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ADAM, Paul Auguste Marie.
Lettres de Malaisie.
Paris, Editions dela Revue Blanche, 1898.

Octavo, some browning, uncut; a good copy in publisher's blue quarter cloth.

Probable first edition of Adam's most important work (Lewis cites a first edition of 1897, but that may be a ghost as...

Lewis, p. 1; Manguel & Guadalupi; Negley, p. 3.

Australian: $385 (Approx. US $246, Euro €197) Quote ref.

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ADAMS, Nehemiah.
A Voyage Around the World.
Boston, Henry Hoyt, 1871.

Octavo, frontispiece of Cape Horn; original brown cloth.

A fine copy of the scarce first book edition (originally serialised in The Congregationalist during 1869, and...

Carter, p. 5.

Australian: $675 (Approx. US $432, Euro €345) Quote ref.

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[AERIAL IMAGINARY VOYAGE] [LEGRAND, Marc-Antoine].
Les Avantures du voyageur aerien...
Paris, chez Andre Cailleau, 1724.

Octavo, uncut in original soft boards, faded ms. title on spine; some wear but an appealing copy in original condition.

First edition, and very rare: an imaginary voyage by air, with the comedy Les Paniers. LeGrand (1673-1728) was a...

Barbier, I, 344.

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[AGUIAR, Vasco José de].
Viagem ao interior da Nova Hollanda...
Lisbon, Vicente Jorge de Castro, 1841.

Three volumes bound in one, small octavo; some wear to the edges of the boards and a library reference at head of...

A rare imaginary voyage to Australia, not recorded by most of the commentators on the genre.

The anonymous hero...

Ferguson, 3133; Innocêncio, VII, 405.

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AINSWORTH, William Harrison.
Jack Sheppard a romance. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
London, Richard Bentley, 1839.

Three volumes, octavo, with 27 illustrations by George Cruikshank (one from volume 1 bound in volume 2), half-title...

First edition. The most celebrated of the prolific Ainsworth's "Newgate" novels, chronicling the career of the...

Sadleir, 14.

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ALMQVIST, Carl Jonas Love.
Parjumouf. Saga ifran Nya Holland.
Stockholm, A. Gadelius, 1817.

Duodecimo, 98 pp.; in good condition in a neat modern morocco binding.

An interesting early Swedish fiction set in colonial Australia, although an archaic name is used for the continent....

Du Rietz, Swansea, 92; Ferguson, 691a.

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[ALPHABET BOOK] ANON.
The Alphabet of Animals.
London, Frederick Warne and Co., circa, 1890.

Quarto, chromolithographs; very good in original pictorial wrappers.

Charming animal-themed alphabet book for children:

K is a kangaroo hopping along;
L stands for Lions,...

Australian: $1200 (Approx. US $768, Euro €614) Quote ref.

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ALPHABET SET.
Set of letter blocks.
England, circa 1800- 1850.

Alphabet set of 179 pieces of bone, each approx. 15 x 18 mm., letters incised and filled in with black ink by hand;...

A fine, early alphabet set, consisting of rectangular bone letter tiles in a well made wooden box; used in education...

Australian: $2850 (Approx. US $1825, Euro €1458) Quote ref.

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ANDERSON, George William.
A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World...
London, Printed for Alex. Hogg, at the Original Kings’ Arms, 1784- 1786.

Folio, with 80 engraved maps, plans and views; contemporary diced Russia, rebacked, bottom margin of title-page...

A popular single-volume edition of Cook's Voyages, in a format that manages to squeeze over a million words into the...

Beddie, 19 (but imprint varies); Hill, 18; Holmes (first edition), 54.

Australian: $11,250 (Approx. US $7202, Euro €5756) Quote ref.

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ANGAS, George French.
The Wreck of the "Admella," and Other Poems.
London, 1874.

Octavo, 91 pp.; original green cloth, rebacked; couple of stains on upper board, some shelfwear.

Presentation copy inscribed by George French Angas to his daughter Georgiana: she and her three sisters were the...

Australian: $1250 (Approx. US $800, Euro €640) Quote ref.

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