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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society London – April 1925 – The Great Barrier Reef

Complete edition April 1925 in original blue wrappers. Pages 281-376 after adverts, preliminaries etc with folding map at rear.

The Great Barrier Reef by Colonel Sir Gerald Lenox-Conyngham and F.A. Potts the latter talking about “Life of the Reef”. Irish born Conyngham (1866-1956) was a surveyor and geodesist of some note. He was trained at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and at Chatham. His study partly emphasises how little was known about the Great Barrier Reef at the time and his remarks and the report of Potts resulted in some lengthy discussion afterwards with interesting references back to Bramble, Stokes, Owen Stanley etc again emphasising the importance of the knowledge gained during those early 19thC voyages.

Further of interest is a lengthy report on Nepal by Brig-General C.G. Bruce and Major Northey with a nice map and excellent photographs.

And, a good study of the North-West extensions of the Jubaland Plain and the drainage of the Upper Nile by John Parkinson

Great Barrier Reef – 1925 Perspective

$90.00

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Un Admirateur Sincere – Gazette du Bon Ton Pochoir – Marty -1922

A beautiful and amusing hand coloured “Pochoire” by Andre Marty (1882-1974) for the Paris Gazette du Bon Ton in 1922.

“Un Admirateur Sincere” the best you can have! and a beautiful robe for the evening by designer Paul Poiret.

Price unframed $90.00.

The ultimate in fashion print from a perfect era.

$90.00

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The Reckoning – Georges Simenon

Published by Hamish Hamilton, London in 1984 a first English edition.

Translated by Emily Read, tall octavo 124 pages all in very good condition with a nice dust jacket designed by Craig Dodd based on the painting “Maxime Dethomas at the Opera Ball” by Toulouse Lautrec.

Jules Maletras strangles the unattractive Lulu out of jealousy. Rich and retired he is glad it is all over but he has to cover his tracks and it gets complicated. .

Simenon and crime like fine wine

$30.00

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Elephant Walk – Robert Standish (Film Edition 1955)

A very good 1955 London edition of this Standish classic a Voyager favourite.

Published by Peter Davies, octavo, 193 pages with the superb period dust jacket and the wrap around ” Read the Book of the Film” … a treasure to a collector.

If you have not seen the film then that is a loss that should be reversed … and all the drama with the casting .. which maybe created the unsurpassed on screen tensions.

Old enough to remember the film?

$50.00

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Australian Rare Books 1788-1900 – Jonathan Wantrup.

Published by Hordern House a first edition in 1987. Five years work by Wantrup.

Thick royal octavo, 468 pages with occasional illustrations and tipped in coloured frontispiece of Sturt leaving Adelaide. Occasional foxing and priced accordingly.

A first edition of Jonathan Wantrup’s book which was predicted to become and has become an essential reference for those collecting Australian Rare books. More than that it is a great potted … to read this book from cover to cover is an education in itself … it should be on the curriculum.

Unlike the rather unwieldy and at time questionable Ferguson bibliography this book provides an excellent reference to the nuances and issues of edition and the like which makes book collecting that much more rewarding. Who would not seek out the Burke & Wills with the “garish” endpapers … “No such copy should be passed by” says the author.

“Wantrup” matured to be an essential reference and a solid read in its own right.

$90.00

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Australian Sea Mysteries – Jack Loney

Self published to a good standard in 1983.

Limited hard bound edition of 500 this numbered 206 and signed nicely by Loney.

Small quarto, 111 pages with dust jacket. Some ageing to page edges and ownership signature on free end paper. Still a very good copy.

Another thoroughly well researched book by Jack Loney. Excellent narrative and illustrations about what happened to the Madagascar, the Loch Maree (what a beautiful ship), the Kobenhavn, the extraordinary mystery of the Mahogany Ship (can it be found?), the twin screw steamer Rosedale and the little Christina Fraser … Loney’s usual unusual presentation … which we like

Sought after signed hard cover … Aussie Sea Mysteries

$40.00

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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society London – April 1925 – The Great Barrier Reef

Un Admirateur Sincere – Gazette du Bon Ton Pochoir – Marty -1922

The Reckoning – Georges Simenon

Elephant Walk – Robert Standish (Film Edition 1955)

Australian Rare Books 1788-1900 – Jonathan Wantrup.

Australian Sea Mysteries – Jack Loney

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