Minneapolis, Minn: University of Minnesota, [1944]. First edition. With review by Ashley Montagu. With 2 page holograph review by Ashley Montagu laid in. Read More about A People of Alor. A Social-Psychological Study of an East Indian Island ...with Analyses by Abram...

New York: Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers, 1852. First edition. Ferguson: "At this time the author was conducting an 'Australian Emigration Office' at 120 Wall Street, New York." Read More about Australia and Her Gold Regions: A Full Description of its Geology, Climate, Products, Natives …...

London: for John Dunton, 1693. First edition in English. The First Appearance of the Words "Australia" and "Australians" in Print. The rare first English edition of the most famous of all the fictitious accounts of Australia. This amusing and entertaining imaginary voyage of Jacques Sadeur to the Congo and thence..... Read More about A New Discovery of Terra Incognita Australis, or the Southern World. By James Sadeur, a...

London: Printed for W. Peacock and Sons, 1802. The Third edition, Correceted and Considerably enlarged. With a fine folding map of New Holland and New Zealand and a separate one of Polynesia including the Sandwich Islands. Read More about A Compendious Geographical Dictionary, containing a Concise Description of the Most Remarkable...

London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Founder of the “New Colonization System”. Following imprisonment, Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered his theories for..... Read More about England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Political State of Both Nations

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1977. First edition. Inscribed by the Beale, who was ambassador to the US from Australia during the Kennedy administration, "for dear Jane [Engelhard] / with affectionate regards / from Howard Beale / Nov. 24 '77" Read More about This Inch of Time

London: sold by A. Manson, P. Denham, W. Robertson, and F. Nicholson, n.d. [ca. 1766-69?]. First edition. This Journal of the circumnavigation of the Dolphin in 1764-6 starts out as a seafaring account of travel from Plymouth to Madeira to Brazil, and the claiming of the Falkland Islands for the..... Read More about A Journal of a Voyage round the world, in His Majesty’s ship the Dolphin, commanded by the...

Sydney: Angus & Robertson Limited, 1936. First edition. With note from Publisher "For Review/ 'Isis':/ from Angus & Robertson Ltd." Read More about Back in the Stone Age. The Native of Central Australia

Wellington: John Mackay, GPO, 1906. Inscribed on upper cover, "Dr. --Pranseau with L. Cockayne's Compliments." The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography sums up Cockayne's achievements: He "was one of the most influential of New Zealand's scientists. Although lacking formal training, he made important and original contributions to botany, stimulating research..... Read More about On a Specific Case of Leaf-Variation in Coprosma Baueri

New Haven & London: Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1985-1988. First American Edition. "Captain James Cook's three voyages of exploration to the Pacific between 1768 and 1780 were the first of the great European voyages of discovery to carry professional artists. The Art..... Read More about The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages. Volume I: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771; Volume II:...

Boston: Printed by E G House for the Author, 1817. First edition. "An account by an American of his three voyages to various parts of the Pacific between 1790 and 1807. He called at Van Diemen's Land and engaged in sealing in Bass Strait, of which he gives a description..... Read More about A Narrative of Voyages and Travels, in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres: Comprising Three...

London: Arrowsmith, nd. An account of the cruise of the schooner Chance, 1928-1929 from New London through the South Seas to Sydney. Read More about The Great Dipper to the Southern Cross