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1 Admiralty Chart: Australia - South Coast. Victoria. PORT PHILLIP. Surveyed by Commander Henry Cox, R.N. Assisted by Thos. Bourchier, Master, J. G. Bolton, Master’s Asst. R.N. & Mr. P. H. McHugh 1864. The West Channel by Navgt. Lieut. H. J. Stanley, R.N. 1868. Corrections in the South & West Channels by Staff Comr. H. J. Stanley, R.N., 1874. Large folding chart, in 2 sheets, each 780 x 650 mm. approx., dissected and mounted on linen and enclosed in cloth folding cases (the cases a little worn); drawn by R. C. Carrington, minor corrections to April 1887, large corrections to December 1875; in very good condition; scarce. London; Published at the Admiralty; 1865 [1887]. #59666 A$650.00

2 Barry, The Honourable Mr Justice John Vincent. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOHN PRICE. A Study of the Exercise of Naked Power. First Edition; pp. xiv, 204, [2](blank); 9 plates, notes, 3 appendices, bibliog., index, Errata slip; original cloth; a very good copy in d/w.; scarce. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; (1964). ***Price was Civil Commandant of the Norfolk Island penal colony and subsequently Inspector-General of Penal Establishments in Victoria. #16366 A$150.00

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3 Bendigo: TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF BENDIGO IN THE 1860s. Each 190 by 145 mm.; modern (c. 1960) prints taken from old photographic plates; in fine condition. No Imprint; No Photographer identified; N.D. [c. 1960]. #26920 A$15.00

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4 [Bland, Dr. William; Editor]. JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY TO PORT PHILLIP, NEW SOUTH WALES, in 1824 and 1825. By W. H. Hovell and H. Hume, Esquires. Second Edition. Sydney: Published by James Tegg. Printed by Henry Bull. 1837. Demy 8vo in fours; pp. viii, 98(last printer’s colophon only); folding engraved “Map of Australia from Moreton Bay to the New Colonies in Australia Felix with the Discoveries of the Recent Expeditions in the interior in 1824-5 and 1835-6 Published by R[aphael] Clint, Sydney”, with the route outlined in red by hand; appendix; full contemporary dark plum roan, nicely panelled in blind & gilt; all edges gilt; unsigned and unticketed but almost certainly by the Sydney binder Kern; (the spine a little faded; lower edge of the map just shaved by the binder); a fine copy; very rare. Sydney; James Tegg; 1837. ***A special presentation binding with stamping in gilt on front board to “Coln. Perceval, C.B. from the Editor Wm. Bland.” Ferguson 2234; Wantrup 110 and page 187 (q.v.). A rare presentation copy of the first published account in book form of the first exploration into the Port Phillip district. The designation on title-page “Second Edition” is considerably misleading as the “First Edition” of 1831 (what Bland describes in his Preface to the present volume as the “first limited impression”) was evidently made up from preliminary printings in very few copies (Bland laments the lack of a supply of paper for its printing) and most of those few copies which have survived are incomplete. It is one of the legendary rarities of Australian exploration with only one or two copies in private hands, The South Australian library issued a facsimile of that “edition” in 1965 (reprinted 1971). Hume and Hovell’s exploration was of vast importance as numerous significant discoveries were made including the Hume (later renamed the Murray), Tumut, Ovens and Goulburn Rivers, the Australian Alps, and vast tracts of fertile and well-watered country. Their reports at last dispelled the notion of Oxley that the land to the south was worthless and paved the way for the exlorations of Sturt and Mitchell which followed. Bland’s work was edited from the journals of Hovell and Hume, neither of whom published accounts of their own until 1855 when Hume, stung into action by press reports which seemed to suggest that Hovell was taking all the credit for their discoveries, first published his “Brief Statement of Facts ....” [with]

Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 3 Bland, William. LETTER FROM THE AUSTRALIAN PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION to C. Buller, Jun., Esq., M.P. in reply to his communication of 31st May, 1840. November, 1840. Sydney: Printed by James Tegg & Co., George Street, opposite the Barrack Gate. First Edition; pp. 18. [bound with] OBJECTIONS TO THE PROJECT OF HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE GIPPS, for Raising a Loan to be secured on the Ordinary Revenue of the Colony; submitted by His Excellency to the Legislative Council of New South Wales, 1841. Sydney: Printed by James Tegg, George Street. 1842. Pp. 20. [bound with] EXPENDITURE OF THE LAND-FUND OF NEW SOUTH WALES in the Colony, and Principally on Public Works; as a means of promoting and supporting Immigration. 1842. Sydney: Printed by D. L. Welch, Atlas Office, Charlotte Place, Church Hill. 1842. Pp. 24. Three works in one volume, 8vo, bound in a contemporary colonial binding (unsigned and unticketed but almost certainly by Kern) of dark plum roan, ruled and lettered in gilt, with attractive marbled endpapers; (spine slightly faded); a fine copy. Sydney; James Tegg [and] D. L. Welch; 1840, 1842, 1842. ***Ferguson 2922, 3364, and 3365. [with] Bland, William. SUPPRESSION OF SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION IN WOOL SHIPS, &c., &c., &c. Second Edition. By W. Bland, M.C. Sydney: D. L. Welch, Printer, Atlas Office, George Street, opposite the Post Office. 1845. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. x, [11]-16; 2 fine plates engraved by John Carmichael, North Kent Street, Sydney, and published by W. Bland, 1839; handsomely bound in a contemporary colonial binding (unsigned and unticketed but almost certainly by Kern) of dark plum roan, ruled and lettered in gilt (spine slightly faded); a fine copy. Sydney, D. L. Welch, 1845. ***Author’s presentation copy: stamped in gilt on the front board: “Coln. Perceval C.B. 12th Regiment. From the Inventor”. Ferguson, 3992. Ferguson lists two “First Editions” of 1843 (F. 3572 & 3573), one of six pages royal octavo, (apparently usually without plates), and another which appears similar to the present work, but represented only in the National Library copy, and notes a third edition of 1867 (which, however, he does not list). Clearly an invention of significant importance for a country dependent for its economy on the export of wool. [with] Bland, William. LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR CHARLES AUGUSTUS FITZ ROY, Governor-in-Chief of New South Wales, &c. &c. &c. From William Bland, M.C January 11, 1850. Sydney: Printed by T. Forster, 334, Pitt-street, North. MDCCCL. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 14; bound in a contemporary colonial binding (unsigned and unticketed but almost certainly by Kern) of dark plum roan, ruled and lettered in gilt (spine a little faded); a fine copy. Sydney; T. Forster; 1850. ***Stamped in gilt on the front board: “Coln. Perceval C. B. 12th Regiment”. Ferguson 5289. Bland comments on the financial state of the colony and the remedies proposed in England, such as a reduction of the drain upon the Land Fund from the colony, and revival of Transportation. Together, 6 works in 4 volumes, 8vo. Sydney; James Tegg [and others]; 1837-50. ***Similarly, but not identically bound in contemporary colonial presentation bindings, almost certainly executed for Bland by the Sydney binder Kern, and presented to Lt.-Colonel John Maxwell Perceval. The attribution of the bindings to Kern is based on the survival of similarly bound presentation copies of the Hume and Hovell account which contain Kern’s ticket. Colonel Perceval took up command of the 1st Battalion of the 12th Regiment in 1854, during which year it arrived at Van Diemen’s Land and served in Australia for six years. He attained the rank of General in 1874. #42475 A$48,000.00

5 Boys, Robert Douglass. FIRST YEARS AT PORT PHILLIP. Preceded by a Summary of Historical Events from 1768. Small roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [viii], 160; index; original cloth; (lacking front endpaper); scarce. Melbourne; Robertson & Mullens Ltd.; 1935. ***With the bookplate of Fred C. Smith, with Aboriginal motifs and artefacts. #25935 A$65.00


6 Brown, Philip L.; Editor. [THE TODD JOURNAL 1835]. Andrew alias William Todd ( John Batman’s recorder) and his Indented Head Journal 1835 (chief illustrator, J. H. Wedge). Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 120(last blank); endpaper map; several sketch maps explanatory and illustrative of the original journal, by Peter F. B. Alsop, approx. 40 illusts., 5 appendices; original stiff wrappers. Geelong; Geelong Historical Society; 1989. #19983 A$35.00

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7 Burke & Wills: PROGRESS REPORTS AND FINAL REPORT OF THE EXPLORATION COMMITTEE of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1863. Royal Society, Melbourne, 20th August, 1863 [but 1873, see below]. F’cap folio, First and only Complete Edition; pp. [ii](letter of transmission from John Macadam, verso blank), [ii](title, verso blank), [ii](second title, with list of officers & members of the Committee, verso blank), 8(First Report of the Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria (then the Philosophical Institute of Victoria). [text follows]), 4(Second Report ....), 2(Third Report ....), 6(Fourth Report ...., last blank), 4(Special Report of the Exploration Fund Committee for 1859, last blank), 4(Fifth Progress Report of the Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria for 1860, last blank), 8(Sixth Progress Report ... for 1861, last blank), 6(Seventh and Final Report ... for 1863, last blank), 6(Appendix I, last blank), 8(Appendix II); 16(Supplementary Final Report, last 3 blank); original quarter dark blue-green wave-embossed cloth, light blue-green printed papered boards, cut flush; but for some very minor soiling of the paered boards, a fine copy; extremely rare. Melbourne; Royal Society of Victoria; 1872 [1873]. ***Ferguson 15185 (Mitchell Library copy only, with no mention of binding and miscollated); see also Renard, Fox Collection 2183 ( first issue 1863); McLaren 5530 et seq. (but all his entries are unsatisfactory); and Wantrup: Catalogue of the Davidson Collection (Part 3) 475 (a variant copy in special binding with the final leaves on white paper, see below). All pages are printed on blue paper, and the printer’s colophon “MASON AND FIRTH, PRINTERS, MELBOURNE.” appears only at the foot of the last page of Appendix II. The signatures ( first 5 leaves unsigned, B1-4, C1-4, D1-4, E1-4, F1-2, G1-4, H1-4, last 8 leaves unsigned) and unity of appearance would seem to leave little doubt that the whole, excepting the final 16 leaves, was printed by Mason and Firth. Ferguson mentions a Supplementary Final Report of eight pages printed on white paper. In this copy however, these pages are printed on blue laid paper, closely matching the blue wove paper of the earlier reports, the last blank, with the date Melbourne, 19th November, 1872 completing the report by William F. Stawell at the foot of Page 7. This is followed by a further 8 pages numbered 9-11 plus 2 unnumbered and 3 blank; these contain a List of Subscribers to the Exploration Fund, 3 pp., plus Balance Sheet and Summary of Expenditure, dated at end [Page 13] Melbourne, 7th July, 1873, and with the printer’s colophon at foot: STILLWELL AND KNIGHT, PRINTERS, COLLINS STREET EAST. The cover title reads identically to the title quoted above except for the date, which is 1872, but clearly this is a later, and final ( final, final!) issue. This is an original binding, completely undisturbed, with the endpapers of blue laid paper similar to that used for the 16-page Supplementary Final Report, but with the chain lines running horizontally. Apart from the Supplementary Final Report the collation of this copy agrees exactly with Ferguson (but for the interleaves, these obviously added, perhaps only to some issues). The front board carries a complete duplication of the ( first) title as transcribed above (that which Ferguson calls the “short title”), but for the date 1872. On Page 7 of the Supplementary Final Report it is stated that about 200 copies of the seven previous reports are [still] available and it is resolved to publish this “final Supplementary Report” bound up in one volume with these previous reports for distribution to public institutions in the colony and elsewhere. This must place an upper limit on the number of complete copies produced. Some copies are recorded with the final supplement printed on white paper, and several with varying lesser numbers of leaves to it. The configuration of this copy must however be the complete and final version, the care taken to match the paper and the unity of appearance and presence of the integral final blank surely signifying the intended finale to the whole sorry saga. It is noted at the foot of Page 7 that the last act of the Committee “has been to hand over to the Public Library and the Royal Society all their papers and documents, carefully secured in a suitable box.” #16383 A$13,500.00


8 Cumpston, J. H. L. THOMAS MITCHELL. Surveyor General & Explorer. First Edition; pp. xvi, 270, [2](blank); 12 maps, portrait frontis. & 16 plates, 4 appendices, refs., bibliog., index; original cloth; a nice copy in d/w. London; Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press; 1954 (1955). #5017 A$165.00

9 Dean, Sonia; Editor. ART BULLETIN OF VICTORIA. Nos. 30 & 31. 2 vols., 4to; pp. 96(last blank); pp. [iv], 54, [2](blank); numerous col. & b/w. illusts., notes; original stiff wrappers; fine copies. (Melbourne); National Gallery of Victoria; 1989-90. ***Including two interesting articles on William Blake, and others on Louisa Anne Meredith/Georgiana McCrae, Lajamanu Aboriginal art, etc. #26847 A$25.00


10 Duncan, Sinclair Thomson. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA by the Cape of Good Hope, Six Months in Melbourne, and Return to England by Cape Horn, including Scenes and Sayings on Sea and Land. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 172, 4; original green blindstamped and gilt pictorial cloth; a fine copy; scarce. Edinburgh; Printed for the Author by Reid and Reynolds; MDCCCLXIX [1869]. ***Ferguson 9300. #63982 A$250.00

11 Duncan, Sinclair Thomson. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA by the Cape of Good Hope, Six Months in Melbourne, and Return to England by Cape Horn including Scenes and Sayings on Sea and Land. New and Enlarged Edition, with map and Frontispiece Illustration. Cr. 8vo, 2nd Edn; pp. 218(last blank), 4, [2](blank); tinted frontis., folding col. map; original blindstamped and gilt pictorial cloth; a nice copy; scarce. Edinburgh; James Gemmell; 1884. ***Ferguson 9301. #63983 A$250.00

12 Dwight, H. T. CATALOGUE OF A PORTION OF H. T. DWIGHT’S VALUABLE COLLEC-TION OF BOOKS, relating to Biography, Histroy, Medicine, Poetry, Voyages, Travels, and Miscellaneous Literature; also, A Selection of Works on Ireland and Irish History; Dictionaries in various languages, &c., &c., &c., on sale at 232 Bourke Street East, near Parliament Houses, Melbourne. 8vo; pp. 82; sewn in original printed illustrated wrappers; a nice copy; rare. Melbourne; H. T. Dwight; N.D. [1864]. ***With a related newsclipping of 1945 loosely inserted resulting in browning of adjacent leaves. #14039 A$120.00


13 Felton, Alfred: ALFRED FELTON and HIS ART BENEFACTIONS. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [28](last 2 blank); col. frontis., 6 full-page b/w. plates; original wrappers; scarce. Melbourne; Printed for the Trustees of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria; 1936. #52335 A$65.00

14 Ferguson, Charles D. EXPERIENCES OF A FORTY-NINER IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. F’cap 4to, First Edition (in this form); pp. xxvi, 182; portrait & 10 illusts. by Ninon Phillips, index; original cloth (with slight production flaw); a very good copy. Melbourne; Gaston Renard; 1979. ***Limited to 450 numbered copies, this being an out-of-series copy. The Author spent thirty-three years in Australia and New Zealand, mainly on the diggings. This edition is a reprint, with new illustrations, of the Australian and New Zealand portion of the original work of 1888 covering California and Australia. #432 A$35.00

ONE OF THIRTY COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST

15 Ferguson, Charles D. EXPERIENCES OF A FORTY-NINER IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. Introduction by E. Daniel Potts and Annette Potts. Line Drawings by Ninon Phillips. F’cap 4to; pp. xxvi, 182; portrait & 10 illusts. by Ninon Phillips, index; original cloth; a fine copy. Melbourne; Gaston Renard Publisher; 1979. ***Limited Edition of 450 numbered copies, this copy being one of thirty which were signed by the Artist. The Author spent thirty-three years in Australia and New Zealand, mainly on the diggings. This edition is a reprint, with new illustrations, of the Australian and New Zealand portion of the original work of 1888 covering California and Australia. #21752 A$100.00


16 Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria: THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. The Journal and Magazine of the Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria. Vol. XLIX, No. 5, September, 1932. Pp. 117-140; 3 plates incl. a fine col. plate (of Australian Sea-slugs), 1 illust.; original wrappers; a nice copy. Melbourne; F.N.C.V.; 1932. ***Containing an article on Australian Sea-slugs by Joyce Allan and another on A Naturalist in the Bunya Mountains by Charles Barrett. #24406 A$15.00

17 Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria: THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. The Journal and Magazine of the Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria. Vol. XLIX, Nos. 1 & 2, May-June, 1932. Pp. 24, 25-52; 2 fine col. plates (of fungi), 8 illusts. & figs.; original wrappers; nice copies. Melbourne; F.N.C.V.; 1932. ***Containing an article on Some Crinoline Fungi by Ethel McLennan and another on Stingless Bees by Tarlton Rayment (each continued). #24261 A$25.00

18 Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria: THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. The Journal and Magazine of the Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria. Vol. L, No. 2, June, 1933. Pp. 25-48; 7 plates incl. a fine col. plate (of Aizoaceae), 2 illusts.; original wrappers; a nice copy. Melbourne; F.N.C.V.; 1933. ***Containing an article on Native and Introduced Aizoaceae by F. P. Morris and another on A Beautiful Phalanger by David Fleay (with 4 plates). #24621 A$20.00

19 Football: NORTH MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB. Annual Elections. Tuesday, 7th February, 1956. North Melbourne Town Hall. F’cap 4to; pp. [4](last blank); lightly folded; a very good copy. North Melbourne; North Melbourne Football Club; 1956. #62502 A$15.00


20 French, C. A HANDBOOK OF THE DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA with Notes on the Methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Part I. First Edition; pp. 154(last blank), [26](20 figs., versos blank), iv(index); 14 fine col. litho. plates numbered I-XIV, index; original cloth; (spine ends a little worn; names on title-page & following leaf with one partly erased leaving small hole; some minor soiling, o/wise very good). Melbourne; Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer; 1891. #50539 A$45.00

21 French, C. A HANDBOOK OF THE DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA with Notes on the Methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Part I. Reprint; pp. 164(last blank); 14 fine col. litho. plates, 3 b/w. plates, index; original cloth; (some adhesion damage to Plate XII and the adjacent 6 of text; o/wise good). Melbourne; Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer; 1904. ***The first edition contained 13 b/w. plates rather than 3 as here. #50541 A$15.00

22 French, C. A HANDBOOK OF THE DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA with Notes on the Methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Part II. First Edition; pp. [viii], 194(last blank), [22](20 figs., versos blank), [217]-222(index), [2](blank); 22 fine col. litho. plates numbered XV-XXXVI, index, Errata slip; original cloth; (name on title-page; a few marks, but generally a very good copy). Melbourne; Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer; 1893. #50540 A$35.00

23 French, C. A HANDBOOK OF THE DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA with Notes on the Methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Part III. First Edition; pp. 232(last 3 blank); 29 fine col. litho. plates (2 double-page) numbered XXXVII, XXXVIIA, XXXVIII-LXIV, including 8 of insect-eating birds, 26 figs. on 18 b/w. plates, index, Errata; original cloth; (some pencilled underlining and occasional light pencilled scribble; a few pp. taped or tape-marked; Plate 50 slightly adhesion-damaged as usual; Plate 51 also a little marked); original cloth (faded). Melbourne; Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer; 1900. #50542 A$15.00


24 Hills, E. Sherbon. THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF VICTORIA. An Introduction To Geomorphology. Third Edition; pp. xx, 292; endpaper maps, 353 figs (including several maps & line drawings), bibliog., indices of subjects and localities & physical features; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. Melbourne; Whitcombe & Tombs; 1951. ***Norman Wettenhall’s copy with his signature on endpaper. #45750 A$65.00

25 Hume, Hamilton. A BRIEF STATEMENT OF FACTS in connection with an Overland Expedition from Lake George to Port Phillip, in 1824. Third Edition: With Addenda. Pp. 112; portrait frontis. (slightly foxed); original limp cloth (spine a little worn), with original printed title-label on cover; (with a new front endpaper, and an old sepia photograph of a statue of Hume affixed to inside front board); a very good copy; rare. Yass; J. J. Brown, Courier Office; 1874. ***Ferguson 10665; Wantrup 113a. The important Addenda, here collected from newspaper columns and extremely rare pamphlets and published for the first time, consist of - (a) A letter from Mr. H. ANGEL, one of the survivors of the Overland Expedition of 1824; (b) a letter by HAMILTON HUME addressed to Mr. W. H. HOVELL through the Goulburn Herald; (c) a letter by Mr. C. H. BARBER to the Sydney Morning Herald; (d) the text of a pamphlet, entitled “Answer to the Preface of the Second Edition of Mr. Hamilton Hume’s ‘A Brief Statement of Facts’, by William H. Hovell”; (e) A letter addressed by “Australian” to the Editor of the Yass Courier, in reply to Mr. W. H. HOVELL’s “Answer”, &c. #5134 A$3750.00


26 Kitson, A. E. THE ECONOMIC MINERALS AND ROCKS OF VICTORIA. Pp. [517]-536; original stiff printed wrappers. Melbourne; J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer; 1906. ***Department of Mines, Special Report, reprinted from the Victorian Year Book for 1905, Part IX, Production. #64805 A$15.00

27 La Trobe Library: LA TROBE LIBRARY JOURNAL. A collection of issues, comprising, Volume 1, Numbers 2 & 3 (October 1968 & April, 1969), Volume 6, Number 22 (October, 1978), Volume 7, No. 28 (October 1981), Volume 8, Numbers 30 & 31 (December 1982 & April 1983), Volume 9, Number 36 (December 1985), and Volume 10, Number 37 (Autumn 1986). Super roy. 8vo, 8 issues, well-illustrated, with notes, refs, etc.; original stiff wrappers; nice copies. (Melbourne; State Library of Victoria); 1968-86. ***With interesting and authoritative articles on Australian history, bibliography, etc. #24269 A$35.00

28 Lend Lease Development Pty. Limited: DOMAIN PARK. Residential Suites. 4to; pp. [10]; several col. illusts.; stapled, as issued. [Melbourne; Lend Lease Development Pty. Limited; 1961]. ***With 2-page covering letter loosely inserted. Designed by Grounds, Romberg & Boyd. #64007 A$20.00


29 [McCallum, C. A.; Chief Librarian]. THE WORD: In Manuscript and Print. A catalogue of biblical and related material arranged on the occasion of the Melbourne Catholic Diocesan Centenary in May of the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Eight. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [16]; 4 full-page illusts.; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy in slightly silverfished d/w. Melbourne; Public Library of Victoria; 1948. #51842 A$20.00

30 McLaren, Ian F. THE RUHR OF AUSTRALIA: A History of the Latrobe Valley. (An Address to the Society on 19 October, 1955). Reprinted from the Victorian Historical Magazine, 108th Issue, June, 1957, Vol. XXVII, No. 4, pp. 33-56(last blank); full-page map, bibliog.; original wrappers. [Melbourne]; Victorian Historical Society; 1957. #28953 A$15.00


31 McNicoll, Ronald. THE EARLY YEARS OF THE MELBOURNE CLUB. First Edition; pp. [vi], vi, 124; endpaper map, full-page plan, 3 col. plates, 4 b/w. plates, appendix, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a nice copy in worn d/w. (Melbourne); The Hawthorn Press; 1976. ***Edition limited to 600 numbered copies signed by the Author. #30369 A$60.00

32 Miller, Robert Castles. BOOKS: Their History and Influence. An Essay. Facsimile Edition; pp. vi, [ii], 96(last blank); original wrappers; a fine copy. Melbourne; Gaston Renard Publisher; 1977. ***Edition limited to 150 numbered copies only. Originally published in 1883 (refer Ferguson 12605). Miller was Librarian at the Fitzroy Free Public Library and was also for a time a bookseller in Fitzroy. #637 A$45.00

33 Milner, The Rev. John, Chaplain and Brierly, Oswald W. THE CRUISE OF H.M.S. GALATEA, Captain H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., in 1867-1868. Illustrated by a Photograph of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh; and by Chromo-lithographs and Graphotypes from Sketches taken on the Spot by O. W. Brierly. First Edition; pp. xii, 312, 315-488, 24(adv.); mounted photographic portrait as frontis., folding map, 8 attractive chromolitho. plates, 4 tinted “graphotype” plates, 12 illusts. in text (5 full-page); original gilt-decorated cloth; uncut; (an unobtrusive stain to front board); a very nice copy. London; W. H. Allen and Co.; 1869. ***The Duke visited Adelaide, Melbourne, Tasmania & Sydney, as well as en route, Cape Town and Tristan d’Acunha, returning via Cape Horn. The hiatus in pagination is an error in numbering only, nothing being omitted. [Ferguson 12627 - description generally inadequate]. #48808 A$600.00


34 Morgan, John. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF WILLIAM BUCKLEY: Thirty-two Years a Wanderer amongst the Aborigines of the then unexplored Country around Port Phillip, now the Province of Victoria. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by C. E. Sayers, with Sketches by John Helder Wedge. New Edition; pp. xxiv, 116; portrait & 2 plates; a fine copy in slightly faded d/w. London; Heinemann; (1967). ***Originally published in 1852. #4505 A$145.00

35 Mouritz, J. J. THE PORT PHILLIP ALMANAC AND DIRECTORY, for 1847. F’cap. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], 150, [8](original adv.); original buckram; a fine copy. (Sydney; Library of Australian History; 1979). ***Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. #4937 A$65.00

36 Pateshall, Nicholas. A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE IN H.M.S. CALCUTTA 1803-1804. Edited with an Introduction by Marjorie Tipping. First Edition; pp. 96(last blank); frontis. (H.M.S. Calcutta), full-page plan of Port Phillip (Acting Lieut. Murray’s chart), sketch of Sullivan Bay camp by G. P. Harris, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a nice copy in slightly faded d/w. (Melbourne); Queensberry Hill Press; 1980. ***The work includes an account (here published for the first time) of the abortive first settlement in what is now Victoria. #5181 A$50.00

37 Pescott, Edward Edgar. JAMES BONWICK. A Writer of School Books and Histories. With a Bibliography of his Writings. 4to, First Edition; pp. 48(last 5 blank); portrait frontis.; original cloth-backed printed boards; a nice copy; scarce. Melbourne; H. A. Evans & Son; 1939. ***Edition limited to 250 signed and numbered copies. #22489 A$180.00

38 Port Phillip: PORT PHILLIP GAZETTE. Facsimile Edition. Vol. I (Oct. 1838-Apr. 1839) to Vol. V (Oct. 1840-Apr. 1841). 5 vols., demy folio approx.; Vol. I, pp. [vi], 1001-1116, [82](blank); Vol. II, pp. [vi], 2001-2230; Vol. III, pp. [vi], 3001-3250; Vol. IV, pp. [vi], 4001-4246; Vol. V, pp. [vi], 5001-5246; in total over 1100 pages; well bound in high quality, servicable cloth, stamped in blind on front boards, spines gilt; a fine set in d/ws. Sydney; Stephen Lansdown; (1979-80). ***Edition limited to 285 numbered sets for sale. The edition was on a strict subscription basis, and only the number of sets subscribed for was printed. The five

Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 17volumes contain all 238 issues. A final Index volume originally planned was sadly never completed. With this set is a small archive of publisher’s correspondence with subscribers chronicling the delays and difficulties of publication. #704 A$480.00

39 Reilly, Pauline. PENGUINS OF THE WORLD. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 164; 8 col. plates, numerous b/w. illusts., glossary, bibliog.; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. Oxford; Oxford University Press; (1994). ***Including the Little Penguins of Phillip Island, Victoria. #45853 A$25.00

40 Roberts, Morley. LAND TRAVEL AND SEA-FARING. Illustrated by A. D. McCormick. First Edition; pp. viii, 260; 40 illusts.; original cloth; (some foxing); a very good copy. London; Lawrence and Bullen; 1891. ***All but the first and last chapters relate to Australia with much on Victoria. Ferguson 14957. #9555 A$95.00

41 Scott, Ernest. HISTORICAL MEMOIR OF THE MELBOURNE CLUB. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 112(last blank); 21 plates; original full leather, gilt; top edge gilt, others uncut; a very good copy; scarce. Melbourne; The Specialty Press Pty. Ltd.; 1936. ***Edition Limited to 650 numbered copies for private circulation. #24215 A$100.00


42 Sinclair, K. V. THE MELBOURNE LIVY. A Study of Bersuire’s Translation Based on the Manuscript in the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. First Edition; pp. x, 78; 9 plates, appendix, indices; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press on behalf of The Australian Humanities Research Council; (1961). #18828 A$15.00

43 Smith, Derek. THEN AND NOW. [Stories of Flinders Island]. First Edition; pp. vi, 86; several illusts.; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Whitemark, Flinders Island; The Author; 1980. ***A Poem and two stories with historical overtones written for children, together with a brief historical summary. #64410 A$25.00

44 Sprod, Dan; Editor. THE TREGURTHA LOG, relating the adventurous life of Capt. Edward Primrose Tregurtha. The Napoleonic Wars - the East India Company’s China Run - Whaling in the South Seas - Shipmaster to the Port Phillip District. F’cap folio, First Edition; pp. 168(last 2 blank); 2 endpaper & 1 other maps, 9 illusts., (3 mounted, 2 of which coloured), 4 appendices, bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. (Hobart); Blubber Head Press; 1980. ***Edition limited to 600 signed & numbered copies. Like most Blubber Head books it is a finely produced article. #2260 A$165.00

45 Strutt, William. VICTORIA THE GOLDEN. Scenes, Sketches and Jottings From Nature. With A Narrative By Marjorie Tipping. Oblong super roy. folio, First Edition; pp. [iv], 84(last blank); 100 sketches (mostly col.), appendix, bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in original clear plastic d/w. (Melbourne); Library Committee, Parliament of Victoria; 1980. #7311 A$145.00


46 Sutherland, Alexander. VICTORIA AND ITS METROPOLIS, Past and Present. With two hundred and fifty-eight illustrations. [Vol. II. The Colony and its People in 1888. With Contributed Papers by R. L. J. Ellery, F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Professor W. C. Kernot, M.A., C.E., Baron Ferd. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., M. & PhD., F.R.S., J. E. Neild, A. C. Le Souef, Henry Giles Turner]. 2 vols. thick 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xii, 594; double-page facsimile of a leaf of The Melbourne Advertiser between pp. 166/7; Vol. II, pp. xii, 824(last blank); folding col. map at Page 28, Errata slip; in all nearly 400 illusts. (incl. some full-page), indices; original full maroon leather, elaborately gilt; (a little minor scuffing and wear to edges; last few leaves in Vol. II slightly silverfished); an unusually nice, bright, sound & complete set; scarce. Melbourne; McCarron, Bird; 1888. ***Ferguson 16439. Including directories of businesses and tradesmen for the various districts and a history of the Colony. Loosely inserted are the original request for payment and receipt of purchase by one C. E. Taylor dated 16th and 17th August 1889 respectively. #47947 A$1200.00


47 Tregarthen, Greville. AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH. (New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New Zealand). First Edition; pp. xxiv, 444; 8 maps (1 folding), 25 plates & 3 text illusts., appendix, index; very nicely bound in half morocco, with marbled sides; a fine copy. London; T. Fisher Unwin; MDCCCXCIII [1893]. ***The Story of the Nations Series. [Ferguson 17303]. #383 A$165.00

48 Troedel, Charles: EIGHT SELECTED PRINTS FROM CHARLES TROEDEL’S MELBOURNE ALBUM. 4to; 8 mounted col. prints, being very fine reproductions from Troedel’s Melbourne Album of c. 1865; in original mailing envelope; a nice copy. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; N.D. [c. 1975]. #64557 A$65.00

Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 2149 Troedel, Charles: ST. KILDA FROM KENNY’S BATH. Mounted col. print, 10” by 8” approx.,

being a fine reproduction from Troedel’s Melbourne Album of c. 1865. No Imprint [Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; c. 1975]. #64559 A$10.00

50 Troedel, Charles: FLINDERS STREET FROM THE MELBOURNE STATION. Mounted col. print, 10” by 8” approx., being a fine reproduction from Troedel’s Melbourne Album of c. 1865. No Imprint [Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; c. 1975]. #64561 A$10.00

51 Tuckey, J. H. AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO ESTABLISH A COLONY AT PORT PHILIP IN BASS’S STRAIT, on the South Coast of New South Wales, in His Majesty’s Ship Calcutta, in the Years 1802-3-4. By J. H. Tuckey, Esq., First Lieutenant of the Calcutta. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row; and J. C. Mottley, Portsmouth. 1805. Demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi(last Errata), 212(last blank), [2](title to addenda, verso blank), 215-[240](Addenda, last advert.); old half calf, with marbled sides; a fine, clean copy, complete with the half-title; rare. London; Longman; 1805. ***Ferguson 418; Hill 1723; Wantrup, page 83; Borba de Moraes, page 870. With the signature of A. C. Arnold, Jan. 6th, 1806 on the title-page. Tuckey was First Lieutenant of the Calcutta, commanded by Captain Daniel Woodriff. This account describes the expedition, led by David Collins, which was to found a settlement at Port Phillip, but the attempt at settlement was soon abandoned in favour of the Derwent River in Tasmania. Tuckey, however, surveyed and charted the bay and its environs before the expedition left, and his account is the only contemporary published account of the abortive settlement. The Calcutta was accompanied on the voyage from England by the Ocean, a merchant vessel chartered to carry stores for the colonisation scheme. En route to Port Phillip the Calcutta visited Teneriffe and the Cape Verde Islands, Rio de Janeiro (of which a long account is given, including the slavery), Tristan d’Acunha, Cape Town and Simon’s Town, and the Island of St. Paul. Appendices include a List of Plants found at Port Philip (sic), Meteorological Journal for October-December at Port Philip, observations on the Timbers of New South Wales, and observations respecting selection of Convicts for transportation, and on the means of preserving health on the voyage. Tuckey later published an account of the first scientific expedition to the Congo or Zaire River. #5023 A$11,000.00

52 Tuckey, J. H. AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO ESTABLISH A COLONY AT PORT PHILIP [sic] IN BASS’S STRAIT, on the South Coast of New South Wales, in His Majesty’s Ship Calcutta, in the Years 1802-3-4. Facsimile of First Edition; pp. xvi, 240, [2]; several illuminating modern footnotes; full calf, raised bands on spine (duplicate title-label in pocket at end); a fine copy. (North Melbourne; Marsh, Taylor & Walsh; 1974). ***A type-facsimile edition limited to 500 numbered copies, printed by hand, and hand-bound at the Dove Bindery, Melbourne. Originally published at London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1805. #18978 A$300.00


53 Victorian Arts Centre Building Committee: THE VICTORIAN ARTS CENTRE. Oblong folio; pp. [16]; several col. & b/w. illusts.; original pictorial wrappers. [Melbourne; Victorian Arts Centre Building Committee; 1975]. ***With covering letter, signed by George Fairfax, CEO, loosely enclosed. #63758 A$20.00

54 Victorian Historical Magazine: HOW VICTORIA BEGAN. Writing, Knowing and Preserving our History. Report of the Second Victorian Historical Conference held at the University of Melbourne from 29th September, 1967, to ist October, 1967. 8vo; pp. 80; a few illusts.; orig. wrappers. Melbourne; Royal Historical Society of Victoria; 1968. ***Being The Victorian Historical Magazine 151st & 152nd Issues: February-May, 1968: Vol. 39, Nos. 1 & 2 (combined issue). #47051 A$10.00

55 Victorian Railways: RULES AND REGULATIONS for the Guidance of Employees in the Service of the Victorian Railways Commissioners. Effective April, 1919. Cr. 8vo; pp. 446(last blank), xxxiv(last 2 blank); several amendments tipped or pasted in, 9 appendices, index; original cloth, gilt; (spine & corners worn); a very good copy; scarce. [Melbourne]; Victorian Railways; [1918]. #23044 A$95.00

56 Victorian Railways: GENERAL APPENDIX to the Book of Rules and Regulations and to the Working Time Table. The Instructions contained herein supersede all others of prior date that are contrary thereto. 1953 and until further notice. [cover title]. 8vo; pp. 784; several illusts., index; original printed cloth (hinges repaired); a very good copy; scarce. [Melbourne]; Victorian Railways; [1952]. #22782 A$95.00


57 Webster, R. H. CURRENCY LAD. The Story of Hamilton Hume and the Explorers. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 125, ix(last blank); 4 full-page maps, 17 full-page drawings, & several other illusts., appendix, sources, index; a fine copy in very slightly worn d/w. (Avalon Beach, N.S.W.; Leisure Magazines; 1982). #12993 A$40.00

58 Western Port Catchment Co-ordinating Group. SPECIAL WORKING GROUP ON LOSS OF SEAGRASS IN WESTERN PORT. Progress Report. 4to, First Edition; ff. vi, 42(versos blank); 2 maps, 3 figs., 5 tables, appendix, glossary, refs.; laminated wrappers. [Melbourne]; Western Port Catchment Co-ordinating Group; 1983. ***3 page related press-release loosely inserted. #63210 A$10.00


59 Worthington, J. M.; Compiled by. Victoria. Legislative Assembly. INDEX TO THE PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS, Reports of Select Committees, and Returns to Orders, Bills, etc. 1851-1909. First Edition; pp. 324(last blank); original printed wrappers; a nice copy. Melbourne; J. Kemp, Government Printer; 1909. #34323 A$125.00

60 Yorick Club: PRINTED MENU FOR THE YORICK CLUB 1868-1960. Small 4to; pp. [4]; printed on thin card. Melbourne; Yorick Club; 1960. ***Together with Annual Report (12 pp. 8vo) for 1949, and carbon copy typescripts concerning the history of the club. #23534 A$15.00

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