Voyager Rare Books Maps & Prints - Winter Catalogue 2022

Voyager Rare Books Maps & Prints
Autumn Catalogue
Winter 2022
An unusual selection from our collection … an early manuscript music
score, Australian birdlife, Platypus rarities, the striking art of Barbier,
a group of Stow, commemorative medals. We have maps from abroad
and at home, and the Letters of a Turkish Spy. Signed Idriess and
some rare and interesting science. We hope you like it …
and there’s something for you and yours.
• George Barbier pochoir for Paul Verlaine’s Fantouche
• Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy — Eight Volumes Complete — 1748
• Pearling along Northern Australia —Forty Fathoms Deep—Ion Idriess—Signed
• Manuscript Music Score for Piano and Harpsichord –1809
• Le Morte D’Arthur — Malory — Special Shakespeare Head Press edition — 1933
• Australian Physicist Henry Brose on Einstein and his Relativity — 1920
• Boletus Pinophilus — quality scientific epicurean delight
• Poems of Passion — decorated by Sangorski and Sutcliffe — 1910
• Randolph Stow — Tourmaline, Visitants and The Girl Green as Elderflower.
• Arthur Upfield and Bony’s first and last—well almost
• Peter Wilkins — His Life and Adventures — Special Illustrations —1884
• Greene’s King Parrot—A Voyager favourite
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Voyager Winter Catalogue

Voyager Rare Books Maps & Prints
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curious to the curious, and selecting prize items for our collection. We don’t measure our
stock by numbers of items but by variety and quality.
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Bruny Island and Adventure Bay
Extremely scarce historical booklet concerning
Bruny Island. Self-published likely with the help of
the Tasmanian Government circa 1950.
18.5cm by 12cm, 783 pages. Attractive decorative
soft cover. Two full page maps of Bruny Island and
Adventure Bay … both with references.
Potted histories including Tasman; Dufresne;
Furneaux and Cook; Bligh; Cox; D’Éntrecastaux;
Hayes; Baudin and Bass … and Captain Kelly. Other
content includes … Adventure Bay Historical Sites;
Bruny Island Aborigines; Triganini and “Bruny
Island Nomenclature”
We particularly like the advertisements e.g.
Adventure Bay Taxi Service – To all parts of the
Island Day and Night – R.W. Cox Storekeeper and
Newsagent – Phone Adventure Bay No 4.
Price $60.00
A scarce little history from a devoted local with
some little treasures that only a local and an
enthusiast could properly articulate.

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Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy,
Who Liv’d Five and Forty Years
Undiscovered at Paris; Giving an
Impartial Account to the Divan of
Constantinople of the Most
Remarkable Transactions in Europe
Complete in Eight Volumes.
Giovanni Paolo Marana
A very nice set of this legendary
work, complete and unusually in
their original bindings. Fictional
letters claiming to have been written
by an Ottoman Spy named “Mahmut
the Arabian” embedded in the
French Court of Louis XIV.
Published in London by Wilde,
Ballard and others in 1748. Eight
volumes (Over 600 letters in all),
duodecimo, engraved frontispiece to
Vol I, full contemporary calf, spines
gilt, original red leather labels, some
joints a bit cracked but holding. A
good complete set of a great
publishing success of the 18thC.
Contemporary bookplate of Robert
Midgley dated 1748, the first owner.
And the modern book label of
Edward John Kenny the Latinist of
Peterhouse College, Cambridge
University, visiting at Harvard etc.
A journal of gossip and anecdotes on
politics and events and shenanigans
going on in France at the time.
Written originally in Italian by Giovanni
Paola Marana (1642-1693) a Genoese
refugee in the Court of the said Louis
XIV. He completed the first volume of
102 letters, had it translated to French
and published in Paris in 1684-1686.
Other volumes were published as they
were completed over time. English
translation of Volume I by William
Bradshaw became available in 1687.
Later volumes were issued first in
English in London leading some to
believe they were not by Marana.
However, the consistency in style and
use of words really points to Marana
being the author of the full set.
Well liked by Daniel Defoe who wrote an
aptly named “Continuation of Turkish
Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy in
Paris” ... a sort of 18thC sequel.
Incidentally, the last owner Professor
Kenny used to gauge his candidates by
seeing how nice they were to his cat
Fufu … it became known as the Fufu test
… that’s Cambridge for you.
Price $890.00
The Turkish Spy — Mahmut the Arabian
An Early Classic By Marana
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Forty Fathoms Deep
Ion Idriess
Signed, annotated third edition published
February 1937, a month after the first edition.
A vivid and thrilling edition from Idriess on the
pearling industry centred in Broome.
Published by Angus & Robertson, Sydney.
Octavo, 343 pages, 10 pages advertisements for
other Idriess titles. Green cloth covered boards
black titles to spine and front cover. Dust jacket
designed by Edgar Alfred Holloway This is the
orange variant (sometimes yellow or yellow and
orange – see authority Feain and Aronry page
42). Map of Northern Australia, Torres Strait and
New Guinea on front endpaper. 19 pages of black
and white illustrations.
Very good condition, very clean inside and a dust
jacket with minor nibbles along the top and a
part removed top of inside flap.
Annotated and signed by Idriess on the title page.
“Wishing Mrs Noah Van Cleef many happy
memories on her trip to Australia. Ion L Idriess
Sydney 1937” … a further note “March 1,
1937” in Idriess’s hand bottom left.
Price $180.00
Australian pearling early edition signed
and annotated by author.
Men of the Jungle — Ion Idriess
Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney,
a 1955 edition in very good condition.
Octavo, end paper maps, illustrated from
period photographs.
One reviewer stated ‘This must be one of
the most delightful books on Australia that
has ever been written” … high praise
indeed … and worthy.
Idriess and his mates, for three years, in
the back of Cooktown and the Daintree
River … the characters … special and could
not be made more interesting in fiction.
$60.00
Idriess Far North among his mates

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Voyager = Thoughtful Gift
Georges Barbier “Fantouches” -1928
Stunning pochoir by George Barbier (1882-
1932) created to illustrate Fetes Galantes the
beautiful poetry of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896).
Paul Verlaine a decadent and symbolic poet
was famously shot by Arthur Rimbaud during
their tempestuous relationship in the 1870’s.
Represents the Verlaine poem “Fantoches”
showing Scaramouche and Pulcinella, drawn
together by evil intent, silhouetted against
the full moon. The Bologna Doctor is seen
picking herbs from the garden. His beautiful
daughter, naked, meets her handsome lover a
Spanish Pirate etc …
Price $390.00 framed
George Barbier and Paul Verlaine

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The Theory of Relativity.
An Introductory Sketch based on Einstein’s Original
Writings including a Biographical Note -
Australian Physicist — Henry L Brose - 1920
Printed wrappers, octavo, 32 pages with 3 diagrams in
text, sewn as issued, slightly soiled and edge nibbles, still
a good copy of the second revised edition of this important
work in English concerning Einstein’s Universe breaking
Theory of Relativity. Published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford.
Published February 1920 the first printing being in
December 1919, with alterations as set out in the Preface.
Einstein’s theories, .. special and general, were published
in Berlin between 1914 and 1916. This work by Brose was
published before the full translations of Einstein’s work
which first appeared in 1920. Brose completed the full
translation for Methuen, London a book now worth many
thousands of dollars.
Henry Herman Leopold Adolph Brose (1890-1965) was an
Australian physicist. He was born in Adelaide went to
Prince Alfred College and then the University in
Mathematics .. Rhodes Scholar to Christ Church, Oxford.
He went to Hamburg in 1914 to visit relatives and was
interned for the duration of WWI. It was during that time
that he became interested in the developing Theory of
Relativity. War over and back at Oxford he completed his
Degree in 1919 and translated Einstein’s work the year
after. He later obtained his Doctorate on the motion of
electrons in oxygen under Townsend. All top end stuff.
Brose had direct contact with Einstein, later in 1930
Einstein visited University establishments in England and
Brose acted as his translator.
Price $90.00
Early English language paper
on Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
Brose—pretty dapper for a physicist

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The Great South Land
Searching for the Antipodes from Classical Scholars
to Quiros & Dampier.
Published by Hordern House in 2011 another scholarly
catalogue of key works presented in a depth.
Hardback quarto, in dust jacket, unpaginated but circa
180 pages with 127 rare items. A fine copy.
After a useful introduction we start with “Ideas of a
Southern Continent” … Classical Geographers with works
by Strabo, Mela, Macrobious, Ptolemaeus … the
Renaissance and later. Leading to Marco-Polo, Mandeville
and the “travellers and story tellers”. Dutch exploration
and the VOC … Duyfken, Tasman, Pelsaert. Before the
Spanish and Portuguese … Varthema, Quiros, Mendana.
The “English Adventurers make Landfall” .. Drake,
Woodes Rogers, William Dampier. Hakluyt wraps it all up.
All up 104 voyagers, travellers or distinguished authors.
Price $ 50.00
Up to Dampier explained by reference to key works
Barrier Reef Beauty
Speckled Ostracion – by Shaw & Nodder — 1800
A striking tropical fish that in various forms inhabits the world tropical waters
including the Australian Northern Coast and along the Queensland Barrier Reef,
from the family know as Boxfish… we understand a bit bony and therefore
difficult to eat … perhaps that is why he looks so pretty
George Shaw was in charge of the Natural History Department at the British
Museum. Frederick Nodder was a natural history artist who also worked for Sir
Joseph Banks on his magnificent Florilegium.
Price $260.00 framed — Fishy beauty from tropical climes
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Through Lapland with Skis & Reindeer
Frank Hedges Butler
title continues … with Some Account of the
Ancient Lapland and the Murman Coast.
With the author’s brilliant bookplate on
pastedown, most likely a presentation copy.
Also probably later inscription of Edwin
Clements who had participated in the North
Russian expeditionary Force 1918-1919.
Published by Fisher Unwin, London in 1919
a third impression. Octavo, 286 pages,
decorated boards. Nicely illustrated from
photographs taken on the expedition and
other historical items for context. Four
maps specifically annotated by the author,
including folding map at the rear.
A super account that befits the nature of
the author. Butler was one of the first in
England to own a motor vehicle … a Benz in
1898. Along with a now famous Mr Rolls
formed the Royal Automobile Club. He took
to serious ballooning with over 100 flights ..
one from London to the South of France …
partly designed to observe the Solar Eclipse
of 1907. He formed the Royal Aeronautical
Club as a result … he was the second private
person to take flying lessons and flew with
Wilbur Wright in France. Naturally, he was a
member of The Ski Club.
We say the bookplate is “brilliant” as it
meets the test of defining the owners
character with the images of the very
vintage motor car; hot air balloon; Wilbur
Wright aircraft and Reindeer powered sled
… with the odd book thrown in.
We have not described the book …
it’s brilliant also ...
Price $180.00
Frank Butler out skiing in
northmost Lapland … if you
want to start a Club this is the
man to follow.

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Full Moon - Wodehouse — First Edition
Wodehouse First Edition 1947. Octavo, 252 pages, orange
cloth covered boards with black titling to spine and front.
Minor dust jacket chip to top front spine. Otherwise a
very good copy, very clean inside.
Blandings Castle and Gally (Earl of Emsworth – Galahad)
tries to marry off his daughter Veronica (the dumbest
beauty listed in the pages of Debrett’s), mmhhh … with
the usual hilarity that befits Wodehouse …
Price $60.00
Wodehouse - First Edition
The Moon Mistress - 1930
A First Edition 1930 and in
very good condition. The Moon
Mistress was Diane de Poitiers
the mistress of Henri II … she
was nineteen years older than
him and outlived him. She
would rise at three take a
bathe and go horseback riding
for three hours before
breakfast. A rare and sought
after historical account
Price $60.00
Strong woman made her mark
Merlinus Anglicus Junior - 1757
Or, The Starry Messenger Almanack - Henry Colley
Self-described “Student in the Mathematicks and Celestial
Science”. Contains ...Position and Aspects of the Moon; A Chronology
from the Conqueror and the Position of the Pleiades; Table
of the Houses according to the Doctrine of Ptolemy; Phaenomena
and Theory of the Tides; Scheme of the grand Radix of the Year’s
Revolution, or Sol’s Ingress into Aries.
Price $80.00
Scarce Astronomical Almanack complete and curious
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The First 49 Stories
An early edition published by Jonathan Cape in 1952.
Octavo, 471 pages, previous name on end paper, a
very clean copy internally, unclipped dust jacket a
trifle marked and chipped to lower spine.
The best introduction to Hemingway. Many short story
favourites including the Short Happy Life of Francis
Macomber: Killers; Snows of Kilimanjaro; the Gambler
and the Nun, the Radio etc
Price $50.00 The Way into Hemingway
Platypus - 1798
Vert early copper engraving by Schumzer
for Gottlieb Wilhelm. for Wilhelm’s
“Discourses in Natural History”.
Wilhelm (1758-1811) was born into a
family of publishers in Augsburg,
Germany. He began his great work on
natural history in 1792. It was printed by
his father and issued in instalments. This
engraving by Jacob Schmuzer was
completed in 1798 and is clearly based
on the first image of the Platypus in
Hunter’s First Fleet Journal.
Price $120.00 unframed
18thC naïve engraving of the Platypus
The Philosopher’s Stone – Iris Murdoch
First Edition 1983
First Edition published by Chatto & Windus, The
Hogarth Press, London in 1983.A substantial work for
the already established Murdoch. Thick octavo, 575
pages in a super condition dust jacket. The paper in
one gathering a little browned probably due to the
paper chemistry … altogether still a very good copy.
Set in the fictitious spa town of Ennistone a multi
character novel. Returning philosopher Professor John
Rozanov intends to write his “great book”. However,
he has other plans which create problems for others …
power, hatred and a desire for salvation intermingle to
form an intense drama.
Price $50.00
Iris Murdoch first edition of substance

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Madman’s Bend – Arthur Upfield
First Edition 1963
A very good copy of the first edition of the last completed
novel of Australian writer Arthur Upfield.
Aurthur William Upfield (1890-1964) was born in England
and came to Australia and made it his home in 1911. He
served in WWI, carried out a number of inland excursions
in Australia and became familiar with the bush and
indigenous Australians. He wrote many novels, best known
for his crime series featuring Detective Inspector
Napoleon “Bony” Bonaparte of the Queensland Police
Force, a mixed race indigenous Australian. This his last
book in the series is set along the Darling River in NSW.
Published by Heinemann, London in 1963. Octavo, 232
pages, a little age along the edge of the jacket but really
as good a copy as you will find. Very clean internally.
One of “Bony’s” toughest mysteries. William Lush, sheep
station owner and drunk beats his wife and goes to town
in search of more grog. Returning he runs out of fuel and
walks the remainder of the way home where he finds the
door barred from the inside by his daughter who fires as
shot through the door. Lush disappears and his wife dies
from her injuries … Bony is confronted with a dilemma …
is he searching for a murderer or a victim? ..
it all gets quite complicated.
Price $70.00
Collectable and final Arthur Upfield Mystery
The Barrakee Mystery – Arthur Upfield
First Edition 1965
A very good copy of the second printing of what was
Upfield’s second novel and first in the “Bony” series.
The original published in 1929, this version in 1965 the
year after the author’s death
Arthur William Upfield (1890-1964) was born in England
and came to Australia and made it his home in 1911. He
served in WWI, carried out a number of inland
excursions in Australia and became familiar with the
bush and indigenous Australians. He wrote many novels
and is loved particularly for his crime series featuring
Detective Inspector Napoleon “Bony” Bonaparte of the
Queensland Police Force.
Published by Heinemann, London. Octavo, 329
pages, plus glossary of bush terms for the uneducated.
Bony is called in by local police who are baffled by the
murder of an aboriginal, King Henry of Western
Australia. The crime is committed at a sheep station in
NSW. Torrential rain ahs destroyed many clues but
Bony’s bush craft is better than that and he gradually
pieces together the mystery. In doing so he creates
more questions than he answers …
Price $70.00
Arthur Upfield Mystery – the beginning of Bony.
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A Levantine Log-book – J. A. Hart
First edition of this interesting travel
account published by Longman Green,
New York in 1906.
Octavo, 404 pages with 50 plates from
photographs. Nice embossed decoration to
front covers. All in very good condition.
Jerome Hart (1854-1937) from California
was a traveller and author who also ran
the San Francisco Argonaut.
Here he travels in the Levante to Turkey,
Palestine [of the day] and Egypt as well as
fitting in Malta and Naples where he visits
Pompeii. A sound narrative with some good
detail and well chosen illustrations.
Price $85.00
Hart writes about the Levante as it was …
Ross Bridge Tasmania –
Studies in Historical Archaeology
Maureen Byrne
Maureen Byrne a professional archaeologist
making this “local history” rather more honed
and full of well researched facts.
Anyone who loves Tasmania either as a local or
a visitor cannot help fall in love with the town
of Ross and its magnificent bridge.
Published in 1969 by the Australian Society of
Historical Archaeology along with the Ross
Council and its appointed Bridge Restoration
Committee .. now there’s a worthwhile cause.
Perfect bound card covered, 51 pages with
folding plans at rear. Illustrated from the
author’s photographs. A very good copy.
The bridge was to undergo restoration with the
removal of badly laid thick tarmacadam … this
was the chance to call in the expert Byrne. A
special record was made … the best part being
something that could have received better
treatment earlier .. 186 carvings, 31 over the
top of each arch. Among the carvings along with
those involved in the creation of the bridge we
have … Jorgen Jorgensen the Danish adventurer
then part of life in Van Diemens Land; Governor
George Arthur resplendent in his top hat; John
Headlam a hated school master in his mortar
board; William Kermode a local grazier .. along
with horned goods and wild beasts.
Price $50.00
The Ross Bridge rivals European Bridge
Architecture with its numerous carvings.

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Early Manuscript – Harpsichord or Piano
Arrangement of Hayden’s
Seven Last Words from the Cross 1808/9
Composizioni del Sig Giuseppe Hayden sopra
le sette ultime Parole del nostre Redenfore
in Croce. Consistenti in Sette Sonate con un
Introduzione et al Fine Teremota ridote per
il Clavicembalo ou Forte Piona Opera 19.
Copied by hand from a score published in
Vienna, presso Artaria Compagni 9, 1808.
Oblong folio manuscript comprising title page
and 26 pages in early paper backed flush
wrappers, all in a fine state. A delightfully
executed manuscript copy inscribed “De
Musica Fran H Hausser 1808/9” with the
later library label of K Knittle.
The piano arrangement of Hayden’s Seven
Last words of the Cross, authorised by
Hayden. Arranged from a string quartet
version of the same Publisher, Artaria in
1786. The piano version was first issued a
year later … reference catalogue authority
Hobken -Verzeidchis XX/1C.
Joseph Hayden born 1732 died in May 1809
so this manuscript could be coincidental or
in honour of his death. The original work was
orchestral and commissioned by the Cannon
of Cadiz, Spain for a Good Friday service in
which they traditionally performed new
works of music the theme of which was
based on Christ’s seven last words on the
Cross. The format was always to be a ten
minute adagio to follow the calling of each of
the last words by the Church hierarchy. It
was performed in a very austere
environment with dark curtains hung and
very little light intruding. In 1801 Hayden is
said he had great difficulty complying with
the “rules”. Nevertheless, the work and is
regarded as a great success and in many
ways experimental for the time.
Hayden was paid in a very unusual way
… he was sent a cake filled with gold
coins. Just as well he ate it!
Price $340.00
Beautiful manuscript score of an
unusual piece by Joseph Hayden likely
made in the year of his death.
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Heroes of the Polar Seas - Maclean –1910
… A Record of Exploration in the Arctic and
Antarctic Seas by J Kennedy Maclean.
Published by Chambers Edinburgh, thick
octavo, 404 pages. Magnificent
Pictorial boards, well illustrated with two maps
of the top and the bottom. A little foxed and
pulled but still a pretty good copy.
Written chronologically with an introduction of
“Gains and losses of Polar Enterprise” before
the “Pioneers”. The search for the North-west
passage and Franklin and much about his
horrors. Nares and then the fatal “Jannette” an
incredible story often lost in these accounts.
The discovery of Franz Josef Land and the
North-east Passage by Nordenskiold. Peary and
the success of the North Pole after twenty
years … and Cook.
In the South, Scotland’s share of the then
exploration and Scott’s Discovery Expedition.
Shackleton’s Farthest South (so close) and the
great race for the Pole.
At the time of publication the race to the Pole
had just been won and the tragedy of Scott’s
expedition known but not fully understood.
Tributes had begun to flow.
Price $120.00
Voyager favourite and obscure but
The Voyage of The Vega
Round Asia and Europe - 1883
A.E. Nordenskiold – trans by Alexander Leslie
Published by MacMillan and Co, London in 1883.
A first of type. Octavo, 413 pages plus Abstract
and Index. Heavily illustrated with 186
wood-cuts, two portraits ad two coloured maps.
Very readable account of Adolf Nordenskiold.
The introductory note provides a more than
adequate summary …
“ The present edition of Baron Nordenskiold’s
narrative includes the whole of the Voyage of
the Vega along the North-East Passage, and the
year’s life among the Chukches, with the details
collected as to the manners and customs of that
interesting people; Nordenskiold’s sketch of his
own journey up the Tenisei, and the voyage of
the Lena up the river of that name; the chapters
on the hydrography and resources of Siberia; the
interesting account of animal life in and around
Novaya Zemlya; and a brief sketch of the visit to
Japan and the voyage home”.
Nordenskiold’s achievement of the North-east
Passage is hidden in history partly because of the
drama associated with the North-East Passage …
Franklin etc. It deserves to be elevated as does
his narrative which is detailed and far reaching.
Price $180.00
Adolf Nordenskiold
first through the North-West Passage

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Poems of Passion – Ella Wilcox Wheeler
Siegle Hill, Sangorski and Sutcliffe Edition c1910
This is the rare and beautiful edition of the popular
Poems of Passion published by Siegle Hill, London and
reproduced from a manuscript inscribed and
illuminated by Sangorski and Sutcliffe.
Ella Wilcox Wheeler (1850-1919) and American
romantic poet who caused quite a stir when this work
was first published in the 1880’s mainly because the
title alone was rather bold for the American Mid-West.
Such a beautiful book. Squarish octavo, 8, 101 and 3
pages printed on thick sturdy wove paper. The
decorative work by the famous bookmakers and
binders Sangorski and Sutcliffe is a delight. Bound in
watered green silk covered boards blind stamped gilt
design and title to front and spine, unique decorative
endpapers. A trifle spotting really a very good copy of
a sought after work.
And, the poems are pretty good and make a rewarding
read including … Love’s Language, Impatience and
Friendship after Love …
Price $190.00
Poems of Passion illuminated by S&S –
would make a super gift for a loved one.
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The Pirates of Papua – J. M. Downie
A first edition with the scarce dust jacket published by
Warne, London in 1949.
Octavo, 249 pages, pretty clean albeit some childlike
scribbles on the rear end papers. Bookplate of Papuan
collector at front. A chip to the dust jacket spine top
and bottom but really a great example.
Pirates are still patrolling the coasts of Papua New
Guinea and the outlying island … ask Kerry Stokes.
This is an adventure story … Dick Hale has a pretty
tricky time on the cannibal island of Malekula … but it
gets worse when he and his companions find
themselves in pursuit of Red Kelly a notorious
blackbirder and traitor to the interior of New Guinea.
Price $70.00
An unusual New Guinea story based on real issues.
A Fringe of Leaves – Patrick White
First Edition 1976
A very good copy of Patrick White’s novelisation of
what was the shipwreck of the Stirling Castle and
the subsequent death of all of the survivors except
fro MRs Fraser who would live among the aboriginal
people until rescued by a convict tracker.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1976.
Octavo, 405 pages, super condition including the
jacket. Sydney Nolan jacket art. White had received
the Nobel Prize in 1973.
Price $40.00
Nice copy of a collectable White edition based on
Queensland survival fact.
The Eye of the Storm — Patrick White
First Edition 1973
A super fine copy of the first edition of
Patrick White’s epic novel about the reality
of family relationships.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London in
1973, 608 pages, top edge blue. Dust
jacket and book in perfect condition.
$50.00
Patrick White First and Best

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Tourmaline - Randolph Stow
First edition of this Australian classic
published by Macdonald, London in 1963.
Octavo, 224 pages. A good copy in a slightly
chipped dust jacket
A derelict Australian gold rush town is the
setting for Stow’s gripping drama. Can anyone
go past the haunting Sydney Nolan jacket?
Price $70.00
First Edition and Special
Visitants – Randolph Stow – First Edition 1979
An absolutely crisp, as if new first edition published by
Secker & Warburg, London in 1979.
Based in the islands of Papua New Guinea where at one
time Stow had worked in official service. The book starts
with a Prologue which narrates the sighting of alien
lifeform “flying saucers with waving aliens” by Reverend
William Gill”. The narrative continues on the island of
Kailuana where an enquiry is underway regarding strange
goings on, cargo cult, frenzied fevers, going tropo ..
Reviewers of Stow’s work have remarked about the
surreal in his writing. We agree, and don’t be put off by
that …it’s understandable, interesting and rewarding.
Price $60.00
Randolph Stow – it was worth the wait.
The Girl Green as Elderflower – Randolph Stow
First Edition 1980
Another absolutely crisp, as if new first edition
published by Secker & Warburg, London in 1980.
Octavo, 150 pages, dust jacket art by John Piper.
Randolph Stow had been awarded the Patrick White Award
the previous year. White established the award from funds
received form his Nobel Prize … good on him.
Following quickly after Visitants a quite different book.
Crispin Claire has been badly afflicted by his time in the
Tropics. Resting in Suffolk and with improved strength he
begins to write a book around three local legends. He finds
himself moving between the present and the time of
Richard the Lionheart. Beautifully and skilfully written.
Price $60.00
Unusual and gripping story as can be expected from Stow.
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Le Morte d’Arthur – Sir Thomas Malory.
The sought after Shakespeare Head Press Limited Edition 1933
… The Noble & Joyous Boke Entitled Le Morte d’Arthur Nothwythstondying it
Treateth of the Byrth Lyf and Actes of the sayd Kynge Arthur; of his Noble
Knightes of the Rounde Table. Theye Merveylous Enquestes and Adventures.
Thachyevynge of the Sanc.Greall and the Ende the Delourous Deth: and
Departynge out of this Worlde of Them al. Wyche Boke was Reduced in to
Englysshe by the Well Dysposyd Knyghte Syr Thomas Malory.
Two volumes, quarto, number 180 of 350 copies for sale, with 22 woodcuts.
Original binding in terra cotta half Morocco over ivory buckram, flat spines with
gilt titling, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Other edges untrimmed. Some
ageing to deliberately rough cut page edges and spots on covers as often.
The revered Shakespeare Head, Saint Aldates Oxford, edition of the most famous
of the Arthurian tales, reprinted from and resembling in layout and typeface the
1498 edition of Wynkyn de Worde kept in the John Rylands Library, Manchester.
Volume I comprises 4 initial blanks; half title; title with limitation on verso;
prologus i-iv; table v-xxviii; Fyrste Boke to IX Boke 1-316 with woodcut in each; 3
final blanks. Vol II comprises 4 initial blanks; half title; title with note to verso;
Boke X – Boke XXI 1-373 with woodcuts to each and a further one in Boke XXI;
notes 3; 3 final blanks. All as should be.
Written in the 15th century by Thomas Malory the seeping Mort d’Arthur includes
the youth of Arthur, the romance of Guinevere and Lancelot, the Quest for the
Grail, the tragedy of Tristan and Iseult etc.
This superb work directly tied to the early days of printing, but with broad
margins, quality handmade paper and the impeccably reproduced typeface …
all hallmarks of the Shakespeare Head Press.
The Shakespeare Head Press was started in 1904 at Stratford Upon Avon by Arthur
Bullen after he had had a dream about finely printing all of Shakespeare’s works
at his birthplace, something that had not been done before. Much of his
equipment and initial typeface came second had from William Morris’s Kelmscott
Press. After Bullen’s death in 1927 the business was moved to Oxford under its
new owners Basil Blackwell and Bernard Newdigate who was the typographer.
They continued in the Morris tradition. The building in which they operated was
commandeered by the American allies in 1942.
Price $690.00
King Arthur and his Legends and Death – Shakespeare Head Private Press edition.
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The World’s Wickedest Women
Andrew Ewart
Subtitled … “Intriguing Studies of Eve and Evil
through the Ages” … written by a man.
First edition published by Odham’s, London in 1964.
octavo, 288 pages in pretty good condition.
Starts with Sapho the Lesbian and Lecherous
Layabouts of Ancient Rome and a new name for
Cleopatra “Queen Harlot” .. so we get the tone. As
the works becomes progressively more modern the
work becomes more edgy and less theatrical and in
the end is surprisingly interesting and thoughtful.
Price $40.00
Wicked Women not for the faint hearted
Women in Love — D.H. Lawrence
Written during WWI but not about it but about
DHL’s desires, aspirations, struggles .. a record
of the profoundest experiences in the self
Price $40.00
Best DHL in Modern Library
Madame Sarah (Sarah Bernhardt)
Cornelia Otis Skinner
First printing by Houghton, Boston in 1967. Thick
large octavo, 356 pages, nicely illustrated from
period photographs including Sarah in her meditation
coffin and a nice one with Houdini.
The greatest actress who ever lived and a very
unique human being Sarah Berhardt. Also, a tough
woman .. she helped the wounded during the siege of
Paris in 1870 and spent time at the front in WWI. Her
many affairs get some airing along with her other
strange collecting habits which including dangerous
wild animals.
The jacket design is a well known one from the works
of the great Alphonse Mucha.
Price $40.00
Sarah Berhardt a good account of her amazing life.
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400 Year Old Map of Portugal [Portugallia]
Jodocus Hondius / Petrus Bertius - 1616
A striking miniature map of Portugal engraved in copper by Jodocus Hondius Junior
to illustrate the geography of Petrus Bertius published Amsterdam in 1616. Bertius
was esponsible for the Latin text of “Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum”.
The maps in this work were miniature renditions of the maps contained in the
famous folio atlas by Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius Senior.
Considered by authority Geoffrey King as the most beautiful miniature maps ever.
On the death of Jodocus Hondius Junior in 1629 the plates of these maps came into
the possession of William J Blaeu who used them in his own version in 1635.
Printed area 12.5cm by 9.0cm, with fine wash colouring. An attractive engraving
with good detail. Map is aligned with North to the right. Swash lettering, cartouche
and distance scale.
Price $160.00 unframed $280.00 framed
Quality Map of Portugal from 1616

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The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins
[A Cornish Man] – Robert Patlock – 1884
A Voyager Favourite.
Two volume set published by Reeves & Turner,
London in 1884. Originally published in 1752,
the author Robert Patlock, being an attorney of
Clement’s Inn, London. A magnificent fantasy
travel novel up there with Gulliver’s Travels
and Robinson Crusoe with echoes of both. Much
admired by Arthur Southey, Charles Dickens,
Thackerey, Coleridge, Walter Scott et al.
Octavo, Vol I xxxii, 172 pages; Vol II xii, 300
pages including a glossary of new words and
names invented by the author … super.
Bound in half morocco, gilt title and ornaments
to compartments to spine, rubbed and gilt
faded. Marbled paper covered boards,
endpapers and page edges page edges speckled
red, internally clean. Carries the very discrete
embossed stamp of the Reform Club.
Special illustrations, one double page folding,
demonstrating the unique wing like features of
the “flying people” … or Gawry [Women] and
Glums [Men] … maybe pun intended.
Shipwrecked near the South Pole, Peter Wilkins
makes his way through a subterranean cavern
to a hidden world where he meets the flying
people. He saves and marries a Gawry, and
much adventure ensues full of unique invention
and culture. All of this is narrated to a
passenger on the ship Hector from the very
south of South America …
Southey thought the winged inhabitants of this
hidden world were “the most beautiful
creatures of the imagination that have ever
been invented”
Price $290.00
Good copy of the amazing exploits of
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North British Australasian Company Limited –
Delay on Wool Clip creates liquidity issues - 1892
Original manuscript letter from the Company Secretary of the North British
Australasian Company Limited from their headquarters at 10 Moorgate Street,
London E.C. dated 5 th July 1892.
Addressed to Cochran Macpherson who were likely the lawyers of 152 Union Street,
Aberdeen who were no doubt attending to their wily Scottish clients interests.
In legible hand but for ease of reading …
“Dear Sirs, I am in receipt of your letter of the 1 st inst and in reply beg to say that the
delay in the payment of the Guaranteed interest is owing to the non-arrival of the
greater part of the Wool Clip. We have however received a Cablegram saying that
same is being pushed forward and expected to arrive here in September. On the
completion of the sales whatever amount remains after meeting out-goings in the
Colony will be appropriated for interest on the Guaranteed Stock. A payment on
account would have been made ere this had it been possible to have sold a large
quantity of surplus Live Stock on the Stations at the present time but
prices are so extremely low that we are prohibited from doing so .. ”
The North British Australasian Company were formed in the early 1840’s
and by the time of this letter had extensive interests in Australia.
What at first hand may be a routine business letter … reflects the
difficulties facing the Australian agricultural sector to this day … overstocking
when prices are low, delays caused by unforeseen reasons and
shareholders expecting guarantees when they cannot be fulfilled.
10 Moorgate is a beautiful building now occupied by ING Group.
Price $90.00
Liquidity Issue Politely Explained

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A Statistical, Historical and Political
Description of the Colony of New South
Wales, and its dependent settlements in
Van Diemen’s land, with a particular
enumeration of the advantages which
these colonies offer for emigration ….
Book description: Limited facsimile edition of
1819 original published by Doubleday, Sydney
1978. Thick octavo, 466 pp., half leather and
cloth in fine condition. This is number 33 of a
special edition of only 50 copies signed by W.C
Wentworth the great grandson of the author
who also wrote the forward.
The first original work to be published by a
native born Australian. Wentworth, the
“Australian Patriot” and chief founder of the
system of colonial self-government, was born
on Norfolk Island, then a penal dependency of
New South Wales, where his father was the
government surgeon. His enthusiastic and
glowing description of the colony, which he
argued was far superior to the United States as
a field settlement, played a major role in
attracting many new free emigrants. A most
interesting and detailed account
Price $140.00
Limited copy 33 of 50 only signed by
great grandson of Wentworth
Honours Conferred by Charles II - 1662
Printed by Robert Pawley at the Sign of the Bible in
Chancery-Lane near the Temple 1662.
Full title … Catalogue of Nobility – The Names and Titles of
all such Dukes, Earls, Viscounts and Barons, Knights of the
Garter, Knights of the Bath, and Knights Baronets, made by
His Majesty K. Charles II. With the times of their Creations.
Also, The Names of His Majesties Privy Council, the Bishops
and Piers of the Realm as they are placed in this present
Parliament. With the addition of above 40 new Honours.
Small octavo, 68 pages after Publishers Catalogue … which
include the then useful “A Collection of What is Treason by
the Laws of England”. Extremely rare.
Bound in full vellum with gilt titles to front in decorative
gilt broader, nice gilt devices and lines to spine, silk ribbon
added. A very nice presentation.
After the restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, Charles II
quickly enhanced the “system” of privilege … the old
names were there … e.g. Percy of Northumberland, but
many new ones were added … with all that in place his
back was covered? And more time could be afforded
to his greatest joy … to party.
Price $280.00
Period record of the Honours of Charles II – 1662
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Fiji and The Fijians
A first edition on Henderson’s book on Fiji and
the Fijians a volume published to elucidate the
Journal of Rev Thomas Williams who has spent
the period !840-1853 as a Missionary in Fiji.
Williams being regraded as the principal
authority on the state if society among Fijians
when European first came upon them.
Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney in
1931.Large octavo, 33 pages nicely illustrated
throughout with images from early engravings,
early photographs and charts. Very good
condition with the author’s “Compliments”
stamp on the end paper and his manuscript
note “To Dear Old Jeff – from the Author”
A very useful Preface sets the scene and
purpose for the book. The first chapter proper
refers to the “Mitchellian Manuscripts” the
Williams Journal and paper held at the Mitchell
… and other primary materials held elsewhere
including in the UK. Very good chapters on the
Discovery of Fiji … the Duff, James cook and
often overlooked Bellingshausen among them.
The Bellingshausen journals had yet to be
translated to English at the date of this book.
The work then moves on to a description of
the archipelago, centres of interest and the
people. Mission work, medical practices and a
chapter on Ono-I-Lau first visited by Calvert.
Language and literature etc etc.
Price $120.00
Well written account regarding an important
historical period.
Ungava: A Tale of Esquimax-Land
R.M. Ballantyne
One of the most prolific writers of adventure for the young
Scottish born Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894) went to
Canada at the age of 16. There he worked for six years for the
Hudson Bay Company. In his autobiography he said that writing
long letters to his mother on the goings on of the fur traders
was the stimulus behind becoming a published author.
His first was The Hudson Bay Company and then The Young Fur
Traders … this book was his fourth. He went on to pen over 100
books to the delight of his adventure seeking followers.
An early 20 th century edition published by Nelson, London.
Octavo, 509 pages, blue cloth covered boards with sailing ship
design and design to spine. A very good copy.
A party of explorers head into Eskimo territory to establish a fur
trading post at Ungava Bay, in the Nunavik region of Quebec.
Price $60.00
Ballantyne in one of those “live there did that” adventures.

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The Journals of Thomas Williams
Missionary in Fiji 1840-1853 – 2 Vols
A fine first edition set published by Angus
and Robertson, Sydney in 1931. Large
octavo, 278 and 279- 606 pages. Very good
if not fine condition. With an annotation of
the free endpaper by the author “With the
Author’s compliments to his fellow
Sabbath-breaker on the xxx links 20/11/31”
Carries the heraldic bookplate of Sir Howard
Watson Lloyd, Bank of Adelaide etc.
Thomas Williams recorded in the finest and
most intimate detail his observations of and
interactions with native Fijians in the first
half of the 19 th Century. His manuscript
accounts are held in the Mitchell Library.
Henderson a noted expert on Fiji trawled
over these difficult to read documents and
other related items held in London to
produce as complete a work as possible.
Starting from a humble home in Horncastle,
England Thomas Williams set out across the
world … after a introduction which deals
with this background and a few brief notes
on the voyage out we find him on the Fijian
Island of Lakemba and then Somosomo and
Mbua Bay. Thomas Williams was by no
means a brilliant artist, but he left many
sketches now in the Michel which have been
used as illustrations and bring the narrative
alive. The whole embellished with maps,
charts and later photographs of localities.
Included a couple of ephemeral pieces in
the authors hand writing … one has written
“Quite recently the British Admiralty has
paid me two very gratifying compliments in
the publication of their Fijian charts:
following certain information given in my
last book” … nice work.
Price $120.00
Henderson on Williams essential Fiji –
Nice copies with author inscription.
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King Parrot or Parrakeet — 1884
Original wood cut hand finished engraving of the magnificent King Parrot from
“Parrots in Captivity”, published in London 1884.
In our opinion the most beautiful parrot in Australia, the colour especially when
seen late in the afternoon is breath taking. A large bird and not shy. We used to
see big groups of them late in the day west of Brisbane in around Pullenvale
Greene’s delightful work comprising wood-engraved plates printed by Benjamin
Fawcett after drawings by A.F. Lydon. The prints are hand finished with delicate
highlighting in gum arabic to accentuate the bright colouring.
Benjamin Fawcett was one of the great colour printers of the 19th century. He
pioneered a system of wood block engraving from multiple blocks that resulted in
vivid finely coloured works. Fawcett had an association of some 50 years with
Francis Orpen Morris to produce many beautiful works on birds. The engravings
are the finest illustrations of parrots from the period.
Price $290.00 framed or $180.00 unframed
Voyager’s favourite bird print … the King of Parrots
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The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels
of the Human Body—William Cruikshank
Superb facsimile of the original edition published in
1790. A special issue by Classics of Medicine in
1991. Bound in full slate coloured grained leather
with sumptuous gold embossing all page edges gilt.
A facsimile of the second edition as it was
“considerably enlarged, and illustrated additional
plates”. With the original small explanatory booklet.
William Cruikshank (1745-1800) established the
modern understanding of human lymphatics. Hunter
began this work, but Cruikshank produced the
definitive account … Cruickshank and Hunter’s
nephew, Matthew Baillie carried on Hunter’s famous
anatomy school. Lord Horatio Nelson was one of
Cruickshank’s patients also Samuel Johnson
Price $60.00
Cruikshank understood the system
Account of a Duel between
William Bland and Robert Case
George Mackaness’s limited monograph published
by the author in Sydney, 1942. Signed boldly by
Mackaness and numbered 41 of 100 copies only.
Mackaness referencing Bland’s own publication,
the title continuing … and the circumstances that
led thereto, drawn up for posterity by Dr William
Bland. With a Report of the Trial, Rex v Bland,
Randall and Fulton, before the Recorder of
Bombay, 14 th and 17 th April 1813 (from Bombay
Courier) and a Memoir of Dr William Bland.
Small quarto, 40 pages with illustrations, stiff
wrappers in normal Mackaness style, very good.
Bland, one of the most interesting convict
identities was sentenced to seven years
transportation to Botany Bay for defending his
honour and successfully killing Robert Case during
a dual at Bombay. The circumstances leading up
to the dual are lengthy and a most interesting
account of all the carry on that ensues between
gentlemen of the time to protect their honour.
In Sydney it was not long before Bland was
pardoned and put his medical training to use. He
rose to be an important member of the Colony …
but not without a wayward period initially where
his penchant for criticising the establishment saw
him back in jail … to think again.
Price $60.00
Dr Bland an interesting early identity and
A pretty good shot!
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The Ordinall of Alchimy
Thomas Norton of Bristol.
Published in 1928 by Edward Arnold,
London, a facsimile from Theatrum
Chemicum Britannicum with annotations by
Elias Ashmole, and a modern introduction
from expert E.J. Holmyard.
Octavo, vii, 125 pages with reproduction of
the unusual plates from the 1652
Theatrum. Dust jacket chipped but a rare
thing. Super scarce book in any event.
This is a book about alchemy … making gold
and other things precious. It was in the 12 th
Century (1144 AD) to be more precise when
Englishman, Robert of Chester translated …
the book on the Composition of Alchemy
from Arabic brought by the Moors to Spain.
The subject was studied and lampooned
(Chaucer – Tale of the Chanon’s Yeomen)
for centuries.
The Ordinall is a remarkable work. Fifteen
years after the death of Chaucer the
alchemist George Ripley was born. Ripley
was at the Abbey of St Augustine in
Bridlington. He came to train Thomas
Norton in the early 1400’s. He arrived at
the knowledge of the method of preparing
the Elixir of Gold at the age of 28. He wrote
the Ordinall of Alchim, De Transmutatione
Metalloraum and De Lapide Philosophico
they were manuscripts not printed works
that were copied by scholars.
The manuscript was printed for the first
time as part of the Theatrum and Asmole
(Of oxford Library fame) took a great
interest in its content and well as its
secretive construction.
A very lengthy poetic work constructed
with preliminaries and seven chapters ..
the authorship which has been constantly
in an out of doubt is revealed in a curious
way. Ashmole notes … from the first word
of the Proeme and the initiall letters of six
following chapters (discovered by
acromonosyllabiques and Sillabique
Acrostics) we may collect the author’s
name and place of residence … “Thomas
Norton of Briseto, A parfet Master ye maie
him call trowe”
The story is really more readable than that
extract suggests. We learn about Norton’s
life and how he came about gaining the
trust and information from his mentor.
Other secrets regarding the mastering of
the changes pursued are hidden within the
text … we will not reveal.
Price $190.00
Making Gold has never
been so easy or rewarding

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Cook the Discoverer – George Forster
Small quarto, number six in the Maritime Series
published by Hordern House in 2007. Limited edition,
276 pages, bound in quarter tan kangaroo with
speckled papered sides. Fine condition as new.
A facsimile of the original book in German with a new
English translation to follow. Copious notes and a good
bibliography supported by an excellent introduction by
Nigel Erskine, Curator of Explorations at the Australian
National Maritime Museum.
Eight years after the death of Cook Forster completed
his essay on the great man Cook der Entdecker
(Discoverer). Written as an introduction to Forster’s
own translation of Cook’s Third Voyage. Foster had
participated in Cook’s Second Voyage along with his
father who had taken over as naturalist after Joseph
Banks dropped out. He displays a true understanding of
the character of Cook and that alone makes his
viewpoint worthy of this sumptuous presentation.
Price $160.00
Forster required reading for all Cook followers
James Cook Bicentennial Medal [Cased]
Andor Meszaros
A striking medal issues by the National Trust of
Australia in 1970 to commemorate the 200-year
anniversary of James Cook’s discovery of the east
coast of mainland Australia.
Copper bronze 50mm in diameter, weigh 60gm
(160gm cased). Heavy relief portrait of Cook
dominates the right hand edge of the medal with the
Endeavour helmsman covering the whole of the
background … the impression is of a singularly
focused observation of the first sighting .. which
would have been at Point Hicks. The narrative James
Cook 1770-1970 to the left and below that the
signature of the medallist Andor Maszaros. On the
reverse the National Trust emblem. A fine example
still housed in its original felt lined case all in fine
condition. 3,000 medals were cast so it is not
uncommon but how many still have their original case
and remain unmarked.
Hungarian born Andor Maszaros (1900-1972)
perhaps Australia’s greatest medallist. A natural
sculptor, recognised by his peers internationally. His
name was made as a medallist when he designed the
Melbourne Olympic Games Medals in 1956 … he also
designed the Australian Vietnam War Medal in 1968.
Price $70.00
James Cook honoured at 200 years
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Illustrated Games of Patience – 1880
Lady Adelaide Cadogan
Card games of all sorts were all the rage in
Victorian times. Here we have none other
than Lady Cadogan the leading expert on the
many variations of a card game generally
known as Patience.
This is fourth more glamorous edition by
Sampson Low, London in 1880. Quarto,
strangely paginated around the description
both in narrative and pictorially of each
game. The images are truly delightful a
feature that is carried over to the decorated
green cloth binding. A very good copy of a
scarce form.
The names of the various games points to
their French derivations .. La Belle Lucie; Le
Cadran; La Quinzaine; La Loi Salique; Les
Quatre Coins; Le Moulin; Le Sha etc although
ending with the rather drearily named
“the British Constitution”
Price $80.00
Patience is a blessing .. let’s have more of it!

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Fine Fungi Model – Boletus Pinophilus
French (who else) hand-made model of the edible fungi Boletus Pinophilus.
Likely Mid-20th Century and in near perfect condition.
The Pine Bolete or Pinewood King Bolete this beauty is regarded as a form of porcini.
Quite common in Europe in pine forests – including Scotland and the South of France
where it seems to be more prolific. The flesh is white, soft and does not change colour
when bruised. The taste is pleasant and has been likened to pork crackling (yummy).
Price $280.00
Collectable Fungi for those that understand and desire them
V o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m

Mercator’s World – First Six Editions
The first group from Vol 1 No 1 to No 6 published in 1996 bimonthly by Edward Astor.
With an Editorial and Advisory Board to die for including, Robert Clancy, David
Woodward and Peter Van Der Kroot. Each edition approximately 100 pages, heavily
illustrated mostly in colour. Content extremely well researched and presented.
By example, the first edition includes … Mythical Seas; Cartocontroversy; the mapmaker
as artist; the Line that Divided the World; the Captain Cook Legacy; the Brilliant Irascible
Ferdinand Hassler … and in the second … Cartographic Thievery; Cartophilately (love it);
Charting Shipwrecks Downunder; the Island of California. Obviously much more.
Price $90.00
Mercator’s World – the important first group of six.
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Gerard Mercator Trade Cards
A group of six brightly coloured trade cards by Liebig advertising their tasty
products. Produced c1910 in very good condition. Text in French on reverse.
Delightful chromolithographs depicting various phases in Gerard Mercator’s life.
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) a German-Flemish geographer studied at Leuven.
He appears in the matriculation records of 1530 … they still exist!
In 1569 he created the principles that we now call the Mercator projection,
fundamental to voyagers from that day forward. He produced a magnificent Atlas
and made many fine globes sold to Royalty and gentry all over Europe.
Unfortunately, as were the times, even though a devout Catholic he was
accused of heresy and spent six months in prison.
Each of these elements of his life is nicely displayed in this scarce card set.
Price $60.00
Gerard Mercator … his projection is everlasting
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Original Platypus Engraving - Fournier -1849
An original hand coloured engraving of two platypus drawn by distinguished
Natural History artist Travies end engraved by Fournier. Published in Paris as
part of the Dictionnarie Universal d’Histoire Naturalle promoted by Charles
Dessalines D’Orbigny a leading French naturalist of the time.
Dimensions 24cm by 15cm in very good condition with fine stipple style
engraving and natural understated colouring. The image based on the
Lesueur artwork from the Baudin expedition.
Price $140.00 unframed — $260.00 framed in burnished gilt
Fine and early Platypus engraving
Georgian Guinea Scales c1800
A good set of early Guinea Scales likely by Anthony Wilkinson. Wilkinson died at
Ormskirk in 1804. This set carries the original paper instruction label.
Self-erecting and known generally as the Lancashire Gold Balance. The brass beam is
rectangular in section and has a hinged “turn and swing” over weight which counter
poises the beam for the guinea or half-guinea. A small rectangular sliding weight on the
load arm registers in graduations to show discrepancies in under-weight coins.
The collapsing mechanism makes the whole entirely portal in the trouser.
Price $190.00
Functioning Georgian Gold Sovereign Scale

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Mount Olympus from Lake St Clair, Tasmania—Sheppard
Original photograph by Benjamin Sheppard (1902-1987).
Size 21 x 16cm. Overall in good condition. Sheppard was
most active in the 1950’s and the photograph comes from
that period. The rear carries Sheppard’s stamp, that of the
Agent General for Tasmania and a note on the location.
Price $60.00
Strong contrasting image by Sheppard
The Shot Tower [Hobart]
and its Builder Joseph Moir.
More than a local history; the shot tower is the only
stone and brick built circular shot tower in the
Southern hemisphere.
Anyone coming to Hobart may not have a visit here on
the agenda … after reading this thorough account I
doubt you will neglect the tower.
The builder of the shot tower Joseph Moir was an
incredibly enterprising individual. Already successful
in business. He went to England and came back with a
shipload of hardware and set up the Economy House at
49 Murray Street. It did very well.
In the 1860’s his mind turned to making shot … a
quite complex process fundamental to which is the
action of gravity hence the tower. His careful planning
led him to select the perfect site some seven miles
form the centre of Hobart. The author goes through
the considerations regarding the location, the
structure, the outhouses for arsenic, powder etc and
the incredible feat in erecting the tower in eight
months with the help of only two stonemasons. The
process for making shot was designed by William Watts
of Bristol in the 1700’s. A bit of experimentation was
required at Hobart, but Moir eventually cracked the
technique … which he guarded for years to come.
Price $25.00
The Shot Tower –
Tasmania’s finest industrial structure.
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First Edition Maps of Islands off Terra Napoleon and
the County of Cumberland in New South Wales – Louis de Freycinet - 1811
Original copper engraving “Plan des Iles Jerome (Terre Napoleon) par M.M.H. Freycinet
at Bernier, an 1802. Plan des Iles Berthier (Terre Napoleon) par M.M.H. Freycinet et
Bernier, an 1802. Plan du Comte de Cumberland (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud) d’apres les
Cartes Anglaises, mais assujetti aux observations Francaises”.
The maps are by Louis Claude Desaulses de Freycinet (1779-1842). Plate No 9 from the
second atlas of his maps from the Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes (Voyage
of Discovery to the Southern Lands) published by Langlois in Paris, in 1811.
The French intended to colonise Australia. The first volume was published in 1807. The
second volume which contained the maps was in 1811 three years before Flinders.
Thick sturdy paper, strong plate mark, excellent definition. Sheet dimensions 35.1cm by
26.1 cm. Cumberland map 16.7 by 10.5cm other two 8.3 by 10.5cm.
Tooley reference Map, 618
Price $290.00 unframed
Freycinet accompanied Nicholas Baudin on his famous voyage to complete the French
mapping of Australia. Baudin leader aboard Le Geographie and Freycinet aboard Le
Naturaliste. Whilst in Sydney Baudin sent the Naturalist home with the records of their
effort so far and purchased a vessel from Philip Gidley King, the Casuarina, which he
placed under Freycinet’s command. Baudin died on the final voyage home and the task
of writing up the travels fell to the naturalist Francois Peron. Sadly, he in turn died
before completing the work and the mantle was passed to Louis de Freycinet who
completed that task and produced the magnificent accompanying atlas.
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