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Map of Van Diemen’s Land [Tasmania] – Published London 1851 – Catrographer John Tallis

An original map by John Tallis of Van Diemen’s Land – Tasmania. Tallis maps represent the high point of Victorian decorative map making. This is the final state of the map with vignettes of Hobart Town; the now extinct Thylacine; Van Diemen’s Land Company’s Agent Residence Circular Head in the North West of Tasmania and a Official Seal. This is the superior issue without the central fold often seen.

Published by John Tallis & Co, London & New York. The map was drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. The illustrations drawn by H Warren and engraved by J Rogers.

Refer map authority, R.V. Tooley the “Printed Maps of Tasmania” reference 428.

A very good example, nicely coloured and important to any Australian map collection

Original collectable John Tallis Map of Tasmania

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$290.00

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Map of the World [Planisphere suivant la projection de Mercator] – Published Paris in 1780 – Cartographer Rigobert Bonne

An 18^th century copper engraved map of the World using the Mercator projection published in Paris in 1780.

Very good condition with a strong plate impression on thick wove paper, a couple of minor age spots. 33cm x 23cm would frame very nicely.

A nice post Cook pre Flinders example with Tasmania (Terre de Diemen) still shown as connected to mainland Australia. Numerous other anomalies that create interest – both the north west and north east of North America contain inaccuracies or peculiarities – a badly defined archipelago to the east, an attempt at the Aleutians and the unusual Isle James in the “Baye de Baffin”.

An attempt at ocean currents in Tropical waters following on from Dampier / Moll.

Riogobert Bonne (1727-1795) succeeded Jacques- Nicolas Bellin as the official chart maker to the French Navy and the King.

Nice post Cook pre Flinders World Map

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$280.00

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$Madeira Spectroscopic, being a Revision of 21 Places in the Red half of the Solar Visible Spectrum with a Rutherford Diffraction Grating at Madeira in the Summer of 1881 – C Piazzi Smyth – Astronomer Royal Scotland – 1882.$

Madeira Spectroscopic, being a Revision of 21 Places in the Red half of the Solar Visible Spectrum with a Rutherford Diffraction Grating at Madeira in the Summer of 1881 – C Piazzi Smyth – Astronomer Royal Scotland – 1882.

Anyone who follows Voyager will know how much we adore Charles Piazzi Smyth read his wiki – too much for here. The Piazzi is after his Italian father-in-law and astronomer who influenced the Smyth family to set up their own observatory when CPS was very young. At near to sixteen he was off to South Africa to assist in astronomical experiments and it all expanded from there – his work of the Great Pyramid of Cheops is also something else.

Newton has written that the only way to improve the quality of astronomical images [having regard to size and quality of optics] was to take instruments higher in the atmosphere. CPS became an expert in this and pioneered trips to Teneriffe and Madeira to lug his instruments to higher ground – always accompanied by his knowledgeable wife. There we gave you a bit – like all these people of the times his brothers and sisters had similarly interesting lives.

Solar spectroscopy became a particular interest … as an aside he promoted the use of the Browning Rainband Spectroscope [we usually have one for sale]. At Madeira he went for the diffraction grating rather than prism combination. The results are scientific glory and nicely presented in this work published by Johnston, Edinburgh in 1882.

Square quarto, cloth binding with gilt rule and titles, 32 pages, 18 plates on in striking colour, vignette to title page. Some foxing but excuse it for its rarity, author and spot in astronomical history.

Charles Piazzi Smyth [1819-1900] top rank astronomer and pyramidologist.

$490.00

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An Inquiry into the Animism and Folk-lore of the Guiana Indians by Walter Roth – First Edition 1915

Those that know about Walter Roth and his incredible work and publications relating to the Northern Queensland aboriginals may be surprised with this similarly important anthropological work on the native Indians of Guiana [Guyana].

Without raking too much up, Roth was more or less expelled for his Queensland work as, in his obsession for detail, he was deemed to overstep the mark more than once. However, he was quickly given a plum job in British Guiana.

Roth was employed in British Guiana as stipendiary magistrate, medical magistrate and district commissioner and was responsible for producing the Aboriginal Protection Order of 1910. Continuing his anthropological work, he made three extensive field expeditions which formed the basis of this book and various related papers. On his retirement he stayed there and became the curator of the Georgetown Museum and government archivist. He died there in 1933.

Walter Roth had a fascinating life and produced some special work that without him would have been lost to the World.

$240.00

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Men without Women – Ernest Hemingway – 1955 Jonathan Cape Edition.

The hardest of the Jonathan Cape editions to find, and collectable because of that and the striking wrap around dust jacket by Hans Tisdal with his special font design.

This edition published in 1995 the second printing in this new crown format same year as the first of type. Octavo, 222 pages, a little age but excuse if for its rarity.

Maybe only Hemingway could choose this title for this collection of short stories encompassing every emotion.

Fourteen short stories including The Killers; A Simple Enquiry; An Alpine Idyll; Banal Story; Hills Like White Elephants and Che ti dice la Patria.

Reality of life from Hemingway – scarce edition

$120.00

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The Night Manager – John Le Carre – First edition published by Knopf, New York in 1993.

A handsome book in the hand, large octavo, 429 pages, plus acknowledgement, printing details etc. Jacket rubbed along leading edge otherwise a fine copy.

“On a snow-swept January evening of 1991, Jonathan Pryce, the English night manager of the Hotel Meister Palace in Zurich, forsook his office behind the reception desk and, in the grip of feelings he had not known before, took up his position in the lobby as a prelude to extending his hotel’s welcome to a distinguished late arrival”

Needs no further introduction other than to say the rather brilliant mini-series is worth the watch also albeit a little over glamourised.

Le Carre’s characters do move with the times, something we like about his writing. However we cannot believe the ‘first” is as long back as 1993 – where have the year gone!

Night Manager – now a standalone Le Carre classic and a punchy read

$50.00

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Map of Van Diemen’s Land [Tasmania] – Published London 1851 – Catrographer John Tallis

Map of the World [Planisphere suivant la projection de Mercator] – Published Paris in 1780 – Cartographer Rigobert Bonne

Madeira Spectroscopic, being a Revision of 21 Places in the Red half of the Solar Visible Spectrum with a Rutherford Diffraction Grating at Madeira in the Summer of 1881 – C Piazzi Smyth – Astronomer Royal Scotland – 1882.

An Inquiry into the Animism and Folk-lore of the Guiana Indians by Walter Roth – First Edition 1915

Men without Women – Ernest Hemingway – 1955 Jonathan Cape Edition.

The Night Manager – John Le Carre – First edition published by Knopf, New York in 1993.

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