Search results for: 'the works'
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NORTHERN IRELAND. The Album of Giants Causeway, Portrush & Coleraine Views.London : [c.1890]
Attractive leporello album of images reworked in an illustrative style from photographs made by the prominent Dundee firm of Valentine & Sons, Scotland's leading manufacturer of picture postcards. The London firm of Charles, Reynolds & Co. issued many such albums, this particular title being surprisingly uncommon, with WorldCat listing one copy only,... Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 140147
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PETHERICK, Edward Augustus, compiler. Edwards's Australasian Catalogue:London : [1899]
First edition of bookseller, publisher, bibliographer and book collector's 3,000 item priced catalogue of Australiana. In 1865, the English-born Petherick (1847-1917) started collecting titles for a catalogue or bibliography of Australia but temporarily abandoned the project in 1870 to focus on reorganising the bookselling firm that he worked for, George... Learn More£225.00Stock Code: 118564
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SMITH, Charles, & Walter Harris. The Antient and Present State of the County of Down.Dublin : 1744
First edition of The Antient and Present State, here combined unusually with the first London edition of its parent work, A Topographical and Chorographical Survey, presented in a very well preserved plain period binding.
Charles Smith (c. 1715 - 1762), the moving force behind this important book, could be described as an Irish John Aubrey,... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 141048
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RICKMAN, John. Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery;London : 1781
First edition, the "London edition" of the first full account in English of Cook's third voyage, published anonymously to avoid legal action by the Admiralty (Forbes). An attractive copy, with the points outlined for Forbes's state B, "the exact priority not established".
John Rickman was a second lieutenant aboard the Discovery, being discharged... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 147062
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IRISH CATECHISM. The Catechism, or Christian Doctrine by way of Question and Answer,Paris : 1742
First edition of Donlevy's Irish-language Catholic Catechism, with the Irish and its English translation printed on parallel pages.
The Irish Roman Catholic priest Andrew Donlevy (1680-1746) was resident in Paris, where the book was published, and where this copy was likely bound. "Donlevy lamented the decline of the Irish language and worked... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 146966
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COOK, James, & James King. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean.London : 1785
Second edition of Cook's fatal third voyage, an attempt to find a north-west passage, during which he "discovered" Oahu and Kauai at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands, and, more importantly, "depicted accurately for the first time the north-west coast of America, leaving no major discoveries for his successors. In addition the scientific discoveries... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 75595
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COOK, James, & James King. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean.London : 1785
Second and preferred edition of Cook's fatal third voyage, this set one of a small number with the text volumes printed on fine paper, apparently hot-pressed to give a more silken finish, and presented in a particularly attractive contemporary morocco binding, in this regard highly uncommon: the last set in such a binding appearing at auction in 1992.... Learn More£37,500.00Stock Code: 139133
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YEATS. Jack B. (illus.); SYNGE, John Millington. The Aran Islands.Dublin : 1907
Signed limited edition, number 42 of 100 large paper copies signed by Synge and Yeats, and with plates hand-coloured by the artist. This book, based on the author's annual visits to the islands prompted by W. B. Yeats, would become the "the great prose manifesto of the Irish literary revival" (ODNB).
Accompanying this copy is a loosely inserted... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 142886
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RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford. The History of Java.London : 1817
First edition of Raffles's masterful account of Java. Raffles was appointed lieutenant governor of Java in 1811 when the island and its dependencies were occupied by Lord Minto following the annexation of the Netherlands by Napoleon. During the next four years he extended the area of European control and reorganized the Dutch colonial system in the... Learn More£9,500.00Stock Code: 136364
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BRENCHLEY, Julius Lucius. Jottings during the Cruise of H.M.S. Curacoa among the South Sea Islands in 1865.London : 1873
First edition of this detailed work with numerous stunning hand-coloured plates.
"This voyage was especially significant for the natural history data collected. The ship sailed from Sydney under the command of Sir William Wiseman to display the British flag in the different archipelagos of the western Pacific. Visits were made to Lord Howe Island,... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 146569
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WATSON, H. C. MARRIOTT. The Decline and Fall of the British Empire; or, The Witch's Cavern.London : 1890
First edition, second impression, presentation copy from the author, inscribed at the head of the half-title, "To E. W. Wallington, with the author's compliments". The recipient is almost certainly Sir Edward William Walllington (1854-1933), at this time secretary to the Earl of Hopetoun, Governor of Victoria, future Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince... Learn More£475.00Stock Code: 122191
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COOK, James; HAWKESWORTH, John (ed.) An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of his Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere,London : 1773
First edition of the official account of Cook's first voyage, a handsome and appealing set in the preferred issue with the Straits of Magellan plate, together with previous exploratory expeditions under Byron, Carteret and Wallis, compiled by John Hawkesworth.
The primary purpose of Cook's voyage in Endeavour was the observation of the transit... Learn More£9,750.00Stock Code: 87127
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CHATWIN, Bruce. The Songlines.London : 1987
First edition, first impression, of the author's fourth book. This work is Chatwin's "capacious exploration of Aboriginal creation myths and incorporated some of his early speculations about nomads" (ODNB). Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 141986
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MARTIN, John. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean.London : 1818
Originally published in the previous year, this the "Second Edition, with additions" which include the folding map, a new preface and an enlarged introduction.
"Considered the best report of Tongan life and culture before the arrival of Christianity the customs of the inhabitants and their inter-island wars, and also examples of Tongan songs... Learn More£600.00Stock Code: 80627
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MARTIN, John. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean.Edinburgh : 1827
Originally published ten years previously, this is the "Third Edition, considerably Improved", published in Constable's Miscellany Series. "Considered the best report of Tongan life and culture before the arrival of Christianity the customs of the inhabitants and their inter-island wars, and also examples of Tongan songs and music" (Hill). Mariner... Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 81779
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COOK, James. [The three voyages:]London : 1773-84
Second and best edition of the first voyage, first edition of the second and third voyages. A highly desirable complete set of the official accounts of Cook's three Pacific voyages in the preferred editions and with an excellent provenance, the atlas folio volume containing an extra suite of "Admiralty" plates from the second voyage in superb early... Learn More£60,000.00Stock Code: 141440
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FORSTER, Johann Reinhold. Descriptiones animalium, quae in itinere ad maris Australis terras per annos 1772, 1773 et 1774Berlin : 1844
First edition of Forster's study of the Australasian fauna encountered on Cook's second voyage, listing 305 animal species; "the most important zoological work with full results" (Rookmaaker, p. 48). This a particularly desirable tall copy in the original boards, largely unopened. LibraryHub cites copies at just 4 British libraries (BL, ZLS, Cambridge,... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 140525
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BRIGGS, Ernest. "Year Without Spring."1942
Compelling and highly readable epistolary account of army service in Papua New Guinea by the Australian poet, broadcaster and music critic, Ernest Briggs (1905-1967), the letters being addressed to the pianist Harriet Cohen (1895-1967), acclaimed particularly as an interpreter of Bach. The work is unpublished and the only other copy traced is in the... Learn More£4,750.00Stock Code: 93902
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DAVIES, Jonathan Ceredig. Life, Travels and Reminiscences of Jonathan Ceredig Davies.Llanddewi Brefi : 1927
A Herculean labour of love: one of 70 copies only, printed for private circulation by the author in his old age at his own printing-press. This copy inscribed "yours sincerely, J. Ceredig Davies" on the frontispiece and forwarded to his cousin, the Hon. Dan W. Williams of Jackson, Ohio. Davies's memoirs comprise his journeys to Patagonia and Australia.... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 93335
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DURKHEIM, Émile. Les Formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse.Paris : 1912
First edition, first impression, presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title "A mon collegue D. Parodi, Bien cordialement, E. Durkheim". Dominique Parodi (1870-1955) was among Durkheim's collaborators on their journal Année sociologique, subsequently the General Inspector of Public Instruction in France from 1919 to 1934, where he presided... Learn More£5,500.00Stock Code: 140596
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HARRISSON, Tom. Savage Civilisation.New York : 1937
First US edition, same year as the UK first. Uncommon, Harrisson's first book of anthropology based on the work of the Oxford expedition to the New Hebrides, for which he was officially the ornithologist; "When the rest of the Oxford party left Santo Island for home in 1934, Harrisson got to Malekula, where cannibalism was still widespread. Unarmed,... Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 51720
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TROLLOPE, Anthony. New Zealand.London : 1874
First edition thus. In 1873 Trollope published Australia and New Zealand in two volumes; in 1874 the publishers reset the work and issued it in four discrete volumes, covering Victoria and Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, and the present New Zealand. Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 144389
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TROLLOPE, Anthony. Victoria and Tasmania.London : 1874
First edition thus, uncommon on the market. In 1873 Trollope published Australia and New Zealand in two volumes; in 1874 the publishers reset the work and issued it in four discrete volumes, covering New Zealand, New South Wales and Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, and the present Victoria and Tasmania. Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 144388
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THOMSON, J. P. British New Guinea.London : 1892
First edition of this in-depth analysis of New Guinea published nine years after its annexation in 1883. James Park Thomson was an experienced explorer and land surveyor who worked in Fiji and New South Wales. In this work he uses the notes and maps made by Sir William MacGregor, the British Administrator of New Guinea from 1888 until 1898. Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 118372
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AUSTRALIA. Original pen and ink and wash map of New Holland and New South Wales.England : c.1840
Delightful "album piece" map of Australia, dating to around 1840, "New Holland" outlined in green, New South Wales and Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) in red, coastal waters shaded in blue. Sydney, Port Jackson and Botany Bay are all named, also the Swan River; the lateral distance across the continent is given as "2400 miles".
Van Diemen's Land... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 132135
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LABILLARDIÈRE, Jacques Julien Houton de. Voyage in Search of La Pérouse …London : 1800
First edition in English, same year as the French, this in the favoured, and less common, single-volume quarto edition. Labillardière was the botanist and doctor on the d'Entrecasteaux Pérouse search expedition, and was entrusted with the task of writing the official account following the death of the commander from scurvy. "Although unsuccessful... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 79886
