so far


13<br />

Not Proven – Bruce Graeme<br />

First Edition 1935<br />

Scarce crime novel from 1935 published by<br />

Hutchinson, London.<br />

From the Superintendent Stevens and Inspector<br />

Pierre Allain series .. and following on from his<br />

novel of earlier in 1935 … Satan’s Mistress.<br />

Octavo, 286 pages and one page catalogue. Red<br />

cloth covered boards with black designs and<br />

titling to front and spine, a pretty good dust<br />

jacket. A very good copy of a near impossible to<br />

get first edition.<br />

Bruce Graeme was a nom de plume of Graham<br />

Montague Jeffries (1900-1982).<br />

Price $50.00<br />

<strong>Rare</strong> crime first edition 1935.<br />

Without Malice<br />

Bruce Graeme – First Edition 1946.<br />

A seriously spooky crime story from Bruce Graeme …<br />

much loved crime author. Wrote his first work in 1926 and<br />

his last in 1980 two years before his death.<br />

Published by Hutchinson, London in 1946. Octavo,<br />

164 pages tightly printed book (war rule to preserve paper)<br />

Detective Sergeant Marsh has a rather unusual murder to<br />

solve and the murderer could not be more unusual.<br />

Price $35.00<br />

Without Malice – well maybe!<br />

The Chiffon Scarf – Mignon Eberhart –1940<br />

Published by The Sun Dial Press, New York. Octavo, 301<br />

pages, some dust jacket chips otherwise a really good<br />

copy of a hard to come by period mystery.<br />

More murders than Midsummer. Triangular love affair<br />

complicates a situation rife with horror! A test flight to<br />

check the performance of a new engine leaves two dead.<br />

Many weapons — but what about “The Chiffon Scarf”?<br />

Nebraska born Mignon Eberhardt (1899-1996) was<br />

probably America’s most successful female mystery<br />

writer during her lifetime and she wrote from the 1920’s<br />

into the 1980’s. Winner of many awards her novels<br />

compared with Agatha Christie in terms of plot,<br />

characterisation and dramatic effect …<br />

Price $50.00<br />

1940 First Edition - Sensational Mystery<br />

V o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m


14<br />

Covent Garden Drollery:<br />

Printed at Whitefriars Press<br />

for Fortune Private Press 1927<br />

A special book. Octavo, vi,2,123pages bound in quarter<br />

cloth over paper boards, in pictorial speckled paper dust<br />

jacket. Illustrated frontispiece, facsimile title from 1672<br />

first printing, decorated with vignettes.<br />

Subtitled .. A Collection of all the Choice Songs, Poems,<br />

Prologues and Epilogues, Sung and Spoken at Courts and<br />

Theatres, never printed before. Written by the<br />

refined’st Witts of the Age. And collected by A.B. With<br />

explanatory notes at the end. Edited by Montague Summers<br />

(1880-1948) who wrote on the occult.<br />

This book is numbered 342 of a limited<br />

number of 575 copies. Printed on<br />

English unbleached handmade paper …<br />

absolutely lovely paper.<br />

Price $70.00<br />

Drollery from the past still amusing in the<br />

present and beautifully presented<br />

Seven Pillars of Wisdom<br />

T.E. Lawrence<br />

Published by Jonathan Cape London 1935 –<br />

Seven Pillars of Wisdom a triumph – “The<br />

Sword also means Clean-ness + Death”.<br />

First trade edition second impression same<br />

month as the July first. The Trade Edition<br />

preceded by the incomplete “Oxford”<br />

edition of 1922 (8 copies were printed) and<br />

the very rare privately printed<br />

“Subscribers Edition” of 1927 (170 copies).<br />

Thick quarto, 672 pages. Frontispiece portrait<br />

of a bust of Lawrence, 4 folding maps,<br />

2 facsimiles and 54 illustrations – 46 of<br />

which are dramatic portraits of men who<br />

appear in the book. A very good copy.<br />

Lawrence “took pains to bring objects and<br />

artists together”. Churchill called it<br />

“One of the greatest books ever written in<br />

the English language”<br />

Price $290.00<br />

Lawrence of Arabia’s great book


15<br />

The Story of Nell Gwyn<br />

And the Sayings of Charles the Second<br />

Related and Collected by Peter Cunningham<br />

with an introduction by John Drinkwater.<br />

Privately printed in London for the Navarre<br />

Society 1927. Fine condition. Original red<br />

cloth binding, octavo 194 pages on thick fine<br />

bright paper, red silk page ribbon. Top edge<br />

rich gilt. Frontispiece of Nell and a folding<br />

reproduction of Hollar’s view of London and<br />

thirty-eight portraits and views from rare<br />

contemporary (and relevant) prints.<br />

Price $70.00<br />

Nell Gwyn in all her finery<br />

Private Printing 1927<br />

Nell Gwyn (1650–1687) actress and mistress to<br />

Charles II. Samuel Pepys referred to her as<br />

“Pretty Witty Nell”. She was a great comedian<br />

and started as an “Orange Girl” at the Theatre<br />

Royal Drury Lane. She had two sons by Charles<br />

II one who died young, the other lived long<br />

and was granted an Earldom after she remarked<br />

when Charles approached “come on<br />

you little bastard here is your father”<br />

Memoirs of a Coxcomb –1926<br />

John Cleland<br />

Fine edition by Fortune Press, London 1926. Quarter<br />

mottled calf over marbled papers, gilt titles. Number 389 of<br />

575 copies printed on Verge Montgolfier hand-made paper by<br />

Maurice Darantier. Octavo, 273 pages, a very good copy.<br />

John Cleland the author of Fanny Hill, which he wrote in<br />

debtors prison. Memoirs of a Coxcomb was first published in<br />

1751 and contains a parody of Mary Wortley Montagu who is<br />

famous for her Turkish letters (her description of nudes<br />

inspired Ingres in his famous painting of same), spurning<br />

Alexander Pope and other “love affairs”.<br />

Witty portrait of aristocratic life in the 18 th C through the<br />

memoirs of vain dandy and coxcomb, Sir William Delamore.<br />

Examination of masculine identity contrasts with Fanny Hill.<br />

Price $120.00<br />

Coxcomb Memoirs Proudly Presented<br />

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16<br />

Port Arthur Railway Across Tasman Peninsula –<br />

Australia’s First Railway.<br />

Published in the early 1970’s an interesting historical<br />

account of the first railway in Australia, convict powered.<br />

Author William Bayley published well researched historical<br />

documents. Octavo, 64 pages, illustrated throughout.<br />

Much about Booth and his plans, Port Arthur settlement<br />

and discovery of coal on the other side of the peninsula.<br />

The need for the railway, its construction and the<br />

manpower. The visit of Trollope and other incidentals.<br />

Price $25.00<br />

The first railway – no mean feat for anyone.<br />

The Port Arthur Coal Mines [Tasmania]<br />

1833-1877 – Ian Brand<br />

An enlightening Industrial Local History about the<br />

convict worked coal mines on the Tasman Peninsula.<br />

Perfect bound, octavo size, ninety pages nicely<br />

illustrated. Published by Regal Press, Launceston, no<br />

date but generally agreed c1995. A super as new copy.<br />

Great history from the discovery of coal in the 1830’s<br />

and the years of working with convict labour before<br />

passing to private hands in 1848 and closure in 1877.<br />

Price $40.00<br />

Interesting Industrial History – Coal in Tasmania<br />

Hobart Tramways – Ian Cooper<br />

Self published in 1993. Scarce and worthy history<br />

of the Hobart tramways; wish they were still here.<br />

Small folio, 64 pages, illustrated from original<br />

photographs, most not found anywhere else. End<br />

paper maps of the tram networks.<br />

The Hobart tram system was the first successful<br />

electric tram system in the Southern Hemisphere<br />

commencing in 1893.<br />

Systems out to Glenorchy through Springfield;<br />

Lenah Valley; Proctors Road; Sandy Bay;<br />

West Hobart and a beauty out to the Cascades and<br />

the Brewery. Those that know Hobart will<br />

understand the extensiveness and the amenity<br />

that the tramways must have provided.<br />

The author, a transport buff, spent many years in<br />

Hobart completed this publication after he had<br />

returned to the other island.<br />

Price $60.00<br />

History of the Hobart trams .. super photographs.


17<br />

Antarctica or Two Years Amongst the<br />

Ice of the South Pole<br />

Nordenskjold and Andersson<br />

The first edition of Otto Nordenskjold’s book on the<br />

Swedish Antarctic Explorations of 1901-1903 was<br />

published in 1905. This edition was by the University of<br />

Queensland Press in 1977. Scarce even in this form.<br />

Thick octavo, good condition 654 pages with 4 maps<br />

(2 folding) and 200 plus illustrations.<br />

One of the great Antarctic adventures. Nordenskjold<br />

and his team were dropped at Snow Hill Island by the<br />

“Antarctic” commanded by the seasoned Carl Larsen.<br />

They were to be collected the following summer –<br />

however the pack ice hardly thawed and the Antarctic<br />

was trapped and crushed. Captain Larsen and his crew<br />

had to endure the coming winter on Paulet Island. As a<br />

consequence Nordenskjold and his party had to stay an<br />

extra winter. The story of what happened next is<br />

extraordinary. When spring arrived Nordenskjold and<br />

Jonassen set of on a sledge trip to discover whether the<br />

gulf found the previous year behind Cape Foster<br />

connected with the bay North of Cape Gordon. They<br />

made for a peak on Vega Island in order to see<br />

conditions in Erebus and Terror Gulf looking toward<br />

Paulet Island. They spotted what they first thought<br />

were penguins in the distance but through glasses saw<br />

that they were men. When they met Nordenskjold<br />

described the three as “Black as soot from top to toe …<br />

black faces ... with eyes hidden by peculiar wooden<br />

frames … they turned out to be Gunnar Andersson, Duse<br />

and Grunden from the boat party”.<br />

Some lives were lost the survivors were picked up by<br />

the Argentine Navy at Hope Bay in 1903.<br />

Price $140.00<br />

Legendary Explorer Griping Story<br />

Hyacinthe de Bougainville’s Account<br />

of Port Jackson 1825 - The Governor’s Noble Guest –<br />

Marc Serge Riviere<br />

Another beautiful production of the Miegunyah Press.<br />

Published in 1999, large octavo, 291 pages, nicely<br />

illustrated, super fine copy.<br />

Baron Hyacinthe the son of the explorer Bougainville<br />

commanded an expedition in 1825 to Macau, Manilla<br />

and New South Wales in the Thetis and Esperance.<br />

This is a translation of his private diaries. He met<br />

Governor Brisbane and many explorer and notables …<br />

Hume, Blaxland, Oxley, Macarthur, Marsden and Piper.<br />

It contains a bit of an expose as a result.<br />

Price $50.00<br />

Hyacinthe had influence and knew people<br />

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18<br />

Bony and the Mouse – Arthur Upfield<br />

First Edition 1959<br />

A very good condition if not better first edition<br />

of this Upfield book set in Western Australia.<br />

Octavo, 250 pages, very clean internally, dust<br />

jacket design by Bill Morden bright and crisp.<br />

Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony<br />

to his fans) has gone to the little town of<br />

Daybreak in WA under the guise of Nat Bonner<br />

half- aboriginal horse breaker. His real purpose<br />

is to solve the murder of three locals and what is<br />

normally a very quiet sleepy community.<br />

Another ingenious narrative from Upfield<br />

Price $80.00<br />

Does Bony solve the crime – of course he does<br />

Doctor Fischer of Geneva<br />

or The Bomb Party<br />

First edition published by The Bodley Head 1980. Octavo,<br />

140 pages, nice dust jacket, a very good copy.<br />

Seriously hilarious – shorter tale [an “Entertainment”]<br />

about greedy people – Greene sees it all!<br />

Unusual “choice” title makes a lot of sense once read.<br />

Price $30.00<br />

Greene — and the Bomb’s going off in Geneva<br />

The Comedians– First Edition 1966<br />

Graham Greene<br />

First edition published by The Bodley Head, London<br />

in 1966. Octavo, 313 pages. Very good condition.<br />

First edition variant dust jacket designed by James<br />

and Ruth McCrea.<br />

Classic Graham Greene novel based in Haiti at the<br />

time of dictator Doctor Duvalier “Papa Doc”.<br />

Greene could not return to Haiti to finish his novel<br />

because of his description of the dictator in the<br />

English press. As usual alive with characters and<br />

suspense and sometimes comedy.<br />

Price $60.00<br />

First edition Greene Classic


19<br />

The Life of George Bass – Surgeon and Sailor<br />

of the Enlightenment – Miriam Estensen<br />

Published by Allen & Unwin in 2005. Octavo, 259<br />

pages, nicely illustrated and in fine condition.<br />

A thorough account by the meticulous researcher<br />

Miriam Estensen .. the endnotes and references<br />

take up the last 35 pages.<br />

Bass the surgeon, and a good one seemingly, more<br />

at home on the waves as an explorer adventurer.<br />

Later after much accomplished his adventures<br />

turned to money making and off he set for South<br />

America only to disappear. And throughout all this<br />

his beloved Bess … who he left following his primary<br />

passion. Estensen explores all of this and provides<br />

insight regarding his whereabouts at the end.<br />

Price $25.00<br />

George Bass a truly adventures medic.<br />

Elements of Medical Logick,<br />

illustrated by Practical Proofs and<br />

Ex<strong>amp</strong>les – Sir Gilbert Blane - 1821<br />

Published by Thomas and George<br />

Underwood, London in 1821.<br />

The “Windsor Copy” meaning from the<br />

Royal Library at Windsor Castle,<br />

cancelled in the 1948 cull performed<br />

by the then merciless Royal Librarian.<br />

Octavo, 280 pages, original boards<br />

(with period notations) re-backed and<br />

relabelled very nicely by Roger Perry.<br />

Inscribed on the end paper “from the<br />

Author” i.e. a gift to the then George<br />

IV’s Library. There is an additional note<br />

of “with thanks acknowledges the Rect<br />

of this book. J.G. LT, Oct 2 nd 1821”.<br />

Sir George Blane was a celebrated<br />

medic of the time and this expands on<br />

his earlier publication of 1819. It is a<br />

prognostication upon medical diagnosis<br />

and treatment .. unusual complaints<br />

such as Yellow Fever and also the<br />

ailments of the time, particularly<br />

within the Royal Navy. An important<br />

work in the history of medicine.<br />

Price $340.00<br />

Gifted to the Royal Library at Windsor.<br />

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20<br />

Utopias and Imaginary Voyages to Australasia<br />

John Dunmore<br />

Who else could be more qualified to present on this<br />

subject at the National Library than John Dunmore?<br />

Octavo, card cover of 23 delicious pages, the text of<br />

Dunmore’s lecture of 2 nd September 1987, published by<br />

the NLA the following year. A fine copy.<br />

From Joseph Hall’s “Mundas Alter et Idem’ the first<br />

Utopian account to be set in the Antipodes, with<br />

mentions of La Perouse and “Fragments” …<br />

Aldous Huxley is a bit of a drift … then back to Utopian<br />

reality and the Adventures of Alexander Venderchurch<br />

and many more esoteric accounts before back to the<br />

likes of Gulliver and that endearing Swiss Family.<br />

Price $30.00<br />

Special lecture by Dunmore on down under Utopia.<br />

The Cruise of the Kawa<br />

Wanderings in the South Seas<br />

The strangest most amusing book we have had. First<br />

Edition 1921 Putnam, New York.<br />

George Chappell wrote under the pseudonym Walter<br />

Traprock. This is a hilarious parody of the romanticism<br />

of the South Seas. Traprock discovers the Filbert<br />

Islands. Ridiculous photographs feature various<br />

volunteers including Putnam himself all posing as “en<br />

jungle” in a New York studio. Regarded as a work of<br />

genius and hailed by Howgego the guru of fanciful<br />

adventure writing. This one nicely signed and<br />

annotated by the author.<br />

Others by Traprock include .. How to Explore and<br />

What; Crazy With Tahiti; Around Russia on Roller<br />

Skates and Curry-Dishes for Moderate Incomes …<br />

we like him<br />

Price $130.00<br />

Do not use this book to find the Filbert Islands.


21<br />

The Tregurtha Log –<br />

Relating the Adventurous Life of<br />

Capt Edward Primrose Tregurtha.<br />

A pretty sumptuous production by<br />

Published and Editor Dan Sprod.<br />

Published by his Blubber Press in 1980.<br />

Folio, 166 pages, illustrated, tipped in<br />

coloured plate and tipped in frontispiece,<br />

elaborate design to title page, end paper<br />

maps. A fine copy.<br />

Limited to six hundred numbered copies,<br />

in this form, of which this is numbered<br />

474, signed by Dan Sprod.<br />

Cornishman Tregurtha an adventurous<br />

life for sure. Started out in the Navy at<br />

none years old in the Napoleonic Wars.<br />

Then to East Indiamen to China. As a<br />

grown man to Hobart and Captain of the<br />

Caroline and South Sea Whaling. His Log<br />

was owned by Norman Whettenhall [a<br />

surname we know well] of Melbourne …<br />

we can’s imagine the excitement of Dan<br />

Sprod when he first read this treasure.<br />

Price $90.00<br />

A rather stunning book and<br />

one hell of a story<br />

The Life of<br />

Jean-Francois de La Perouse –<br />

Where Fate Beckons.<br />

First edition 2006. Large octavo, 292 pages,<br />

nicely illustrated . A quality production<br />

printed in heavy paper, and a very good copy.<br />

The book on La Perouse, John Dunmore the<br />

recognised world authority. From his teenage<br />

life at war, the American War, issues in the<br />

Indian Ocean and the Great tragic voyage and<br />

then the mystery of the disappearance.<br />

Price $40.00<br />

La Perouse by Dunmore<br />

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22<br />

High Latitudes – A History of Swedish Polar<br />

Travels and Research.<br />

Published in 1993 a monumental book by Polar<br />

Participant Professor Gosta Liljequist who was<br />

metrologist in the Norwegian-British-Swedish<br />

expedition to the Antarctic in 1949-52 and also<br />

leader of the 1957-58 expedition to Svalbard.<br />

Weighting 3 kgs so pricey to mail Overseas,<br />

cannot be found elsewhere in Australia. Large<br />

quarto, 606 pages, many illustrations from<br />

expedition photographs, maps, charts etc a<br />

worthy production. Very good copy.<br />

Hard to summarise we start with the Pioneers<br />

1758-1863 including Anton Martin, the first<br />

scientist to go truly North. Involvement with<br />

the French Le Recherche Expedition; then Otto<br />

Torell and Spitzbergen and later expeditions to<br />

the Aeolus north of Svalbard. Quennerstedt’s<br />

zoological studies in the West Ice in 1863.<br />

Then the Nordenskiold Epoch between 1863-<br />

1883 and for sure too much to write about at<br />

both ends of the World. If you haven’t got the<br />

book on the Vega this covers it.<br />

Some interesting low budget expeditions and<br />

Andree and the ill-fated balloon attempt …<br />

searching for him was a lengthy event and a<br />

good Noir movie was made out of it.<br />

Only a third through too many highlights to<br />

record here. Interesting side stories – the Arctic<br />

flight of the German Graf Zeppelin, and the<br />

attempt from Stockholm to New York.<br />

Price $290.00<br />

The Many Swedish Polar Achievements<br />

all in one place. Never again.<br />

The Huon Pine Story –<br />

A History of the Harvest and Use of a<br />

Unique Timber – Kerr and McDermott<br />

Huon Pine up there with the best<br />

woods in the world. What makes a<br />

good wood? To start with you know it<br />

when you see it, smell it touch it …<br />

Large quarto, 299 pages, published<br />

by Mainsail Book as if self published.<br />

Super production, heavily illustrated<br />

throughout, endpaper maps of<br />

logging areas etc. Fine condition.<br />

If it can be afforded and found the<br />

best boatbuilders number one choice<br />

of wood which makes this fine<br />

material that more romantic. If you<br />

ever want a good book about a<br />

tree – this is the one.<br />

Price $60.00<br />

Huon Pine First Choice Material<br />

beautiful Tree


23<br />

The Voyage of the “Pourquoi- Pas”<br />

The Journal of the Second French South Polar<br />

Expedition, 1908-1910. Jean Charcot<br />

A reprint of the first English edition originally<br />

published by Hodder and Stoughton, in 1911,<br />

titled The Voyage of the “Why-Not”. This<br />

edition, scarce in itself, published by the<br />

Australian National University Press in 1978.<br />

Octavo, 315 pages, double page frontispiece of<br />

the Winter Quarters at Petermann Island, 52<br />

illustrations charts etc mainly from expedition<br />

photographs. Very good condition.<br />

What adds to this edition is the delightful<br />

Preface by the then doyen of French Polar<br />

explorers, Paul-Emile Victor, who knew Charcot<br />

and worked with him in his later years<br />

The exploration of the Bellingshausen and<br />

Amundsen Sea by Dr Jean-Baptiste August<br />

Étienne Charcot (1867-1936), in the “Pourquoipas?”<br />

Charcot led the first French Antarctic<br />

expedition (1904-07), which reached Adelaide<br />

Island – there is no equivalent translation.<br />

In this Charcot's Second expedition he surveyed<br />

over 2,000 kms of Antarctic coastline returning<br />

28 volumes of scientific reports and over 3000<br />

photographs. They visited the South Shetlands,<br />

Deception Island and wintered at Petermann.<br />

They went on to cover the coast of the Antarctic<br />

Peninsula towards Adelaide and Alexander<br />

Islands, discovering Marguerite Nay, Fallieres<br />

Coast and Charcot Land (after his father).<br />

Richard Howgego notes that "in the eyes of many<br />

contemporary historians, Charcot's contribution<br />

to Antarctic science outweighs all others."<br />

Never returning to the Antarctic, Charcot<br />

continued exploring after WWII, until wrecked<br />

off the coast of Iceland in1936 resulting in his<br />

death and forty-two crew members.<br />

Price $150.00<br />

Charcot in the Antarctic for a second time …<br />

and “Why-Not?”<br />

Marion Dufresne<br />

An Officer of the Blue — Duyker<br />

The French Explorer who was the first to<br />

encounter Tasmanian Aborigines and was a<br />

precursor to the voyages of La Perouse,<br />

d’Entrecasteaux, Baudin and Dumont d’Urville.<br />

This book is more than that it traces his life in<br />

incredible detail as one would expect from<br />

author Duyker. Chronologies, references,<br />

bibliographies make this a first source.<br />

Price $70.00<br />

Dufresne from start to finish<br />

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24<br />

Antique Mineral Testing Kit – “Blowpipe Apparatus”<br />

by J.T. Letcher of Cornwall. Circa 1880-90<br />

Museum quality rarely found with so many pieces. See Powerhouse Museum ex<strong>amp</strong>le<br />

reference H9154; also website 911Metallurgist for a good description of its use.<br />

These field kits were used in Australia by explorers and early State Geologists – the<br />

likes of Logan Jack, Rands, Dunston etc. they include apparatus and chemicals for<br />

grinding the s<strong>amp</strong>le, heating it to observe the flame colour to identify the minerals.<br />

Designed and manufactured by J.T. Letcher of Truro Cornwall and awarded the<br />

Society of Arts Silver Medal and the Colonel Croll Prize in International Competition in<br />

1878. Each set guaranteed to equal that deposited at the Society’s House.<br />

The use of the blowpipe was invented in Sweden in the 1700’s and further refined<br />

there at the Freiberg Mining Academy in the mid 19thC. This design by J.T. Letcher<br />

and its accoutrements became the standard in the later Victorian period.<br />

Original mahogany box containing a lift out tray with multiple compartments and<br />

layers containing tools, the blowpipe, a small anvil, rock hammer, spirit l<strong>amp</strong>, several<br />

chemical reagents in original containers etc.<br />

The containers are made of box wood with names to top lovely patina. Miniature test<br />

tubes with labels, test tube holder and much more.<br />

The original label inside the lid describes the contents full, a hole has been gouged,<br />

presumably to rest the crucible. The crucible was made by and marked<br />

Royal Worcester – how good is that!<br />

The box has it’s lock but the key is long gone. It has a worked patina and still robust.<br />

Price $940.00<br />

Something special in the mineral field.


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26<br />

Mrs Isabella Beeton’s<br />

The Book of Household Management comprising<br />

information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook,<br />

Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman...<br />

Published 1892, Ward Lock, London 1892. New<br />

edition … with Several Hundred new recipes.<br />

Importantly, this is the new edition introducing<br />

recipes from Australia including Soup from<br />

Kangaroo Tails, (Whole and sitting) Wallaby Roast<br />

and Parrot Pie (at least a dozen parrots required)<br />

With 13 full coloured plates of which two folding<br />

and steel engravings in the text. A very sound<br />

copy that has been expertly re-backed in leather<br />

by Roger Perry Quality Bookbinders with new<br />

headbands and original endpapers.<br />

Price $290.00<br />

Quality Mrs Beeton with Australian Treats


27<br />

H.M. Bark Endeavour — Parkin<br />

Her place in Australian History. With and<br />

Account of her Construction, Crew and<br />

Equipment and a Narrative of her Voyage on<br />

the East Coast of New Holland in the Year 1770<br />

First edition of this important publication in<br />

pristine condition. Issued by the Meiegunyah<br />

Press, Melbourne in 1997. Ray Parkin produced<br />

this highly researched work painstakingly<br />

illustrated with charts and plans. The narrative<br />

draws on the journal records of James Cook,<br />

Banks and Parkinson.<br />

15 large folding plans in separate folder<br />

dealing with the ship and its construction.<br />

A must for any maritime historian.<br />

Price $190.00<br />

H.M. Bark Endeavour – in detail<br />

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28<br />

The Zeehan El Dorado –<br />

A History of Zeehan – Patrick Howard<br />

Scarce effectively self published substantial<br />

work centred on the mining in and around<br />

Zeehan in Western Tasmania.<br />

Large octavo. Hardback pictorial covers of the<br />

mine. 378 pages, illustrated throughout mainly<br />

from period photographs. Very good condition.<br />

It is claimed that the discovery of a mountain<br />

full of tine in 1871 led to Zeehan becoming the<br />

richest mining operation in Australia. A big call<br />

when you consider the gold coming out of the<br />

ground elsewhere. Regardless of any argument it<br />

was a monster and the town grew rapidly, as<br />

they do, to unexpected proportions with likely<br />

the biggest pubs in Australia – that’s probably<br />

the measure.<br />

Price $80.00<br />

A special one for mining history buffs or those<br />

with an interest out West.<br />

Lachlan Macquarie –<br />

Governor of New South Wales – Journals<br />

of his Tours in New South Wales and Van<br />

Diemen’s Land 1810-1822<br />

A special and substantial book about the<br />

activities of this energetic and decisive<br />

Governor. Without his tour of Van<br />

Diemen’s Land the north of Tasmania<br />

would have ended in ruins.<br />

Published by the Library of Australian<br />

History in 1979. Large octavo, 280 pages.<br />

Tipped in colour portrait of the great man<br />

and 10 other tipped in colour plates.<br />

Three large folding maps and facsimile<br />

page. A sumptuous production in very<br />

good condition.<br />

Printed from the original manuscripts held<br />

in the Mitchell Library. Illustrations from<br />

the Mitchell and the Dixon Library.<br />

Price $60.00<br />

Macquarie a leader ahead of his time –<br />

so much accomplished.


29<br />

Gold Refining – Donald Clark<br />

First Edition 1909<br />

First edition published Parker, Melbourne in 1909.<br />

Octavo, 124 pages, 12 plates. Original binding,<br />

slight foxing, a good copy of pretty scarce book.<br />

Donald Clark was born in Geelong in 1865. He<br />

studied under Rev H Stewart who in turn under the<br />

great Lord Kelvin. After graduation Clark was made<br />

Director of the School of Mines Bairnsdale and then<br />

at the School of Mines in Bendigo. He also authored<br />

“Australian Mining and Metallurgy”.<br />

This work deals with the methods and systems of<br />

gold refining includes chapters on …<br />

Occurrence of Native Gold; Refining Gold with<br />

Oxidising and Chloridising Agents; Sulphur Refining;<br />

Refining by Cementation Process; Refining Gold<br />

Bullion by means of Oxygen; Miller’s Process;<br />

Parting with Nitric Acis; Parting by Electrolysis; the<br />

Treatment of Cyanide Precipitates etc.<br />

Price $180.00<br />

First Edition Classic Australian Gold Reference<br />

Of Rascals and Rusty Relics<br />

[An Introduction to North East Tasmania] – G & S Miller<br />

Effectively self-published by the authors, Hobart in 1979.<br />

Only edition limited to 1,000 copies.<br />

A super history so specific to North-East Tasmania an area<br />

neglected by historical writers and shouldn’t be.<br />

Quarto, 106 pages, endpaper maps, loads of illustrations<br />

from period photographs. Very good condition.<br />

Starts with early European exploration and the sealers.<br />

Settlers and the hostilities and then “gold” and numerous<br />

rushes, mines and false alarms .. super stuff. The Chinese<br />

involvement and then eventually the decline of some<br />

townships as mining prospects became more realistic.<br />

Price $60.00<br />

One of our favourite Tasmanian historical accounts …<br />

the neglected North East<br />

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Haunts of the Blue Whale – L Norman<br />

Effectively self published special book on whaling<br />

activities out of Hobart and the impact whaling had on<br />

the town – read debauchery .. according to Knopwood.<br />

Published in 1978.large wide octavo, 156 pages,<br />

numerous interesting and relevant illustrations.<br />

Hobart had its own whalers and became the port to<br />

which English [Enderby Brothers] and American whalers<br />

made to refresh, repair and crew “rehabilitation”.<br />

Price $50.00<br />

Whaling a massive part of the history of Hobart.<br />

The Tasmanian Trading Ketch<br />

Garry Kerr<br />

<strong>Voyager</strong> favourite – what better looking boat?<br />

Self published in 1987. Quarto, 179 pages,<br />

special images and technical drawings of fine<br />

craft, end paper charts. A very good copy.<br />

The author was a Cray fisherman who developed<br />

an interesting in writing from oral history<br />

– what a super combination.<br />

Super on design, hull form, lofting and building.<br />

Sails and sailing with yarns about plying there<br />

trade and showing at regattas. Life on board<br />

and inevitable mishaps.<br />

Price $45.00<br />

Wonderful book on a wonderful vessel<br />

by a Cray fisherman no less.<br />

Captain Caution – Kenneth Roberts<br />

First UK edition published Collins, London in 1949.<br />

American historical adventure writer Roberts highly<br />

regarded at the time compared, by some, with<br />

Dumas and Victor Hugo … high praise indeed.<br />

Octavo, 255 pages with the super period dust<br />

jacket. A fine copy the condition surprising<br />

considering age and time of printing.<br />

In the main concerning the American War of<br />

Independence. Our hero Captain Marvin stocks it up<br />

the British but not without a period of imprisonment<br />

in the hulks … escapes and takes a prize in true<br />

Hornblower fashion. He escapes to France and is<br />

victorious in a thrilling naval battle off Madeira.<br />

Price $25.00<br />

Captain Caution is not so Cautious.


31<br />

Cook’s Final Voyage<br />

Journal of George Gilbert<br />

Published by Brian Clouston, Caliban <strong>Books</strong> in<br />

1982, a first edition in this form. Also published<br />

in Hawaii. Large octavo, 158 pages, nicely<br />

illustrated. A near fine copy.<br />

Yet another source of exceptional information<br />

on the third, final and fateful voyage of James<br />

Cook. Due to James Cook’s discipline the<br />

Midshipman on his voyages kept impeccable<br />

journals. With a focus on the Central Pacific<br />

and up into the Arctic searching for the<br />

North-West Passage from the other side.<br />

Price $40.00<br />

The Third Voyage through Gilbert’s Eyes<br />

The Henty Journals –<br />

A Record of Farming, Whaling and Shipping in<br />

Portland Bay, 1834-1839. – Lynnette Peel<br />

A super copy of this first edition well produced<br />

book published by The Miegunyah Press in 1966.<br />

Large octavo, 297 pages, nicely illustrated. A<br />

fine copy and as always with the Miegunyah<br />

Press nothing spared, printed on Pageantry Text<br />

Creme paper, limited to a thousand copies.<br />

The Henty family left Sussex in England in the<br />

1820’s to make their life in Australia. With farms<br />

first in Western Australia and Tasmania they<br />

settled at Portland Bay in Victoria. Edward Henty<br />

is recognised as the first permanent settler in<br />

Victoria. Diaries written by Edward and his<br />

brother Francis are a prized possession of the<br />

State Library of Victoria. They form the basis of<br />

this book. Brother Thomas settled at Launceston<br />

in Tasmania and bred Marino sheep often selling<br />

to the MacArthur's of Camden. Not restricting<br />

their activities to the land they undertook<br />

maritime and whaling adventures and sadly had<br />

a hand in reducing the population of the<br />

Southern Right Whale.<br />

Price $80.00<br />

The Diaries of the Brothers Henty –<br />

a genuine glimpse into life in the early 19thC.<br />

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32<br />

The General (d’Entrecasteaux)<br />

Another special book by Brian Plomley with<br />

the help of Josiane Pirad- Bernier.<br />

Now very scarce. Large wide octavo, 378<br />

pages, illustrated. Published by the<br />

Launceston Museum in 1993. A solid quality<br />

production in near fine condition.<br />

Very well researched and written book on the<br />

Bruny d’Entrecasteaux and his visits to<br />

Tasmanian waters. Covers the preparations<br />

for the voyage and the officers of the<br />

Recherche and Esperance, and among other<br />

things their scientific work [Natural History,<br />

Geological, Botanical and Zoological] during<br />

their two visits to Tasmania in 1792 and<br />

1793. Also includes as appendices the<br />

journals of Louis Ventenat and the botanist<br />

Louis Dech<strong>amp</strong>s.<br />

Price $180.00<br />

<strong>Rare</strong> collectable D’Entrecasteaux –<br />

more than a channel.<br />

Explorers of Western Tasmania<br />

A first and only issue in this large hardback<br />

format. Published in Launceston 1980. A superb<br />

historical account by C. J. Binks.<br />

Large quarto 263 pages heavily illustrated with<br />

good maps and reproductions of explorer<br />

sketches, early photographs and more.<br />

The book commences with a dissertation on<br />

“The Exploring Tradition” followed by a sketch<br />

of the terrain, climate and vegetation. The<br />

early exploration of Hardwicke and Hobbs and<br />

the convicts Goodwin and Connolly. Then the<br />

Van Diemen’s Land Company and Jorgenson,<br />

Hellyer, Fossey and Wedge. The formation of<br />

the Survey Department and the work of<br />

Frankland, Darke, Wedge and Calder and the<br />

Franklin expedition. The discovery of gold and<br />

Tully, Gould and Gunn. More minerals, James<br />

Smith and Tin, Sprent opening up the West,<br />

James Scott and T.B. Moore … the last explorer.<br />

With 32 full page maps, 13 colour illustrations<br />

and 37 black and white all full page. Whilst<br />

comprehensively and appropriately illustrated it<br />

is the depth and completeness of the narrative<br />

and the thorough referencing to source material<br />

that makes this book special if not unique.<br />

Price $120.00<br />

Best Tasmanian Exploration Book


33<br />

The Mapping of Australia<br />

and Antarctica<br />

R.V. Tooley.<br />

Enhanced 1985 edition includes Antarctica.<br />

A massive work of 635 pages including 256<br />

plates at the rear. Tooley the once ever<br />

map genius who produced the definitive list<br />

to which every map collector refers (this is<br />

it). Covers “Printed <strong>Maps</strong> of Australia –<br />

being an alphabetical listing of the 1560<br />

maps held in the National Library Canberra”<br />

– “Early <strong>Maps</strong> of Australia – the Dutch Period<br />

with ex<strong>amp</strong>les from Tooley’s collection” –<br />

“One Hundred Foreign <strong>Maps</strong> of Australia<br />

1773-1887”- “Printed <strong>Maps</strong> of New South<br />

Wales” – “Printed <strong>Maps</strong> of Tasmania” and<br />

“French Explorers <strong>Maps</strong> of New Zealand”.<br />

Very good condition.<br />

Price $390.00<br />

Tooley - the definitive reference for any<br />

Australian Map Enthusiast<br />

<strong>Maps</strong> and Map-Makers - Tooley<br />

Tooley the greatest 20 th century name in maps<br />

who was not a map-maker. The author of many<br />

works on cartography and the standard reference<br />

point on many topics. This is his perennial book on<br />

the broader subject. Great cross referencing to<br />

sources and plentiful illustrations.<br />

Price $40.00<br />

If it’s maps it’s Tooley!<br />

Tooley’s Dictionary of Mapmakers<br />

Ronald Vere Tooley the greatest map historian of all time<br />

started the “Dictionary of Mapmakers” in the 1920’s on slips<br />

of paper arranged in alphabetical order. He published this<br />

work progressively in Map Collector’s Circle which was<br />

discontinued before he could complete the exercise.<br />

Soft cover form published by Alan Liss, New York in 1979.<br />

Large octavo, 684 pages, illustrated nicely. A good copy<br />

albeit the front cover has fold lines, bottom right, indicating<br />

considerable use, internally clean as a whistle.<br />

Essential cartographic content.<br />

Price $60.00<br />

The reference for mapmakers from the beginning of maps …<br />

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Tasmania Cessation of Transportation & Jubilee Medal 1853<br />

The Anti-transportation league received good news from England via steamer Harbinger<br />

which reached Melbourne with the official notification that the transportation of convicts<br />

to Van Diemens Land was over. The name Tasmania was not in effect until 1856.<br />

Nine thousand pewter medals were cast and given to children in the Colony, 4000 in<br />

Hobart, 3000 in Launceston and the rest in outlying areas. 100 bronze ex<strong>amp</strong>les for the<br />

movers and shakers in the anti-transportation league and one gold for Queen Victoria.<br />

A substantial medal 58 mm in diameter and 4 mm thick. Portrait of Queen Victoria on<br />

one side and the Australian Coat of Arms, Rising Sun and Emu and Kangaroo Supports.<br />

Price $340.00<br />

A unique dual celebration and an important Colonial Medal.<br />

Tek Sing Shipwreck Treasure – 1822<br />

Qing Dynasty decorated bowl recovered by<br />

Mike Hatcher from the Tek Sing<br />

shipwreck. A lovely ex<strong>amp</strong>le.<br />

Beautifully and quite fully decorated with<br />

peony flowers and magnolias, three<br />

stylised and a stylised maybe rock-wall at<br />

centre. Lingzhi fungus sprays under rim.<br />

Strong colouring. A small nicely curved<br />

bowl 10.5 cm in diameter 2.5 cm high,<br />

with a good foot.<br />

Retains Nagel auction and catalogue stickers<br />

underneath for provenance.<br />

Price $160.00<br />

Super Tek Sing shipwreck bowl


35<br />

Antique French Field or Students Brass Microscope<br />

Triple compound objective<br />

Late Victorian student’s or field drum microscope of the French variety. Nachet”<br />

style triple compounding objective which gives a number of magnifications when<br />

combined. A functioning microscope. Case in very good condition.<br />

Price $220.00<br />

Nice antique triple objective field microscope<br />

The Invention of Terra Nullius – Historical<br />

and Legal Fictions on the Foundation of<br />

Australia. – Michael Connor<br />

Hobart author Michael Connor has a varied<br />

career including teaching in North Africa and<br />

management at the famous Sadler’s Wells<br />

theatre. He decided to broaden his education<br />

in Colonial History at James Cook University<br />

and then a PhD in Colonial History at the<br />

University of Tasmania.<br />

Published Macleay Press Sydney in 2005.<br />

Octavo, 361 pages, a super fine copy. Hard to<br />

find must have had a very small print run.<br />

This book explores the concept of Terra<br />

Nullius “Land belonging to no-one” a principle<br />

applied not only in Australia but in many parts<br />

of the World subject to colonisation. This is<br />

not intended, we believe, a provoking work …<br />

it sets out facts and issues well. Clues to its<br />

direction from the first paragraph.<br />

A special book about an important and now in<br />

our faces subject. Worth reading with an open<br />

and inquisitive mind.<br />

Price $60.00<br />

The defining principle [or was it] now<br />

struggling to get support albeit rather late<br />

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John Browning Victorian<br />

Table Spectroscope c1890<br />

An original prismatic lacquered brass spectroscope by<br />

the leading London based Victorian maker John<br />

Browning. Special quality as would be expected from a<br />

Browning instrument. Original fitted Mahogany Case<br />

with carrying handle, which has lost its lock as often,<br />

otherwise the mahogany case in very good condition.<br />

The table is engraved and vernier works as it should.<br />

Telescope and collimator. The adjustable slit is in<br />

perfect condition and has its cover or protector which<br />

is usually missing. The optics are in A1 condition. The<br />

telescope arm is fully articulated and can be locked<br />

into position. The flint glass prism looks original to the<br />

instrument and has its original oxidised table housing.<br />

Price $940.00<br />

Quality Victorian Spectroscope Top Maker<br />

John Browning is a <strong>Voyager</strong> Hero<br />

Hard to let go of his beautiful instruments — So well<br />

made and of significant science history interest.


37<br />

The Convict Ships 1787-1868 –<br />

Charles Bateson<br />

1985 edition of a rather famous book – Bateson on<br />

Convict Ships – the go to guide. Published by Brown<br />

et al, Glasgow. Thick octavo, 421 pages, some<br />

illustrations a very good copy in a fine dust jacket.<br />

One of those books that makes you wonder how the<br />

book was put together in a lifetime.<br />

The ships and a very good narrative re the voyages<br />

in chronological blocks. Separate chapters and<br />

interwoven content concerning … the Contractors<br />

that carried of these venture [yes Contractors];<br />

Naval Agents and Guards; Surgeons and Ships<br />

Superintendents; the Convicts and the Transports.<br />

Price $90.00<br />

Not at all dry – not a list – an interesting and<br />

informative story of a rather peculiar practice by<br />

modern day standards<br />

Antarctic Penguins<br />

(The Scott Terra Nova Expedition)<br />

Dr Murray Levick RN<br />

First edition, published by Heinemann, London<br />

in 1914. Small quarto, 139 pages with mainly<br />

photographic illustrations. Original pictorial<br />

green cloth binding with a good clean embossed<br />

image to front. Some foxing internally as usual.<br />

Scarce and often overlooked primary source in<br />

the cannon of Heroic Era Antarctic volumes. Not<br />

sure why as it is brilliant and the writer a hero.<br />

George Murray Levick (1876-1956) was born in<br />

Newcastle Upon Tyne. He studied medicine at St<br />

Barts and joined the Royal Navy in 1902. He was<br />

allowed time off to accompany Robert Falcon<br />

Scott as surgeon and zoologist on the Terra Nova<br />

Expedition. As part of the Northern party he<br />

spent the summer at Cape Adaire observing and<br />

photographing the Adelie penguin rookery. This<br />

book represents the only proper study on that<br />

mass of birds, the largest colony in the world.<br />

The book is brilliant, the observations acute.<br />

Incidentally he made notes about sexual habits<br />

that given the views of the days he thought too<br />

indecent for publication … he wrote them in<br />

Greek as a precaution, so that only “educated<br />

gentlemen” could read them . This only came to<br />

light after his death.<br />

Levick was at Gallipoli. He founded the Public<br />

Schools Exploring Society. In 1940 he returned<br />

to the Navy at 64 and joined Mountbatten's<br />

Commando operation training in fitness, diet<br />

and survival techniques … he wrote the manual!<br />

Price $180.00<br />

Best Penguin Book by Far – Terra Nova - 1914<br />

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The King Fish or Opah -1793<br />

Original copper engraved and hand coloured image of the strikingly beautiful<br />

King-Fish also known as the Opah and Imperial Zeus. IShaw and Nodder 1793.<br />

It was described as by far the largest and most splendid in colour of the genus …<br />

indeed the most splendid of fish … so singularly vivid as to surpass all the<br />

attempts of art to give an adequate idea of its beauty ... (high praise indeed)<br />

George Shaw was in charge of Natural History at the British Museum.<br />

Nodder was a natural history artist and worked for Banks on his Florilegium.<br />

Nicely framed in burnished gilt frame and black cored cream mat<br />

Price $240.00<br />

King-Fish amongst the most beautiful<br />

Simon in Space – Ivan Southall.<br />

An early sought after Space Classic published in<br />

1953 one year after the first.<br />

Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney and<br />

London. Octavo, 223 pages, some illustrations,<br />

very clean internally albeit light toning, super<br />

dust jacket, making the book gift worthy.<br />

The author was a distinguished pilot in the RAAF<br />

in WWII awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross<br />

(DFC). After the war he was co-opted to write<br />

about the RAAF in Europe. He still had time to<br />

write about the adventures of Simon Black.<br />

Black in the special aircraft “Firefly 3”, the only<br />

aircraft in the World capable of pursuing the flying<br />

saucers into space. Accompanied by Rex the<br />

Alsatian (it’s a dog’s life).<br />

Price $60.00<br />

Collectable Early Space Adventure penned by<br />

Australian Hero.


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Polar Gleams –<br />

An Account of a Voyage on the Yacht<br />

“Blencathra”. Helen Peel<br />

Helen Peel was the granddaughter of Sir Robert<br />

Peel, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.<br />

Preface by Arctic voyager The Marquess of<br />

Dufferin and Ava and contributions by Joseph<br />

Wiggins and explorer Frederick G. Jackson.<br />

First edition published by McClurg, Chicago, 1894.<br />

Large Octavo, 211 pages, cloth covered boards<br />

with bright silver titling, with walrus head design<br />

on spine. Burgundy end papers, portrait with<br />

signature facsimile. 15 other illustrations and two<br />

maps – the Sea Route to Siberia and the Great<br />

Siberian Railway. Re-cased, original spine laid<br />

down, clean inside a nice copy of a rare item.<br />

Dufferin was the godfather of the adventurous<br />

Helen Peel. He admired her vigour and abilities in<br />

putting together this account of the Arctic voyage<br />

of the Blencathra.<br />

From Britain through northern Norwegian waters,<br />

the Barents and Kara Seas, up the Yenisei River<br />

to Gol’chikha and Archangel the farthest reaches<br />

of Siberia… interaction with Laps and Samoyeds.<br />

The Blencathra was built in 1867 in the Pembroke<br />

Dockyard. Part of the Philomel class – a wooden<br />

screw gun vessel, with a single two-cylinder single<br />

expansion, single screw steam engine. She was<br />

the first ship to pass through the Suez Canal. She<br />

was bought by F.W. Laybourne-Popham in 1890 as<br />

a yacht. He had an interest in Arctic waters and<br />

appointed Joseph Wiggins as Captain for a voyage.<br />

The whole exercise turned into a commercial one<br />

with the organisation of support vessels and the<br />

transport of rails for the Trans-Siberian Railway.<br />

Later the yacht was used by William Speirs Bruce<br />

and new owner Major Andrew Coats to cruise the<br />

Arctic as far as Novaya Zemyla and Kolguyev and<br />

then Spitzbergen. Later purchased by Russians<br />

who lost it near Franz Josef Land.<br />

Price $290.00<br />

<strong>Rare</strong> Artic Voyage – Unusual Author and Pedigree –<br />

Hard Working and Fated Polar Vessel.<br />

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Les Voila - Marty — Gazette du Bon Ton -1920<br />

A beautiful hand coloured “Pochoir” by Andre Marty (1882-1974) for the<br />

Paris Gazette du Bon Ton published in 1920. “Les Voila” with summer<br />

dresses by Doeuillet. The ultimate in fashion print from a perfect era.<br />

Price $160.00 unframed $280.00 framed<br />

Stylish summer and I can see it too!<br />

Website: www.voyagerhobart.com<br />

Contact: <strong>Voyager</strong> Bill at info@voyagerhobart.com<br />

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