Books, various subjects and authors - price guide and values

"Tasmanian Rivers, Lakes, Flowers" with 10 chromolithographs (1900)

A.S. Murray 'Tasmanian Rivers, Lakes and Flowers' 1900 first edition including the 17 chromolithographs

"The Farce of Sodom" by Donald Friend (Limited Edition)

Donald Friend (1914-1989), the Farce of Sodom, The farce of Sodom. By the Right Honourable Earl of Rochester. Written for the Royal Company of Whoremasters, and printed a-new upon the three hundredth anniversary of the untimely demise of our noble author…

Bumbooziana: Erotic Expedition with Exotic Illustrations

Donald Friend (1914-1989), Bumbooziana: 'Sundry Notes & Papers, being the recently discovered notes and documents of the Natural & Instinctive Bestiality Research Expedition. collected and collated under the title Bumbooziana wherein is set down the…

Te Tohunga: Maori Legends and Traditions

Dittmer, Wilhelm, Te Tohunga - The Ancient Legends and Traditions of the Maoris Orally collected and Pictured, (Routledge & Sons, First Edition 1907 London.) pp.xviii,119, 28 full-page plates of drawings of Maori carvings, tattoos, clothing, etc., In…

Jekyll & Hyde: Stevenson's Classic Tale

Dr Jekyll Mr Hyde, by R.L. Stevenson Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1886, first edition

Colonial Architecture in NSW and Tasmania (Signed Limited Edition)

Hardey Wilson, old Colonial Architecture in New South Walesand Tasmania, no. 754/1000, 1924, with tinted lithograph plates and tissue guards, signed by the author. Provenance: collection of George and Adisa Pompei, Sydney

Pride and Prejudice, 3 vol. 2nd Ed. by Jane Austen

Jane Austen 1775-1817 'Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. In Three Volumes', (3), second Edition, for T. Egerton 1813, 12mo, three volumes, original white paper spines over blue boards, original printed paper labels, (3), each 18 x 15 cm

Seven volumes on English monarchs and their reigns

Seven volumes on the Kings and Queens of England, (7), Richard R. Holmes, Queen Victoria, Boussod Valadon & Co, 1897, folio, tooled red leather presentation binding, inset with letter of presentation, coloured frontispiece, black and white illustrations…

Proceedings of Zoological Society of Victoria (1872-75)

Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria. Proceedings. Melbourne, 1872-75. Volumes 1-4, octavo, with 7 plates, and text figures, original cloth., Including, in the second volume, J. J. Bleasdale's long paper on colonial wines. A fifth volume,…

Winnecke's Northern Territory Exploration Report

Winnecke, Charles. Herbert River and north-eastern exploring expedition. Plan and report of Mr. Winnecke's exploration from Alice Springs to the Herbert River and Tennant's Creek. Adelaide, 1882. South Australian Parliamentary Paper, small folio, drop…

Voyage to New South Wales, 1790

White, John. Journal of a voyage to New South Wales. London, 1790. Quarto, engraved title with vignette and 65 hand-coloured plates of natural history subjects on wove paper. With, Gilbert, Thomas. Voyage from New South Wales to Canton in the year 1788.…

Natural History of Marsupials and Rodents

Waterhouse, G.R. A natural history of the Mammalia. Vol 1, containing the order Marsupiata, or pouched animals, Vol. II, containing the order Rodentia, or gnawing Mammalia. London, 1846-48. Two volumes thick octavo, with 45 engraved plates (22…

Journey Across Western Australia

Warburton, Colonel Peter Egerton. Journey across the western interior of Australia. London, 1875. Octavo, with folding coloured route map (with slight marginal repairs) and 9 wood-engraved plates, original gilt-pictorial cloth., First edition of this…

The Malay Archipelago: Travel, Nature, and Evolution

Wallace, Alfred Russel. The Malay Archipelago. The land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. London, 1869. Two volumes octavo, with 2 folding coloured maps, 8 plates, and text maps and…

Australian Birds in Linnean Society Collection, 1827

Vigors, N.A. and Horsfield, Thomas. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society, with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. [London, 1827]. Quarto, pp. 170-331, binder's cloth., Part 1, all…

Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery

Vancouver, Captain George. A voyage of discovery to the northern Pacific Ocean and round the world... performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795 in the Discovery, sloop of war, and armed tender, Chatham. London, 1798. Three volumes…

Valentyn's Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien with 265 maps and plates

Valentyn, Francois. Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien. Amsterdam and Dordrecht, 1724-26. Five volumes small folio, with 265 engraved maps and plates (and duplicate of one map) including a folding portrait of the author, an allegorical title and engraved dedication…

Exploring Central Australia: Tietkens' Journal (1890)

Tietkens, W.H. Journal of Mr. W.H. Tietkens' Central Australian Exploring Expedition. Adelaide, 1890. South Australian Parliamentary Paper, small folio, drop title, pp.32 with folding map and folding coloured geological section plan, quarter calf., The…

Relations de divers voyages curieux (1672)

[Thevenot, Melchisedec, editor]. Relations de divers voyages curieux. Paris, 1672. Four volumes folio, with 11 folding or double-page maps, 23 plates, some double-page, 5 coloured, and numerous text illustrations, some full-page, contemporary calf, the…

Flora Australasica: Plants of New Holland and South Sea Islands

Sweet, Robert. Flora Australasica, or, a selection of handsome or curious plants, natives of New Holland and the South Sea Islands, containing figures and descriptions of some of the choicest species most proper for the conservatory or greenhouse. London,…

Songs of Central Australia

Strehlow, T.G.H. Songs of central Australia. [Sydney, 1971]. Quarto, with coloured frontispiece and endpocket map, corrigenda slip, original cloth in dustjacket (slightly frayed)., Very scarce. 'The author has set out on a task never before attempted in…

Discoveries in Australia by John Lort Stokes (1846)

Stokes, John Lort Stokes. Discoveries in Australia, with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. London, 1846. Two volumes thick octavo, with 8 folding engraved…

Central Australian Tribes & Journeys, 5 volumes

Spencer, Baldwin and Gillen, F.J. The northern tribes of central Australia. London, 1904. Thick octavo, with folding map, 2 folding coloured plates, 3 folding tables and numerous illustrations, original gilt-decorated cloth (wearing). With, Spencer and…

Across Australia: 1912 First Edition

Spencer, Baldwin and Gillen, F.J. Across Australia. London, 1912. Two volumes octavo, with 2 folding maps and numerous plates, some coloured, original gilt-decorated cloth. First edition, a fine set.

Horn Expedition Report: Central Australia Exploration & Discoveries

Spencer, W. Baldwin, editor. Report on the work of the Horn Expedition to central Australia. London, 1896. Four volumes quarto, with large folding linen-backed map in endpocket and 69 plates, some coloured, text map and illustrations, corrigenda slip in…

Birds of North West Australia: Studies and Illustrations

Soderberg, R. Studies of the birds in north west Australia. Results of Dr. E. Mjoberg's expeditions to Australia, 1910-1913, [Part] XVIII. Stockholm, 1918. Quarto, pp. 116, with 5 plates (one coloured) and text illustrations including a map, contemporary…

Limited edition Marsupials of Australia with fine coloured plates

Smith, Meredith, Aslin, Heather J. and Ganf, Rosemary Woodford. Marsupials of Australia. Melbourne, 1980-87. Volumes 1 and 2 (of 3), large folio, with fine coloured plates, original canvas with large pictorial leather inlays on the front boards, onlaid…

Zoology and Botany of New Holland with Hand-Coloured Plates

Shaw, George. Zoology of New Holland. Vol. 1 [all published]. London, [1793]-94. [ With] Smith, James. A specimen of the botany of New Holland. Vol. 1 [all published]. London, [1793-95]. Two volumes in one, quarto, with 12 + 16 hand-coloured plates,…

Heart of Antarctic by Shackleton (1909)

Shackleton, Ernest. The heart of the Antarctic. London, 1909. Two volumes thick large octavo, with 3 folding maps and sheet of panoramas, all in endpocket, and numerous plates, some coloured, original silver-decorated cloth, top edges gilt. First edition.

Scott's Last Expedition Journals (1913)

Scott, Captain Robert. Scott's last expedition. Being the journals... arranged by Leonard Huxley. London, 1913. Two volumes thick large octavo, with 8 folding maps and numerous plates, some coloured, original cloth, top edges gilt. A liitle foxing. First…

Naturalist in Australia: Saville-Kent's Illustrated Expedition

Saville-Kent, W. The naturalist in Australia. London, 1897. Large quarto, with 59 plates (9 coloured) and text illustrations, original decorated cloth (rubbed and a little marked). Slight adhesion damage to the double-page plate. With Bennett, George,…

Ornithological Papers on New Guinea and Neighbouring Islands

Salvadori, Tommaso. [Collection of 29 ornithological papers]. Genoa, 1874-91. Together in two volumes octavo, in total approx. 780 pages, with 2 hand-coloured plates, binder's cloth retaining the wrappers., A rare series, entirely relating to the birds of…

Memoire on the Discovery of Southern Coastline of Western Australia

[Purry, Jean-Pierre]. Memoire sur le Pais des Cafres et la Terre de Nuyts [and] second memoire sur le Pais des Cafres et la Terre de Nuyts. Amsterdam, 1718. Two volumes in one, small octavo, pp. 84 + 78, [ii], later calf. First title a little dusty and…

Mammals of New Guinea

Peters, W. and Doria, W. Enumerazione dei mammiferi raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Albertis ed A.A. Bruijn, nella Nuova Guinea propriamenti detta W. Peters e G. Doria. Genoa, 1881. Octavo, pp.48, [ii], with 14 plates (10 coloured), contemporary quarter…

Voyage to Terres Australes, 1800-1804

Peron, François and Freycinet, Louis de. Voyage de decouvertes aux Terres Australes... pendant les annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris, 1807-16. Two volumes quarto text, with portrait of Peron and 2 folding tables, half-titles, and errata leaf in…

Extinct Australian Megafauna: Rare Research with Lithographed Plates

Owen, Richard. Researches on the fossil remains of the extinct mammals of Australia. London, 1877. Two volumes quarto, with 132 lithographed plates, some folding, some double-page, including large folding linen-backed plate in the text volume,…

Elves and Fairies by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul. Elves and fairies. Verses by Annie R. Rentoul. Melbourne, [1916]. Folio, with 45 tipped-in plates, of which 15 are coloured, original gilt-decorated cloth (spine dulled), top edge gilt. Foxing, mainly affecting preliminary and…

Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land Records

Mountford, Charles P. and Specht, R.L., editors. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Melbourne, [1956-64]. Four volumes quarto, plates (some coloured), maps, and numerous illustrations, original cloth, all but the…

Letters and Journals of George Fletcher Moore (1834)

Moore, George Fletcher. Extracts from the letters and journals of George Fletcher Moore, now filling a judicial office at the Swan River Settlement. London, 1834. Small octavo, with a folding map, original cloth(spine wearing, the label defective, front…

Explorations in Eastern Australia: Three Expeditions

Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone. Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia. With descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix and of the present colony of New South Wales. second edition, carefully revised. London, 1839. Two…

The Home of the Blizzard by Sir Douglas Mawson

Mawson, Sir Douglas, The home of the blizzard, another set of the first edition in original cloth (spines dulled).

The Home of the Blizzard: Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914

Mawson, Sir Douglas. The home of the blizzard. Being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. London, [1915]. Two volumes thick large octavo, with 3 folding maps in endpocket, numerous plates, some coloured, and text maps and…

Explorations from Fowler's Bay to Cambridge Gulf (1904)

Maurice, R.T. Extracts from journals of explorations. Fowler's Bay to Rawlinson's Ranges, and Fowler's Bay to Cambridge Gulf. Adelaide, 1904. South Australian Parliamentary Paper, small folio, pp. 40 with 2 large folding maps and 6 photographic plates,…

Prodromus of Victorian Indigenous Animals

McCOY, Frederick. Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria, or, figures with descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals. Melbourne, [1875]-1888. Two volumes thick imperial octavo, with 199 lithographed plates,…

Labillardiere's Voyage in Search of La Perouse with Illustrations

Labillardiere, Jacques J.-H. de. Relation du voyage à la recherche de La Perouse... pendant les annees 1791, 1792, [1793 and 1794]. Paris, [1800]. Two volumes quarto and large folio atlas with engraved title, double-page chart and 43 plates, uncut in the…

Psittacorum: Rare Bird Books with Australian Interest

Kuhl, Heinrich. Conspectus psittacorum. [Bonn, 1820]. Quarto, pp.104, with 3 hand-coloured plates, uncut in original cloth-backed wrappers (spine worn, with defective label), with the bookplates of Frederick Ducane Godman, J.H. Calaby and H.W.Whittell. A…

"The Mammals of Australia" by Gerard Krefft

Krefft, Gerard. The mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Miss Harriett Scott and Miss Helena Forde... With a short account of the species hitherto described. Sydney, 1871. Large folio, with 16 lithographed plates, binder's cloth retaining the original…

Catalogue of Australian Museum Mammalia & Vertebrata Papers

Krefft, Gerard. Catalogue of the mammalia in the collection of the Australian Museum. Sydney, 1864. Small octavo, pp.[iv], 134, [ii], with the signature of the naturalist Charles French senior and the pencilled initials of W.Baldwin Spencer, old marbled…

Narrative of Beagle's Scientific Voyage

King, Captain Philip Parker, Fitzroy, Captain Robert and Darwin, Charles. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing the examination of the southern shores of South America,…

The Naturalist's Library: Ornithology (Complete Set)

Jardine, Sir William, Selby, Prideaux John and Swainson, William. The naturalist's library. Ornithology. Edinburgh, [1843]. Fourteen volumes small octavo, frontispiece portraits, engraved titles with coloured vignettes and 435 hand-coloured plates,…

Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium (1811)

Illiger, Johann Karl. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium. Berlin, 1811. Octavo, contemporary half calf (front joint neatly repaired). Foxed., A major contribution to zoological taxonomy, revising the Linnaean system and introducing the taxa family.

Native Tribes of South-East Australia & Aborigines of Victoria

Howitt, A. W. The native tribes of south-east Australia. London, 1904. Thick octavo, with 9 folding maps, folding table and numerous ilustrations, original cloth (rubbed). Some foxing. With, Smyth, R. Brough, The Aborigines of Victoria, 1878, two volumes…

Memoire on Ornithorhinque (1823-25)

Hoeven, J. van der. Memoire sur le genre Ornithorhinque. [With] Corrections. [Bonn, 1823-25]. Quarto, pp. 353-72 with hand-coloured plate + 869-72, together in contemporary plain wrappers. Text foxed. Rare extracts from Nova acta Leopoldina.

Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels with Maps and Plates

Harris, John, editor. Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels... London, 1744-48. Two volumes thick folio, printed double column, with 22 maps, mostly folding or double-page, and 39 plates, contemporary…

Geology of Kimberley District, Western Australia (1885)

Hardman, Edward. T. Report on the geology of the Kimberley district, Western Australia. Perth, 1885. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper, small folio, pp. 38 with 20 lithographed plates (2 double-page) by H.C. Prinsep from drawings by the author,…

Journals of Australian Explorations (1884)

Gregory, A. C. and Gregory, F. T. Journals of Australian explorations. Brisbane, 1884. Octavo, original cloth., An unusually fine copy of the complete record of the eight Gregory expeditions to northern, central and western Australia, between 1846 and…

Agriculture of Oxfordshire in 1794

[Great Britain, Board of Agriculture]. Davis, Richard. General view of the agriculture of the County of Oxford, with observations on the means of its improvement. London, 1794. Quarto, pp.40, with hand-coloured map (slightly cropped), bound with 45 other…

Gould's Birds of Australia with Hand-Coloured Plates

Gould, John. A synopsis of the birds of Australia. London, 1837-38. First issue in four parts, tall octavo, with 73 hand-coloured plates by Elizabeth Gould, original cloth-backed printed boards (back board of fourth part stained), prospectus bound in the…

The Mammals of Australia: Iconic Plates, Extinct Species

Gould, John. The mammals of Australia. London, [1843]-63. Three volumes large folio, with 182 hand-coloured lithographed plates by the author, Elizabeth Gould and H.C. Richter, contemporary dark green morocco, sides with wide gilt borders, spines fully…

Introduction to Australian Mammals

Gould, John. An introduction to the mammals of Australia. London, The Author, 1863. Octavo, original cloth. Very scarce.

Handbook to Birds of Australia

Gould, John. Handbook to the birds of Australia. London, The Author, 1866. Two volumes octavo, original pictorially-gilt cloth (a little stained).

Birds of New Guinea and Adjacent Islands with 320 Plates

Gould, John and Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. London, 1875-88. Five volumes large folio, with 320 hand-coloured lithographed plates,…

"The Birds of Australia" by John Gould (8 volumes)

Gould, John. The birds of Australia. London, [1840]-69. Eight volumes large folio, with 681 hand-coloured lithographed plates by the author and Elizabeth Gould, H.C. Richter and Edward Lear, 3 double-page, contemporary dark green morocco, sides with broad…

Rare hand-coloured bird plates by Gould and Elizabeth Gould

Gould, John. The birds of Australia and the adjacent islands. London, The Author, 1837-38. The two parts, all published, large folio, with 20 fine hand-coloured plates by the author and Elizabeth Gould, notice to subscribers slip in the second part, half…

Flinders' Voyage to Terra Australis, 1814

Flinders, Matthew. A voyage to Terra Australis, undertaken for completing the discovery of that vast continent, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803. London, 1814. Two volumes large quarto, with 9 steel-engraved views after William Westall, and…

Voyage de Dentrecasteaux à la recherche de La Perouse

D'Entrecasteaux, J.-A. Bruny. Voyage de Dentrecasteaux, envoye à la recherche de La Perouse. Paris, 1807-08. Two volumes thick quarto, with 32 folding charts and diagrams in the first volume and a folding plate in the second, half-title in each, and large…

Darwin-Wallace Paper on Natural Selection (1858)

Darwin, Charles and Wallace, Alfred R. On the tendency of species to form varieties. [Contained in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, volume III, no.9, London, 1858]. Octavo, pp.62, [ii], 64, unopened in the original printed blue…

Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle

Darwin, Charles, editor. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836. London, 1839-43. Five parts in three volumes, large quarto, original blind-stamped and gilt-lettered cloth…

A Voyage to New Holland, 1699

Dampier, William. A voyage to New Holland, &c.... In the year 1699. London, 1703. Octavo, with folding map and 14 plates, contemporary panelled calf well rebacked. Corner from four leaves affecting only the side-notes and page numerals, some browning or…

Dampier's Voyages: First British Landfalls in Australia

Dampier, William. A new voyage round the world... [With] Vol. II. Voyages and discoveries in three parts. [With] Vol. III. A voyage to New Holland, &c. in the year 1699... [With] A continuation of a voyage to New Holland, &c. London, 1703-09. Four volumes…

Birds of Fly River Expedition Catalogue

D'Albertis, L. M. and Salvadori, T. Catalogo degli uccelli raccolti da L.M. D'Albertis durante la seconda e terza esplorazione del Fiume Fly negli anni 1876 e 1877. Genoa, 1879. Octavo, pp. 132 with text figures, contemporary quarter cloth., Presentation…

The Australian Race: Origins, Languages, Customs, and Spread

Curr, Edward M. The Australian race: its origins, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia, and the routes by which it spread itself across the continent. Melbourne, 1886-87. Three volumes octavo, with 19 plates and folding table included in the…

Journals of James Cook and Beaglehole's Life

Cook, James. The journals... on his voyages of discovery. Edited by J.C. Beaglehole. Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, 1955-67. Four volumes in five, thick octavo, coloured frontispieces, numerous maps and plates, and portfolio of charts, original cloth in…

Official Account of Cook's First Voyage, 1773

[Cook]. Hawkesworth, John, editor. An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis and Captain Cook…

Aboriginal Carvings and Implements of New South Wales

Campbell, W.D. Aboriginal carvings of Port Jackson and Broken Bay. Sydney, 1899. With, Etheridge, Robert. The cylindro-conical and cornute stone implements of western New South Wales and their significance [and] The warrigal, or dingo, introduced or…

Cyclopedia of Western Australia and Men of Western Australia

Battye, J.S. The cyclopedia of Western Australia. Perth, 1912-13. Two volumes thick quarto, profusely illustrated, orginal half roan (cloth sides of the first volume stained). With, Colless, V. H., publisher, Men of Western Australia, 1937, in wearing…

North-west Expedition Journal and Scientific Notes

Basedow, Herbert. Journal of the Government north-west expedition. Adelaide, 1914. Octavo, pp. 57-242, large folding map and photographic plates, original printed wrappers. With White, S. A. and others, Scientific notes on an expedition into the…

Botanical illustrations from Captain Cook's voyage

Banks, Joseph and Solander, Daniel. Illustrations of the botany of Captain Cook's voyage round the world in H.M.S. Endeavour in 1768-71. London, Printed by order of the British Museum, 1900-05. Three volumes large folio, with 320 photolithographed plates…

Colonial Australia Travel Narratives

Backhouse, James. A Narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies. London, 1843. Thick octavo, 3 engraved folding maps and 15 etched plates, one folding, original cloth, rebacked with the spine mounted. With, Wentworth, William, Description of the…

Voyage Around the World on Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes

Arago, Francois. Narrative of a voyage round the world in the Uranie and Physicienne corvettes commanded by Captain Freycinet, in the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820. London, 1823. Quarto, with folding map and 25 lithographed plates after drawings by the…

Norwegian Antarctic Expedition and Shackleton's South

Amundsen, Roald. The South Pole. An account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Frame, 1910-1912. London, 1912. Two volumes thick octavo, numerous maps and plates, original cloth (flag ornament on spine of the first volume flaked, as often). A…

Melba's Farewell Gift Book

Melba's gift book, including tipped in colour plates, with a farewell letter written on silk (a/f), attached on the inside and signed by Nellie Melba, dated September 4th 1924

Bespoke Stand with 4 Leather Bound Portrait Books

A collection of four leather bound books in bespoke stand, Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain, published for Harding and Lepard, Pall Mall East,1834, each volume 40 x 48 cm

Australian Aborigines: Photographs by David Unaipon (1936)

David Unaipon and others 'Photographs of Australian Aborigines A.F.A.' 1936 first edition

Languages of Australian Aborigines

Ridley, Rev. W. M. Kamilaroi, Dippil, and Turrubul: Languages Spoken By Australian Aborigines, Thomas Richards, Government Printers, Phillip-Street, Sydney, 1866

Complete Works of Charles Dickens, 1897-99, 34 volumes

[Charles Dickens] a complete thirty-four volume Gadshill edition set of the works of Charles Dickens [1897-99], pub. Chapman and Hall, London, bound by Bickers and Son, Leicester square, with black and white illustrations [some behind protective papers],…

The Life of Nelson

Robert Southey, 1774-1843, The Life of Nelson, Published by John Murray, Bookseller to the Board of Longitude, Albemarle Street, London, 1828, 4 vols, red morocco with gilt covers, marbled end papers, Illustrated with 13 letters and documents, 94…

Darwin's Origin of Species, 1859 first edition

Charles Darwin, On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life, John Murray, London, 1859, octavo, folding lithographed diagram, 32-page publisher's catalogue dated June 1859, bound…

Scottish Tartanware Poetry Book Case with Burns' Works

A Tartanware miniature poetry book case Scottish, circa 1880, labelled Burns Poetical Works containing six volumes of The Poetical Works of Robert Burns published by Robert Bryce, Glasgow

Blake's Watercolour Designs for Gray's Poems

A collection of William Blake's watercolour designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray in three volumes, printed for J. Murray, Fleet Street, 1972. First edition. Quarter leather bound, marbled boards, limited to 518 copies, each volume housed in individual…

Buller's Birds of New Zealand (1873)

Sir Walter Lawry Buller (1838-1906) 'A History of the Birds of New Zealand', London 1873. iii-xxiii, 384p, [5]p of reviews and notices concerning a proposed issue of Supplement, absent title and frontis, illus., 35 hand coloured plates by J. G. Keulemans.…