1. Francis, George William / [Provenance: Good, James (MRCSC in London) / Curtis, James (Cork)].

The Grammar of Botany ; Explaining the Structure, Form, Classification, Uses and Geographical Distribution of Plants, Illustrated by Poetry, Anecdotes, Popular Remarks and Three Hundred Wood Engravings.

Secoond Edition. London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1848. Small Octavo. 160 pages. Original, publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Names of two preowners in ink. The binding firm. The whole publication a bit dusty but interior very good and bright . An extremely important and very rare botanical publication of the later first Director of Adelaide Botanical Garden who emigrated to Australia just a year after its second edition was published.

2. McCulloch, Susan.

Contemporary Aboriginal Art – A guide to the rebirth of an ancient culture.

Australia, Allen & Unwin, 2001. 18.5 cm x 26 cm. 247 pages. Lavishly illustrated with colour plates throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. Hay, William.

The Escape of the notorious Sir William Heans (And the mystery of Mr.Daunt) – A Romance of Tasmania.

This is the original, first edition – NOT a Reprint ! London, George Allen & Unwin, 1918. 8°. 416 pages including the printed errata slip. Hardcover with front of the original dustjacket pasted to frontcover. First Edition. Original cloth with illustration-montage on frontcover. Hole in the hinge. Slightly rubbed. Rubbed. From the Australiana collection of Colin Roderick with a tipped in dedication slip to the endpaper (Colin Roderick, August 1945 – from M.V.H.).

4. 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).

5. Simpson, Colin.

Australian Image. 50 Landscapes in Colour. Text by Colin Simpson.

First Edition. Sydney, Legend Press, 1956. 22.5cm x 28.5cm. 30 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Faded dampstain to the lower boards. Otherwise in excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6. McCulloch, Alan (editor) / Henshaw, John.

The Golden Age of Australian Painting – Impressionism and the Heidelberg School.

Melbourne, Lansdowne Press, 1969. 26 cm x 31 cm. 196 pages. 110 colour illustrations on 94 tipped-in plates and 36 mononchrome illustrtions. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. With marvelously illustrated and slipcase with titling to front board. Extremely Rare / Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Stunning illustrations in excellent condition. Interior near perfect. Discreet bookseller’s label on front pastedown. Binding firm and strong and bookblock tight and square. Slipcase shows some shelfwear but is in good condition.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.