Lot 5
Oceania
28 books covering Australia, New Zealand and the South Seas
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Garran, Andrew. Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. Sydney: The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, Limited, 1886. 3 volumes, folio, original half morocco gilt, bindings a little dampstained and cloth torn;
Robinson, H.E.C. The Lady Northcote Atlas of Australasia. Sydney: H.E.C. Robinson, 1908. Folio, original red half morocco gilt, copies seem to be hard to find;
Favenc, Ernest. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888. Sydney: Turner & Henderson, 1888. 8vo, original red cloth gilt;
Spencer, Baldwin and F.J. Gillen. Across Australia. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1912. 2 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth gilt;
Mrs. Smythe. Ten Months in the Fiji Islands. Oxford & London: John Henry and James Parker, 1864. 8vo, inscribed to title-page: ‘R.N. Blanc from the Author S.M.S.’, original green cloth gilt, frontispiece repaired, a little dampstaining;
Sherrin, R.A.A. and J.H. Wallace. Brett's Historical Series: Early History of New Zealand. Auckland: H. Brett, 1890. 4to, original blue half morocco gilt, neatly rebacked, bookplates and stamps of the Tate General Library, Brixton;
Lafarge, John. Reminiscences of the South Seas. Garden City New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912. 8vo, original green cloth gilt;
Playne, Somerset, compiler. New Zealand (Ao-tea-roa). Its history, commerce, and industrial resources. London: The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co., 1912-1913. 4to, original blue cloth gilt;
Coghlan, T.A. Australia. Picturesque New South Wales… Sydney, 1902 / 3. 8vo, original brown quarter cloth with decorated paper-covered boards;
Garran, Andrew, editor. Australasia Illustrated. Sydney: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, Limited, 1892. 3 volumes, folio, original green cloth gilt, covers dampstained, hinges broken;
and 13 others (28)