(Code No. 5258)

Churchouse, Jack.

The Pamir. Under the New Zealand Ensign.

Signed by the author.

Date. 1978.

Wellington, NZ, Millwood Press. Folio, [8 1/2 x 11 1/2ins.] Pp. xi,284. Illustrated throughout, very good condition. Original cloth gilt. Dust jacket, nicks to edges and creases. £55.00

(Code No. 4978)

Reid, George Houstoun.

An Essay on New South Wales, the Mother Colony of the Australias.

Date. 1876.

Sydney: Thomas Richards. 8vo, [7 x 10ins.] 1876. Pp. vi, 173, [1]. 2 library stamps only, title & pp.1 + Folding panorama view of Sydney and Port Jackson in 2 parts, (as issued), (size 66 x 10ins) + Map, repaired, no loss + Folding table. Original cloth gilt, slight fading & chipping to corners. £75.00

(Code No. 4831)

Illustrated guide of the Orient line of steamers between England & Australia / issued on behalf of the Orient Steam Navigation Company and the Pacific Steam Navigation Company.

Date. [c.1884.]

London : F. Green & Co. [and] Anderson, Anderson & Co. Folio, [15 x 11ins.] Pp. [x], 120 + [24 pp. Australian & New Zealand trade adverts], a few nicks to outer edges + [30] leaves of full page lithographic plates. (National Library of Australia's copy calls for [35] leaves of plates). Showing :- 6 Star charts, etc + 6 views + 14 Coloured maps, including 5 of Australia & 1 of New Zealand + 5 Plans. Original half morocco gilt. Worn with surface loss. £160.00

The book gives a brief description of liners used and a detailed account of the places visited including the history, natural history, etc. The thrust of the guide is for settlement to Australia & New Zealand.

(Code No. 4443)Cook, James. Captain .(1728-79).A CHART OF THE ISLANDS DISCOVERED IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF OTAHEITE IN THE COURSE OF SEVERAL VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD MADE BY THE CAPTNS BYRON, WALLIS, CARTERET & COOK IN THE YEARS, 1765, 1767, 1769.Date. ca1780.London, Alex Hogg. Page size, [15 x 10ins] Original copper engraved chart, crease mark. Shows routes of the three voyages.

(Code No. 4439)

Angas, George French.

(2 Antique prints of Maori Chiefs.)

Paratene Maioha, a Chief of Wangaroa, wearing the dog's-skin robe and Munga Kahu, Chief of Roto-aire, with Ko-mari his wife.

Date. ca1840.

London. Page size, 11 x 14 ins. 2 woodcut engraved prints of Maori Chiefs taken from the original drawings from life by George French Angas. £60.00

(Code No. 4369)

(Antique Print of New Zealand)

Port Lyttelton, New Zealand, with the enterance to the New Graving Dock.

Date. 28th April 1883.

London. The Proprietors of the I.L.N. Image size 13 x 7 1/4 ins. Page size 16 x 11ins. Original woodcut engraved print by T S. £35.00

Lyttelton was formerly called Port Cooper and Port Victoria. It was the original settlement in the district (1850). The name Lyttelton was given to it in honour of George William Lyttelton of the Canterbury Association, which had led the colonisation of the area.

(Code No. 4265)

Melbourne from the Botanical Gardens, Australia.

View of Sydney, Australia.

(2 Australian Antique Prints.)

London Printing and Publishing Co. No Date, ca1850. Page sizes [11 x 7 1/2 ins.] 2 Steel engraved prints taken from the original drawings by W. H. Wilson & H. Winkles. Engraved by H. Winkles & H. Bibby, slight foxing to margins of one print. £35.00

(Code No. 4141)

Johnston, A. K.

( Antique Map.)

ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

Edinburgh. W & A. K Johnston. ca1860. Page size 26 x 21 1/2 ins. Original steel engraved map by W & A. K Johnston, nicks to blank margins, not affecting engraved area. £80.00

Tasmania still called Van Diemen Land,

(Code No. 4123)Anon.A NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD PERFORMED BY CAPTAIN JAMES COOK'S: With an Acccount of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods.London. S. Pratt. 1848.12mo, [3 1/2 x 5 ins]. Pp 320. Engraved frontis + Engraved title, marginal foxing + Additional title, chipping to edges. Dedication to back of frontis. Original cloth, faded.Cook was accompanied on his voyages by many scientists, whose observations and discoveries added to their importance. Joseph Banks, a botanist, went on the first voyage along with fellow botanist Daniel Solander from Sweden. Between them they collected over 3,000 plant species. Banks became one of the strongest promoters of the settlement of Australia by the British.

(Code No. 4073)Tallis, John.Part of South Australia.

[Antique Map.]London. Ca 1850. Size Approx 360 x 275mm. Original steel engraved map with original outline hand colouring. 4 vignette views that includes Adelaide. Decorated border. Centre fold.

(Code No. 3899)

Middleton.

(10 Antique Prints + Text.)

Captain Cook's voyage to the South Seas.

London. A Hogg. ca1780. Image size 7 x 11 ins, (approx). Pp 201-219 (Australia,(New Holland), New Zealand , South Sea Islands Text ) + Original copper engraved plates (10 views on 8 pages), taken from Middleton's Geography , very good condition. Showing:- Exact representation of a Morai or Burial Place in Olaheite, The Mode of Dancing in the Island of Ulietea, Capt' Wallis on his arrival at Olaheite,,,. A view of the New discovered Island of Ulietea..., A view of Olaheite with Several Vessels..., Inhabitants of Amsterdam Island in the South Seas..., A Vari Mancauco native Madagasca, A Remarkable Animal found on one of the Hope Islands..., A Perspective view of Cocos and Traitors Island...., A Chief and other Natives of Olaheite visiting Capt' Cook,,,. £200.00

(Code No. 3878)A Curiously Arched Rock on the Coast of new Zealand & A New Zealand Chief whose head is ingeniously Tatawed and a Subaltern Warrior of the same Country.London. A. Hogg. ca1780. Page size 9 x 13 ins. Image size 7 1/2 x 11 ins. Original copper engraving by Page taken from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson , foxing to blank margins not affecting image.

(Code No. 3539).New Zealand. Wellington. 8vo [5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins.] 1903. Pp (8) adverts 1-128 text. 129 -168 adverts, very good. Illustrated throughout. Original pictorial soft covers, slight foxing.

(Code No. 3431)

Wyld. J. (Antique Map)

Eastern Hemisphere.

London, J. Wyld, Geographer to the King. Charing Cross East. 1832. Size 23 1/2 x 23 1/2 ins. Image size 22 3/4 x 22 3/4 ins. Copper engraved map of the Eastern Hemisphere in original outline hand colour , slight water stain to lower blank margin, vg. Guaranteed to be over 150 years old. £125.00

(Code No.3013)

London. Ca 1850. Size Approx 360 x 270mm. Original steel engraved map of New South Wales, Australia, with original outline hand colouring. 3 vignette views, which includes Sydney Cove and Pandanu the Murray. Decorated border. Centre fold, vg.

(Code No.3016)

London. Ca 1850. Size Approx 370 x 260mm. Original steel engraved map with original outline hand colouring. 4 vignette views. Decorated border, Centre fold, vg.