Australasia & the Pacific

TENCH, Watkin A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay,

“A work of conscious art” (Firzhardinge)

£3,000

By TENCH, Watkin, 1789.

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WHITE, John Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales,

Full of “non descript” natural history

£5,000

By WHITE, John, 1790.

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KIPPIS, Andrew The Life of Captain James Cook.

“the first English biography of Cook” (Hill)

£1,000

By KIPPIS, Andrew, 1778.

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EYRE, Edward; and John ARROWSMITH Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia,

Presentation copy

£3,500

By EYRE, Edward; and John ARROWSMITH, 1845.

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PHILLIP, Arthur The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay;

The first official account of the first European settlement in Australia

£7,000

By PHILLIP, Arthur, 1789.

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HUNTER, John An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the publication of Phillip's Voyage, compiled from the Official Papers;

Among the most important documents of the early years of the British in Australia

£5,000

By HUNTER, John, January 1, 1793.

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TENCH, Watkin A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales,

“at once the most perceptive and the most literary” (Fitzhardinge)

£5,000

By TENCH, Watkin, 1793.

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WILLIS, James A.C. Map of Port Jackson, and City of Sydney,

Sydney’s CBD

£2,500

By WILLIS, James A.C., 1868.

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MORIARTY, Edward Orpen A Plan of Sydney and its Environs Showing the Bridges and Roads to be constructed by The Pyrmont Bridge Company.

9d. for a gig drawn by two horses to 1/4d. for a sheep, pig or goat

£2,500

By MORIARTY, Edward Orpen, [1857].

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION; [Sir William MOLESWORTH]; and James BASIRE Plan of Sydney with Pyrmont, New South Wales:

The beginnings of the suburbanisation of Sydney

£2,500

By SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION; [Sir William MOLESWORTH]; and James BASIRE, 1837.

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BAUDIN, Nicolas Thomas; Louis Claude de Saulces de FREYCINET; Charles-Alexandre LESUEUR; and Jean Baptiste Antoine CLOQUET Plan de la ville de Sydney:

An early bird’s-eye view of Sydney

£1,200

By BAUDIN, Nicolas Thomas; Louis Claude de Saulces de FREYCINET; Charles-Alexandre LESUEUR; and Jean Baptiste Antoine CLOQUET, [1807].

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BAUDIN, Nicolas Thomas; Louis Claude de Saulces de FREYCINET; and Charles-Alexandre LESUEUR Plan de la ville de Sydney:

One of the earliest maps of Sydney

£1,500

By BAUDIN, Nicolas Thomas; Louis Claude de Saulces de FREYCINET; and Charles-Alexandre LESUEUR, 1812].

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