JAMES BISCHOFF (1776-1845) Sketch of the History of Van Diemen's Land ... and an Account of the Van Dieman's Land Company . London: G. Woodfall for John Richardson 1832. 8° (215 x 136mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved folding map hand-coloured in outline, and engraved plate, all by J. Arrowsmith. Letterpress tables in the text. (Light browning or offsetting on plates and map, short tear on map.) Contemporary English calf gilt by J. MacKenzie & Son, boards with gilt double-fillet borders and pointillé borders in blind, gilt turn-ins, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one (extremities rubbed, joints splitting, loss of gilt on spine). FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the title 'from the Author'. Ferguson 1517. PETER MILLER CUNNINGHAM (1789-1864) . Two Years in New South Wales . London: A.J. Valpy for Henry Colburn, 1828. 2 volumes, 12° (191 x 118mm). Engraved folding map by S. Hall. (Lacking half-titles and vol. I advertisements, short tear and light offsetting on map.) Contemporary half calf by I. Roberts, Chesterfield, spines gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in one, lettered in a second, others blind tooled (extremities lightly rubbed, spines a little faded). Provenance : G. Crompton (ownership inscriptions and annotations). Third edition. BENJAMIN WAIT (1813-1895) AND MARIA WAIT (D. 1843) . Letters from Van Dieman's Land, Written During Four Years Imprisonment for Political Offences Committed in Upper Canada . Buffalo: A.W. Wilgus, 1843. 8° (170 x 106mm). Woodcut portrait frontispiece by I.H. Richardson and folding woodcut map. (Some spotting, map torn with significant loss.) Contemporary roan, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one (rubbed, hinges cracked, short split on upper joint, spine-ends chipped), modern cloth box. FIRST EDITION. 'RARELY TO BE MET WITH' (Ferguson). Ferguson 3762 (this copy without 'Press of' in the imprint); Sabin 100969. CAPTAIN WATKIN TENCH (1759-1833) . Voyage à la Baie Botanique . Paris: Letellier, 1789. 8° (197 x 125mm). Half-title. Engraved folding map. Woodcut headpiece. (Occasional light browning, very light marginal dampstaining, a few paper flaws). 20th-century calf-backed boards, lettered in gilt on the spine. Provenance : occasional annotations and underlinings. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. RETAINING THE RARE FOLDING MAP OF BOTANY BAY, which is frequently lacking. Cox II, p. 315; Ferguson 53; Hill 1686. (5)
JAMES BISCHOFF (1776-1845) Sketch of the History of Van Diemen's Land ... and an Account of the Van Dieman's Land Company . London: G. Woodfall for John Richardson 1832. 8° (215 x 136mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved folding map hand-coloured in outline, and engraved plate, all by J. Arrowsmith. Letterpress tables in the text. (Light browning or offsetting on plates and map, short tear on map.) Contemporary English calf gilt by J. MacKenzie & Son, boards with gilt double-fillet borders and pointillé borders in blind, gilt turn-ins, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one (extremities rubbed, joints splitting, loss of gilt on spine). FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the title 'from the Author'. Ferguson 1517. PETER MILLER CUNNINGHAM (1789-1864) . Two Years in New South Wales . London: A.J. Valpy for Henry Colburn, 1828. 2 volumes, 12° (191 x 118mm). Engraved folding map by S. Hall. (Lacking half-titles and vol. I advertisements, short tear and light offsetting on map.) Contemporary half calf by I. Roberts, Chesterfield, spines gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in one, lettered in a second, others blind tooled (extremities lightly rubbed, spines a little faded). Provenance : G. Crompton (ownership inscriptions and annotations). Third edition. BENJAMIN WAIT (1813-1895) AND MARIA WAIT (D. 1843) . Letters from Van Dieman's Land, Written During Four Years Imprisonment for Political Offences Committed in Upper Canada . Buffalo: A.W. Wilgus, 1843. 8° (170 x 106mm). Woodcut portrait frontispiece by I.H. Richardson and folding woodcut map. (Some spotting, map torn with significant loss.) Contemporary roan, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one (rubbed, hinges cracked, short split on upper joint, spine-ends chipped), modern cloth box. FIRST EDITION. 'RARELY TO BE MET WITH' (Ferguson). Ferguson 3762 (this copy without 'Press of' in the imprint); Sabin 100969. CAPTAIN WATKIN TENCH (1759-1833) . Voyage à la Baie Botanique . Paris: Letellier, 1789. 8° (197 x 125mm). Half-title. Engraved folding map. Woodcut headpiece. (Occasional light browning, very light marginal dampstaining, a few paper flaws). 20th-century calf-backed boards, lettered in gilt on the spine. Provenance : occasional annotations and underlinings. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. RETAINING THE RARE FOLDING MAP OF BOTANY BAY, which is frequently lacking. Cox II, p. 315; Ferguson 53; Hill 1686. (5)
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