Australia and New Zealand, 7 works
including gold mining in Australia
Estimate: £400 - £600
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Westgarth, William. Victoria; late Australia Felix… Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1853. 8vo, folding map (foxed), folding table displaying fluctuations of price, original pink cloth gilt, some fading and dust-soiling to covers;
Chevalier, Michel. On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold… Manchester: Alexander Ireland & Co. / Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1859. Second edition, 8vo, original pink cloth gilt, some soiling, joints weak;
Smyth, R. Brough. No. II. Geological Survey of Victoria. Report of Progress. Melbourne: John Ferries / London: Trübner and Co., [n.d.] 8vo, 5 (of 6) plates, original wrappers, upper wrapper a little torn;
Kirk, T. The Forest Flora of New Zealand. Wellington: George Didsbury, 1889. 158 plates, green cloth library binding, stamps of Whitechapel Public Library to reverse of most plates, with other library stamps also present to title, darkening to several plates;
Leys, Thomson W., editor. Brett's Historical Series: Early History of New Zealand. Auckland: H. Brett, 1890. 4to, colour frontispiece (detached), folding panoramas of New Plymouth, Nelson, and Auckland, original red half morocco gilt;
Elkington, E. Way - and Norman H. Hardy, illustrator. The Savage South Seas. London: A. & C. Black, 1907. 8vo, original pictorial green cloth gilt;
Reeves, W.P. - and F. & W. Wright, illustrator. New Zealand. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. 8vo, original brown pictorial cloth (7)