Travel & Voyages

The ANARE 1963 Expedition to Heard Island – G.M. Budd

This is the “Narrative” issue – Volume 1 of Series A – from by the Antarctic Division, Melbourne in 1964.

This is the one to have … and we say that as it contains one of the most gripping stories of cold weather experience – the report of the Mountain Party in its attempt to climb Voyager’s favourite mountain the volcanic beauty that is Big Ben – at the very centre of this chilly remote outpost of Australia.

Card covers, usual style, 53 pages, numerous images from expedition photographs and the simply beautiful, enormous (80+cm both ways) colour map of the island with its known features and unknown areas. The first impression we had was that whilst it appears that the island can be approached and landed from a number of points around the coast the first thing that meets you on every occasion is a glacier. Super condition – map pristine.

The contents include … the Personnel – there are only six split into two parties of three , the Mountain party and the Atlas Cove Party. Equipment for the Mountain Party and the “Route on Big Ben”. The voyage and landings; the attempt on Big Ben; the bivouac at Long Beach and Coastal Journeys. Separately the narrative of the Atlas Cove Party by Nils Lied.

The events described regarding the mountain attempt are indeed harrowing but thankfully and perhaps luckily they all survived – a few frost bitten digits and other parts aside. The Atlas Cove party had an easier ride but not before they have emptied and fumigated the shelters left from a prior visit that had been taken over by elephant seals and the like – who do not make comfortable bedfellows.

Heard Island heroics and the best map of this remote island.

SO SORRY SOLD

$190.00

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Queensland Railways – First Half Century 1864-1914 [c1914 First and Only - Scarce]

Super scarce and interesting Queensland Railway History Item. We cannot find another one anywhere. The card covers have been chewed by a Queensland critter but the inside is near perfect. Excuse this imperfection for this beauty.

Octavo, 112 pages, with coloured map at end. Illustrated throughout from period photographs. The photographs include relevant government officials, management and also the locomotive engineers .. but it is the images of the locomotives and the railway facilities that are a real treat.

The chronological narrative is very good.

Queensland Railways from the very start in some details – incredibly fast progress.

SO SORRY SOLD

$120.00

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Sky Pilot’s Last Flight – K Langford Smith

First edition, published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney in 1936.

Octavo,250 pages, blue cloth covered boards, slightly canted and a few innocent marks internally. Illustrated throughout from period photographs.

Super Australian aviation rarity and the author’s experiences flying in Arnhem Land in Australia’s extreme north. Flying in and out of Roper River Mission, Groote Eylandt, Mataranka and Goulburn Island. Written in an easy story telling manner – Idriess like is what we call it.

Sky Pilot in the Far North in the early 1930’s

$65.00

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Ancient Maps and Explorers’ Routes on Stamps – Stern

Probably our favourite from the Map Collectors’ Circle publication published in 1964 No 15 by M F Stern

A super subject well researched and documented by the author under the watchful eye of Editor in Chief the one only R.V. Tooley.

Usual small quarto perfect bound softcover comprising 22 pages with illustrations throughout the text, not at the end as if the usual form – we like this.

When we first read this it took Voyager back to his childhood and many hours were spent scrabbling around trying to find that old stamp album. Another early hobby has been rejuvenated but with this map related speciality.

Maps on stamps – should have thought about it earlier!

$30.00

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French Explorers Maps of New Zealand – Hargreaves

The Map Collectors’ Circle publication published in 1964 No 32 by R.P. Hargreaves who was senior lecturer in geography at Otago University.

Excellently researched and documented by the author under the watchful eye of Editor in Chief the one only R.V. Tooley.

Usual small quarto perfect bound softcover comprising 16 pages of a good introduction and reference catalogue followed by 14 pages of plates.

New Zealand the sizeable French contribution to its mapping.

$20.00

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Antarctica – Reginald Ford

An unusual facsimile presentation of one of the rarest heroic era publications – the tiny book “Antarctica” which was originally published in New Zealand in 1906.

A boxed set of items by the Erskine Press issued in 2015 comprising solid black box with a front label copy of the front cover repeated .. inside two postcards – Discovery in Winter Quarters from a painting by A.E. (Uncle Bill) Wilson and A new and accurate map of the islands of the Antarctic etc by Talland Power for the Erskine Press; a stout copy of a broadsheet advertising a lecture “Farthest South” by Mr C Reginald Ford with various positive opinions and press remarks. Also, a 12 page, card covered potted biography of Charles Reginald Ford by Crispin de Boos. And, the said facsimile with linen textured card cover, 32 pages numerous images – a faithful facsimile including the odd light stain from the original.

Ford was a steward on the Discovery Expedition and was the first person to beak his leg on the Antarctic when he was skiing. He was so well regarded that on return he acted as Scott’s secretary during his extensive leaders lecture tour.

Try to find an original if you can – the next best thing is this unusual collection from the Polar mad Erskine Press .

$85.00

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The ANARE 1963 Expedition to Heard Island – G.M. Budd

Queensland Railways – First Half Century 1864-1914 [c1914 First and Only - Scarce]

Sky Pilot’s Last Flight – K Langford Smith

Ancient Maps and Explorers’ Routes on Stamps – Stern

French Explorers Maps of New Zealand – Hargreaves

Antarctica – Reginald Ford

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