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  • The Fountain – Charles Morgan – 1932 First Edition

    The Fountain – Charles Morgan – 1932 First Edition

    Published by Knopf, New York a first edition 1932 in really lovely condition with as good a dust jacket as you will get.

    The author went to Brasenose and the book fits his pedigree. Lewis Alison is a British Officer (WWI) interned in a Dutch Castle, Enkendall. A strange and strangely moving love story ensues after he meets Julie the “hosts” stepdaughter … complex and beautifully written.

    Dust jacket art by FM (Frank Mill)

    Top novel in extra good condition

    $60.00

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  • The Fortune Hunters – Frank Clune – First Edition 1957 Near Fine

    The Fortune Hunters – Frank Clune – First Edition 1957 Near Fine

    Angus and Robertson First Edition 1957 in very good if nit fine condition.

    Frank Clune out in Jeep amongst the minerals and aboriginals. Uranium and Jack Noble (discovered Nobles Nob) and confronting story and images of murdered Kai-umen. More than the usual Clune.

    Best Clune – First and Good

    $40.00

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  • Very Early Map of the Island of Borneo – from De Bry’s account of Van Noort’s Voyages – c1602

    Very Early Map of the Island of Borneo – from De Bry’s account of Van Noort’s Voyages – c1602

    An original and rare copper engraved map of the island of Borneo (Borneo Insula) and its neighbouring Islands published by Theodore De Bry. First issued circa 1602 from Olivier Van Noorts journal of his Voyages around the World.

    Engraved by Benjamin Wright shows Van Noort’s ship in the bay at Brunei. The vessel is surrounded by local boats. Van Noort’s account mentions upwards of one hundred native proas clustered around him as he set anchor on 1st January 1601. His account of the area is only second to Pigafetta

    Van Noort voyage was primarily to set to against the Spanish. It was a mistake as the Spanish came after him and his flagship was sunk and quite a few of his crew captured and executed. When he returned to Rotterdam he had only 48 crew out of 248 and one ship left the Mauritius. But he was the first Dutch circumnavigator and he did have this map.

    Price $260.00 unframed

    De Bry/ Van Noort famous and rare map of the Island of Borneo engraved by Benjamin Wright- c1602

    $240.00

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  • Cape River Gold Field – Report of William Rands – 1891

    Cape River Gold Field – Report of William Rands – 1891

    William Rands was Assistant Geologist to Robert Logan Jack. This is his report to the Queensland Parliament on the Cape River Gold Field.

    18 foolscap pages of the usual intense observation and detail exhibited by the Queensland geological team of the period. Covers Union Reef, General Grant Reef, Hayward Reef, The Big reef, The Just-In-Time Reef, Hughes Leader, The Mystery Reef (no Mystery!), Springs reef, Mount Remarkable, Morning Star, Martin’s, Bell-Gay, Victoria, and Governor Blackall Reefs and many many more. Crushing reports with yield from Ellen Boss, Treasure and Albion as complied by Commissioner Gill.
    An appendix provides a short geological description of rocks and thin section slides of 43 samples taken in the area. The thin section slides being prepared by Clarke of Charters Towers.

    The report contain a folding coloured page showing 8 geological sections the first across Mr Davenport and the cape River. And a very nice coloured Geological Sketch Map of part of the Kennedy District by William Rands (50cms by 25 cms) … note our image on the Voyager website is partly truncated because of the limitations of our scanner.

    Quality Cape River Report with fine example of the Map

    $90.00

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  • Rose-Coloured Spoon-Bill – Shaw and Nodder – 1792

    Rose-Coloured Spoon-Bill – Shaw and Nodder – 1792

    An original copper engraved and hand coloured image of the beautiful and elegant rose-coloured spoon-bill also known as the Roseate Spoonbill. It was published by Shaw and Nodder in London on 1st January 1792.

    A native of South America it is much more colourful than the common spoonbill and by the time it reaches maturity its colour deepens almost to a rich scarlet.

    George Shaw was in charge of Natural History at the British Museum. Nodder was a natural history artist and worked for Banks on his Florilegium.

    Framed in Voyager Natural History style in black cored cream mat and gilt frame.

    Very rosey spoonbill striking an elegant pose.

    $190.00

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  • The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 1915 September – Exploration in the Northern Japanese Alps – Walter Weston

    The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 1915 September – Exploration in the Northern Japanese Alps – Walter Weston

    An exceptional mountaineering report detailing explorations in the wild and unfamiliar regions of the northern Japanese Alps, featuring the ‘Great Lotus Peak’ (O Renge), Shirouma, Shiro-Uma-Dake, Yari-Ga-Take, Akashina, Nakabusa, Yarigatake, Hodaka and the Shirasawa ravine, illustrated with photographic plates and a fold-out colour map. With interesting remarks on ancient customs practiced in remote high altitude villages.

    Weston (1861-1940), is regarded as the father of mountaineering in Japan. It is largely due to him that Japanese Alpine Club was created. The map to illustrate this paper was based on the latest maps of the Topographical Survey of Japan, with alterations and additions, as existing maps needed many corrections in the mountain regions.

    Weston’s post in Japan was that of a Chaplain at Yokohama, but he found leisure to go off into the interior of the country, and particularly these mountain districts, of which he knew more than any other European.

    The remainder of this complete edition includes the exploration of the Itari River, Forest and their Pygmies by Cuthbert Christie

    $90.00

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