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An Historical Journal of Events at Sydney and at Sea 1787-1792 With Further Accounts by Governor Arthur Phillip, Lieutenant P.G. King, and Lieutenant H.L. Ball by Hunter, John Captain - 1968

by Hunter, John Captain

An Historical Journal of Events at Sydney and at Sea 1787-1792 With Further Accounts by Governor Arthur Phillip, Lieutenant P.G. King, and Lieutenant H.L. Ball by Hunter, John Captain - 1968

An Historical Journal of Events at Sydney and at Sea 1787-1792 With Further Accounts by Governor Arthur Phillip, Lieutenant P.G. King, and Lieutenant H.L. Ball

by Hunter, John Captain

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Sydney: Historical Society.. 1968. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket. Dj has some edgewear and a couple of closed tears - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Colour frontis. B/w plates. Two fold-out black & white maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 452 pages.. John Hunter was a Royal Navy officer during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, rising to the rank of vice-admiral. He succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second governor of New South Wales, Australia and served as such from 1795 to 1800. Both a sailor and a scholar, he explored the Parramatta River as early as 1788, and was the first to surmise that Tasmania might be an island. As governor, he tried to combat serious abuses by the military in the face of powerful local interests led by John MacArthur. Includes Arthur Phillip’s Journal, King’s Journal and Ball’s Journal. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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Hunter

Hunter

by Hunter, J. A.( John ); Captain A. T. A. Ritchie - Intro

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Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1999. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover/ DJ (has price $29.95); both Fine condition. First Safari Press Edition- 1999, 2nd printing per no. line. DJ is bright, clean & glossy w/ just a trace of shelf wear. NO chips, frays, tears or spine discolor. Book is Fine to New. Light yellow pebble grain binding is tight, bright, clean & square w/ no wear. All spine lettering crisp & intact. Text is tight, white, clean, unmarked. NO remainder mark, owner names, etc.: NOT ex library. Excellent copy. ***Reliable, fast! (11ah)
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THE HUNTER SKETCHBOOK. Birds and Flowers of New South Wales drawn on the Spot in 1788, 89 and 90.

by HUNTER,, Captain John

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Canberra, National Library of Australia 1989.. 252pp. 4to. Original stiffened wrappers. Colour plates and black and white illustrations. A near fine copy.
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Chums Annual 1930-1931
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Chums Annual 1930-1931

by Various, including; Eric Townsend, Clabon Glover, Hylton Cleaver, John Hunter, Rear Admiral Evans, John Sylvester, S. Walkey, Capt Oswald Dallas, Major Charles Gilson, Jim Kempster and Robert Harding

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The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Worn red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Corners are bumped and well rubbed, covers are lightly marked. Rear cover has the remains of six South African Christmas stamps (1957) stuck on. Spine ends are well worn, cloth over both front and rear joints is split. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the fold out frontis 'Pacific Type Express Locomotive' and many more black and white illustrations. Binding is split at contents page, all pages are still bound in. Front cover is loose but still attached. Binding is otherwise sound. Pages are lightly foxed at edges and paper is a little darkened, pages otherwise clean, coloured plates are bright. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124029. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is… Read More
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Chums 1925
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Chums 1925

by Various, including; John Hunter, Jack Hobbs, Richard Bird, S. Walkey, Sydney Horler, Alfred Judd, Captain Frank Shaw, Major Charles Gilson, W. H. Morris, Ernest Robinson and Wedgwood Belfield

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Cassell & Company, London, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Spine is slightly sun faded. Corners are lightly bumped and worn, wear to edges and spine ends. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the fold out frontis 'Marvels of the Microphone' and many more black and white illustrations. Light foxing to end-papers, front end-papers have repeated purple ink stamp with previous owners name and address. Pages are clean, paper is a little darkened, plates are clean and bright. Binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124031. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations..
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Chums 1930-1931
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Chums 1930-1931

by Various, including; Eric Townsend, Clabon Glover, Hylton Cleaver, John Hunter, Rear Admiral Evans, John Sylvester, S. Walkey, Capt Oswald Dallas, Major Charles Gilson, Jim Kempster and Robert Harding

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The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Bright red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Corners are lightly bumped and worn. Spine is faded, slight wear to spine ends, hand written '1931' at base of spine. Split in cloth over rear external joint extends from bottom of spine to about half way up. Covers are still firmly attached, binding is sound. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the fold out frontis 'Pacific Type Express Locomotive' and many more black and white illustrations. Pages are clean and crisp but paper is a little darkened, plates are clean and bright. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08121024050. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations..
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The Hunter Sketchbook: Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on The Spot in 1788, '89 and '90

by Hunter, Captain John (John Calaby ed.)

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Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1989. 1st edition. Nice copy. large octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 251pp., col. pls., glossary, references, index, A reproduction of his original sketchbook pages in facsimile. Well researched commentary on each sketch, covering its subject's discovery & identification
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Chums 1920 (September 20th 1919 - September 11th 1920)
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Chums 1920 (September 20th 1919 - September 11th 1920)

by Various, including; Ernest Robinson, Frank Shaw, Ross Harvey, Eric Wood, D. Parry, Captain Oswald Dallas, Eric Townsend, John Hunter, S. Walkey, Edmund Burton, and Thomas and Mary Hanshew

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Cassell & Company, London, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Covers and spine are faded, worn and lightly marked. Corners are bumped and rubbed, wear to spine ends. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the frontis 'Splitting the Herd' and many more black and white illustrations. Occasional smudges and light foxing, paper is a little darkened. Binding at index page has been reinforced with tape, tape remains and has caused some brown marks to paper edge. Binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124038. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations..
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An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island. With the...

An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island. With the discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the publication of Phillip's Voyage, compiled from the official papers; Including t

by Hunter, John, Esqr., Post Captain

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Libraries Board of South Australia, Adelaide, 1968.. 1968. Hardcover. 4to. hardcover. quarter morrocco. marbled cream boards. 583pp. + b/w plates, fold-out maps. Australiana Facsimiles #148. Very good inside, light foxing to endpapers, bottom edges of spine has been repaired. .
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The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, September [Sept.] 1923, Vol. LI, No. 305:...

The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, September [Sept.] 1923, Vol. LI, No. 305: The Most Wonderful School in the World / Captain George Ash

by Thomason, Hugh; Collinson, Clifford W.; Herschin, Abraham; Masters, David; Hunter, R.C.; Spencer, E.R.; Read, Oliver; Bredon, Juliet; Litten, Ernest A.; Jepson, Captain S.; Jehaz, Hawai; Shearwood, F.F.; Ash, Captain, George; Thane, Rodney; Rowe, John G

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New York: The International New Company, 1923. Book. Illus. by Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Wood, Stanley L.; waters, D.B.; Nicolson, W.C.; Robinson, T.H.; Hiley, F.E.; Sindall, A.; De Walton, John; Edwards, Lionel; Whitaker, W.G.; Elcock, Howard K.. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: 'Twixt Sunset and Sunrise - Mining Engineer William Bartle relates a story from Mexico where, outside the large cities "no foreigner's life is worth a farthing"; The Cannibal Islands - Part II - photo-illustrated article by Clifford Collinson who has lived in the Solomon Islands for several years and, in this instalment, visits the little-known atolls of Ong-Tong-Java, with nice photos; The Disappearance of Annie Mooney - A thirty-year-old mystery is solved in a strange and unlooked-for manner - was she kidnapped by the Chinese all those years ago?; The Most… Read More
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AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS AT PORT JACKSON AND NORFOLK ISLAND Including the Journals of Governors Phillip & King, since the Publication of Phillip's Voyage. With an Abridged Account of the New Discoveries in the South Seas.

by HUNTER, Captain John

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Lond. John Stockdale., 1793.. 8vo. Bound in modern qt.calf with marbled sides. xxii,583pp. uncut. Frontispiece portrait of Hunter. Vignette on title page. Large folding map. Lacks the plate "Family of NSW". The abridged octavo edition of Hunter's Journal published the same year as the quarto first edition.
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