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A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures engraved on wood chiefly copied from the original of T. Bewick, by A. Anderson. With an Appendix, containing some American Animals not hitherto described. Alexander Anderson, Thomas Bewick.

A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures engraved on wood chiefly copied from the original of T. Bewick, by A....

New York: Printed by G. & E. Waite, No. 64, Maiden-Lane, 1804. Anderson, Alexander. First American edition. The first American edition of a classic work, with the cuts re-engraved (usually in reverse) from the original Bewick edition. Dr. Alexander Anderson (1775-1870) was America’s first wood engraver. Pomeroy identifies the fourth... Read More

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The Western Pacific. A Description of the Groups of Islands to the North and East of the Australian Continent. Australia, Walter Coote, F. R. G. S.

Let the Empire Expand

The Western Pacific. A Description of the Groups of Islands to the North and East of the Australian Continent.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Seale and Rivington, 1883. First edition. Let the Empire Expand. "The author gives information to English people about islands near Australia and which may fall within the policy of annexation put forward by the Colonies. He visited Norfolk Island, Fiji, New Hebrides, Banks Island, Santa Cruz... Read More

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England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Politcal State of Both Nations. Australian Colonies, Edward Gibbon Wakefield.

Founder of the “New Colonization System”

England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Politcal State of Both Nations.

London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 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... Read More

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This Inch of Time. Sir Howard Beale.

This Inch of Time.

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

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The Last Domains. Charles Blackman, Nadine Amadio.

WITH LITHOGRAPH

The Last Domains.

[Sydney]: AH & AW Reed Pty. Ltd, 1980. #11 of 150 copies signed and numbered by the artist. with a lithograph with same number, signed by the artist, laid in. WITH LITHOGRAPH. Charles Blackman was born in Sydney in 1928, though spent much of his childhood in Queensland. He's best... Read More

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Long Odds. A Novel. Marcus Clarke.

Long Odds. A Novel.

Melbourne: Clarson, Massina, and Co., Printers and Publishers, 1869. First Edition of author’s first novel. The first novel from the bohemian Australian writer Marcus Clarke, author of perhaps the greatest Australian novel, HIS NATURAL LIFE, and “a pioneer in the development of the Australian short story and … a shrewd... Read More

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The House of White Shadows. A Novel. [With:] Great Porter Square: A Mystery Seventh edition. [With]: In a Silver Sea. New edition. [With:] The Mystery of M. Felix. A Novel. [With:] The Nine of Hearts. [With:]: Miser Farebrother. A Novel. New edition. [With:] The Sacred Nugget. An Australian Story. Sixth edition. [With:] A Strange Enchantment. Benjamin Leopold Farjeon.

Inscribed to the Author's Father-in-Law, Actor Joe Jefferson

The House of White Shadows. A Novel. [With:] Great Porter Square: A Mystery Seventh edition. [With]: In a Silver Sea...

London: Ward and Downey, later & Ward, Lock & Co, vd. Later editions. Inscribed to the Author's Father-in-Law, Actor Joe Jefferson. Each volume INSCRIBED, "To Joe W. Jefferson [or, 'Josie'] / With the author's love [or 'love from']/ Ben. L. Farjeon." Farjeon married Margaret Jane Jefferson, daughter of Joe Jefferson... Read More

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ALS “James Edward Fitzgerald” as Assistant Secretary of the British Museum to William Gourlie. James Edward Fitzgerald.

The Future Prime Minister of New Zealand

ALS “James Edward Fitzgerald” as Assistant Secretary of the British Museum to William Gourlie.

London, British Museum: 21 August 1848. The Future Prime Minister of New Zealand. Fitzgerald acknowledges the receipt of “your obliging present of two specimens of Melania from the Falls of Essequibo” [Kaieteur Falls in Guyana] to the National Collections. Gourlie was a noted botanist and member of the Edinburgh Botanical... Read More

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