The royal research ship 'Discovery II'
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968. Octavo, some stains to dustwrappers, otherwise a very good set. More
Washington D C: Smithsonian Exposition Books, 1978. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. Various accounts of scientific field work of the Smithsonian Institution. More
Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1943. Quarto, photographs, softcover with dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: 1922. Octavo, photographs, marbled boards. Extracted from The Emu, volume 21. More
London: A & C Black, 1974. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: The Library of New South Wales, (1970. second edition). Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Richard Bentley, 1834. Octavo, aquatint frontispieces. Nineteenth century half calf, and marbled boards, spine labels, bookplate, stamp,a very good copy. Dr George Bennett (1804-1893) settled permanently in Sydney in 1836 and died in 1893. He established a successful medical practice and became a leading figure in Colonial science. He..... More
Sydney: David Ell Press, 1988. Octavo, 27 full-page watercolours. Publisher's cloth and slipcase, limited to 550 copies, a fine copy. The manuscript, now held in the Mitchell Library, was created in 1813 by the colonial official Thomas Skottowe, using the illustrations of the convict artist Robert Browne. More
Sydney: Collins, (1970. first edition). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Lane Cove: Doubleday, 1983. Large quarto, illustrations and maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: State Library of New South Wales, 2001. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. The exhibition Matthew Flinders: the ultimate voyage was presented by the State Library of New South Wales to commemorate the bicentenary of Flinders' epic voyage of exploration and discovery along the Australian coasts in HMS Investigator in 1801-1803..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1965. Octavo, lacks dustwrapper. More
London: George Philip, 1985. Quarto, photographs and text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Canberra: Roebuck Society, (1974. third edition). Octavo, illustrations, maps, owner's signature. More
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Anvers: Imprimerie J. E. Buschmann, 1906. Quarto, five partially coloured lithographic plates. Binder's cloth, wrappers retained. The Insect volume. More
Carlton South: Miegunyah Press, 2006. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. In 1800 François Péron, an ambitious young medical student not long released from the French revolutionary army, gained a place as an assistant zoologist on Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australian waters. As his colleagues either deserted or died..... More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1984. Quarto, colour illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. A very useful account of the early exploration of Australian natural history and a solid reference for anyone interested in the subject. The author was the recipient of the Museum of Victoria's Science and Humanities Scholarship. More
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2018. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, softcover. More
Melbourne: Miegunyah Press, 2000. Quarto, colour illustrations, sunned spine, otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. John Washington Price was the surgeon of the transport Minerva which sailed from Cork for Syney in 1799 carrying two hundred convicts. Price's journal is held in the Wellesley Collection at the British Library, London..... More
Hawthorn: Bloomings Books, 1999. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Dampier landed on the coast of Western Australia more than 80 years before the arrival of James Cook on the eastern coast, which made him the first explorer to set foot on Australian soil. This book documents his two..... More
Roermond-Maaseik: J J Romen and Zonen, [1934]. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Modern half morocco, coloured labels. In Dutch. Primarily about Dutch New Guinea, now West Papua. More
Melbourne: Hill House, 1990. Folio, two volumes, charts, colour plates. Text volume, dustwrapper. Chart volume, cloth boards. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Fine copy. More
Hastings: Warrangine Word, 2008. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. More