1. Rashleigh, Ralph.

The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh. A Penal Exile in Australia, 1825-1844. With an introduction by the late Earl of Birkenhead. With five illustrations.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1931. 19 cm. 349 pages. Facsimile illustrations in black and white. Original hardcover. Poor condition with strong signs of external wear. There is noticeable wear and discolouration to spine, which has become half detached; an inside page has been cut/torn; and the back page is slightly faded and worn. [The Llife and Letters Series – No.20].

2. Martin, Robert Montgomery.

The British Colonies; Their History, Extent, Condition and Resources. 6 Volumes bound in 3 Volumes (Text only without maps and illustrations). The Set includes: Volume I – British North America / Volume II – Australia / Volume III – New Zealand, Tasmania / Volume IV – Africa and the West Indies / Volume V – British India / Volume VI – Ceylon, East India and Meditteranean Settlements /

First Edition. London and New York, The London Printing and Publishing Company [that was J. and F. Tallis], no year (c. 1850). Quarto (20 cm x 27 cm). Volume I (British North America [Canada / USA]): Frontispice illustrated titlepage, XXIV, 360 pages with pages 1 – 9 missing / Volume II (Australia): pages 361 – 744 pages / Volume III (New Zealand / Tasmania): II, 384 pages. / Volume IV (Africa and the West Indies): II, 188 pages / Volume V (British India): II, 564 pages with pages 455 – 456 missing / Volume VI (Ceylon, East India and Mediterranean Settlements): II, 172 pages. Hardcover / Original, decorative publisher’s halfleather with gilt lettering and ornament to spines. Bindings rubbed but overall in firm and very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All maps and illustrations besides one illustration removed by a previous owner. In the course of removal of maps and illustrations, one page slightly torn and 11 pages of text missing. This is still one of the most important text-sources of British Colonial History, itsevaluation in Britain and a plethora of data on economical and political impact the Colonies had for the former Empire. No other contemporary 19th century publication includes details on colonial produce, movement of population and local History from Tasmania to Quebec, from Hong Kong to Heligoland (Helgoland), and in general on the depition of “England, the ‘Nursing Mother’ of Nations” (Introductory page XXIV by Montgomery Martin).

3. World – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

The World on Mercator’s Projection – With Vignettes of London, Gibraltar, Constantinople, The Pyramids of Ghizeh, Niagara, Pont Neuf Paris and Vesuvius.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Engraved by J.B. Allen. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 34.7 cm x 26.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.3 cm x 27.2 cm. In fair condition with tears evident. Slight browning and paper imperfections to outer margins.

4. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Victoria or Port Phillip with Vignettes and illustrations of Aborigines fighting, Kangaroo, a beautiful engraving of Port Phillip and its harbour. The map shows in beautiful, hand-coloured borders the old division of Victoria into Howe, Combermere, Bruce, Haddington, Douro, Mornington, Frant, Bourke, Dalhousie, Rodney, Murray, Anglesey, Polworth, Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, Heytesbury, Villier, Dundas, NormanbyFollet, Wimmera, Western Port.

Original steel engraving / Vintage australian map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 40.5 cm x 50.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear to the frame only.

5. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Van Diemen’s Land or Tasmania with beautiful Vignettes and illustrations of Hobart Town, Residence of the Company’s Agent, Circular Head / Thylacinus Cynocephalus. The map shows the old districts of Tasmania: Dorset, Cornwall, Glamorgan, Pembroke, Cumberland, Buckingham, Kent, Devon, Westmorland etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 39.5 cm x 46.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

6. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Part of South Australia with Vignettes and illustrations of Adelaide, Dingo or Australian Dog, Image of a Nymphicus, Natives on a Catamaran, the Seal of Australia. The map shows Flinders, the York Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Stanley, Eyre, Gawler, Adelaide, Russell, Hindmarsh the Spencer Gulf and Lake Torrens.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully framed. Size of Frame with map: 40.5 cm x 50.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

7. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

New South Wales with Vignettes and beautiful, engraved illustrations of Sydney (Sydney Cove), The Murray and a Xanthorraea as well as the Seal of New South Wales. Borders between districts beautifully handcoloured: Stanley, Churchill, Cavendish, Ward, Buller, Rouse, Richmond, Larence, Leigh, Gresham, Vernon, Sandon, Macquarie, Brisbane, Durham, Hawes, Parry, Loucester, Inglis, Buckland, Pottinger, Bligh, Phillip, Wellington, Roxburgh, Bathurst, Georgiana, Westmorland, Camden St.Vincent, King, Cowley, BuccleuchWellesley, Auckland, Dampier, Beresford, MonderooLower Darling, Lachlan, MurrumbidgeeBligh, Liverpool Plains, Gwyder, Darling Downs, Canning etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully framed. Size of Frame with map: 40.5 cm x 50.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

8. India – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Overland Route to India – With Vignettes of London’s Post Office, Gibraltar, Malta, the Mail Crossing the Desert, Suez, Aden, Bombay, and Madras.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Engraved by J. Rogers. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 34.5 cm x 34 cm. Sheet Size: 27.2 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

9. Eastern Hemisphere – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Eastern Hemisphere – With Stunning Vignettes of Indigenous Peoples, Native Animals inlaid within an Ornate Decorative Border.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Engraved by J. Rogers. London & New York, J.& F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 33.3 cm x 26.3 cm. Sheet Size: 37.3 cm x 27 cm. In fair condition with a tear running across section of the map. Slight browning and paper imperfections to outer margins.

10. Waters, Ian Benjamin.

Die Konzilien in Australien. 1842 – 1917.

Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich, Schöningh, 1994. 24 cm. XXVIII, 195 Seiten. Hardcover / Leinen. Ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar in sehr gutem Zustand. (Ausgeschieden / Stempel auf Vorsatz und verso Titel). Sehr sauber. KEINE Anstreichungen. [Konziliengeschichte : Reihe A, Darstellungen].