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  • Solo to Sydney [From London in a Single Engine Aircraft] – Francis Chichester.

    This edition published by Conway Maritime Press, Greenwich in 1982. Octavo, 208 pages, loads of illustrations, map, table of flight times / distance per sector. Very good condition, excuse the gift inscription front ends.

    This book was originally published in 1930 immediately after Chichester had flown solo from London to Sydney in a single engine aircraft.

    A thoroughly readable account and twenty-three sectors leads to a lot of adventure and colour along the way.

    Francis Chichester in the air before the sea …

    $30.00

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  • Triassic Conifer Fossil – Nymboida New South Wales

    Triassic Conifer Fossil – Nymboida New South Wales

    A nice example of a longitudinal foliar stem section – Coniferales [Risskia Media – Tenison Woods, 1883].

    From the middle Triassic period [circa 1225 million year] which represented the period of the “greening” of the planet and the land that is generally referred to as Gondwana.

    This sample was found in the Basin Creek Formation of the Nymboida coal measures. They can be accessed from Coffs Harbour – about 50 kms north-west.

    Size 12cm weighing circa 200 gm.

    Nice fossil from the greening of Gondwana

    ON HOLD FOR G

    $40.00

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  • First Fleet Journal – Collins  – An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, with Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners etc of the Native Inhabitants of That Country, to which is Added some Particulars of New Zealand from the MSS of Lieutenant Governor King: and an Account of a Voyage performed by Captain Flinders and Mr Bass; by which the Existence of a Strait separating Van Diemen’s Land from the Continent of New Holland was ascertained. Abstracted from the Journal of Mr Bass.

    First Fleet Journal – Collins – An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, with Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners etc of the Native Inhabitants of That Country, to which is Added some Particulars of New Zealand from the MSS of Lieutenant Governor King: and an Account of a Voyage performed by Captain Flinders and Mr Bass; by which the Existence of a Strait separating Van Diemen’s Land from the Continent of New Holland was ascertained. Abstracted from the Journal of Mr Bass.

    Published London 1804 by T. Cadell Jnr and W Davies, The Strand. Second edition edited and abridged by Maria Collins [Collin’s wife] from the original work and augmented with new information available.

    Quarto, xx, 562 pages with 8 engraved in-text illustrations [2 original hand colouring]; plus 24 engraved plates [three original hand colouring] and 2 maps – one folding. Bound in full speckled calf in period style by Perry. Gilt title on separate red leather title label, alternating maritime gilt decorations to compartments between five raised bands. List of engravings and instructions to binder – ticked off by a careful reviewer. Some minor signs of cropping but nothing disturbing, the magnificent black and white full-page plates are bright and clean. Coloured plates show some age and are truly magnificent.

    This account is the last published of the First Fleet Journals. In its content and style, it represents the earliest history of Australia as an English Colonial settlement … the others being more personal narratives. The fine engravings taken from water colours by Edward Dayes who in turn took them from drawings by convict artist Thomas Watling.

    David Collins was Secretary to First Governor Arthur Phillip. At an early age he had joined the Marines and had seen action in the American War of Independence. In 1786 he volunteered for the First Fleet as Deputy Judge Advocate in the Marines. After two years instructions were received that the Marines were to return to England. Collins decided to remain at some personal cost. On Phillip’s departure in 1792 he stayed and helped hold the fort until Hunter arrived in 1795. Collins left the next year and two years later this account was published. From his central role he was in the perfect position to chronicle the events at the Colony as they unfolded.

    The chart of the Colony comprises the Three Harbours of Botany Bay, Port Jackson and Broken Bay and the cultivated grounds in and around the different settlements, with the Course of the Rivers Hawkesbury and Nepean.

    Frontispiece of David Collins in his regalia.

    The fine full page views include … the Governor’s House at Rose Hill; by Water to Parramatta with a distant view of the Western Mountains; Eastern view of Sydney; Western View of Sydney Cove; Direct South View of Sydney; South East View of Sydney including the Church; North View of Sydney Cove; The Brick Field, or High Road to Parramatta; View of Sydney in Norfolk Island;

    There is also an unusual folding chart of New Zealand drawn by Too-gee.

    Of further interest is Collin’s sympathetic comments regarding the aboriginal people and his lengthy Appendix is a special work in itself … he covers their Government and Religion; Stature and Appearance; Habitations; Mode of Living; Courtship and Marriage; Customs and Manners; Superstitions; Diseases; Property; Dispositions; Funeral Ceremonies and Language. The nine full size engraved plates are extra special and represent the very first ethnographically accurate portrayal of the Aboriginal inhabitants of the Sydney region.

    Collins First Fleet Journal with its Fine set of Engravings

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    $1,790.00

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  • The Geology of the Broken Hill District – E.C. Andrews – 1922 – along with the Supplement of 1923.

    Memoir No 8 of The Geological Survey of New South Wales – probably the most important and certainly the most comprehensive / voluminous.

    Large thick quarto (25cn x 32cm) xx, 432 pages, 124 plates, numerous maps, plans and diagrams.

    Light ageing to the original heavy boards, very clean inside a super copy of a now scarce item, rarely together with the Supplementary item, quarto, same dimensions, 28 pages and nine excellent coloured plates of mineral specimens.

    The principal work produced by William Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney – the Supplement by Alfred Kent also appointed Government Printer – maybe a specialist in the colour plates.

    A heavy item and an Overseas postage supplement may be required – please enquire we can be helpful.

    Ernest Clayton Andres (1870-1948) another legend from the “golden era” of Australian geology – disciple of Edgeworth David. Had a tough upbringing but still managed to get to Sydney University to study mathematics. It was there he met Edgeworth David. Taught but continued to study chemistry and geology. Presented his first geological paper in 1898 on the Bathurst region. Did much work on coral reefs [using Agassiz material]. This work and the later Mineral Industry of New South Wales [1928] are considered epics. Highly praised and prized – Lyell Medal London Royal Geological Society. His entry in the official Australian Dictionary of Biography well worth the read.

    Important substantial geological work together with its supplement.

    $790.00

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  • The Minerals of New South Wales – Archibald Liversidge – 1888

    The Minerals of New South Wales – Archibald Liversidge – 1888

    Extremely scarce and important work on the minerals of New South Wales. Published in London by Trubner. Octavo, 326 pages after preliminaries, original binding, large coloured folding map frontispiece. Some foxing to ends and edges affecting the map, splitting a little at the front hinge. Accept this for its scarcity and relevance to the history of geology in Australia and specifically NSW.

    Archibald Liversidge (1846-1927) studied at the Royal College od Chemistry then Cambridge where he founded the Natural Sciences Club. He moved to Australia and at 27 years old was appointed as a Reader in Geology at Sydney University> here he revolutionised the study of minerals and their potential applications.

    This work was first issued in 1886 in a much smaller form, this 1988 edition adds significantly. Divided into two sections metallic and non-metallic. All editions scarce.

    Liversidge set the standard – 1888

    $340.00

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  • Under the Southern Cross – Horace Leaf [Intro by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Spiritualism Down under etc] – First Edition 1923

    Under the Southern Cross – Horace Leaf [Intro by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Spiritualism Down under etc] – First Edition 1923

    Scarce book and impossible to find with its dust jacket (albeit chipped). A super copy.

    Horace Leaf (1886-1971) was a serious spiritualist, clairvoyant with and interest in psychometry and healing. He was a friend and associate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – who writes the introduction. The pair worked together to find the missing Agatha Christie and made contact with Lenin when he was on the other side.

    Conan Doyle had done his own tour of the Antipodes and had wanted Leaf with him – Leaf couldn’t make it. Afterwards, Conan Doyle persisted with Leaf to make a trip down under … Leaf didn’t think he had the financial wherewithal … Conan Doyle responded by saying he had left five hundred pounds in Australia for Leaf.

    The book is a very interesting read. Published by Cecil Palmer, London in 1923. Thick octavo, 263 pages, illustrated from photographs taken on tour. All in excellent condition – accept that there are three strange pin style holes right through the rear board and the last group of pages – strange and almost unnoticeable – could be some strange experiment has taken place?

    Leaf arrives in Western Australia and makes himself busy and then off to the Gold Fields; on to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane before a boat to New Zealand, north and south islands. Returning to Sydney he makes a trip to Tasmania [the only addition to the Conan Doyle route].

    This all sounds like a regular travel trip but not so. Along the way we have interesting psychic goings on with some startling occurrences particularly the Melbourne readings. Interesting positive references to aboriginal character. Near the end we have a journey up Mt Wellington Hobart to a tea house to have the leaves read by a psychic – who passes the test – this must have been at the Springs Hotel which burned down in the 1967 bush fires.

    Leaf wrote Conan Doyle’s obituary published in “Ghost Stories” in October 1930. Unfortunately, Leaf may indirectly have exacerbated Conan Doyle’s health leading to his move to the “other side”.

    Psychic tour of Australia by Conan Doyle Associate.

    $120.00

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