London: John Stockdale, 1793. First edition. Quarto, with 17 engraved plates, folding maps and charts; a fine uncut copy with large margins in period-style tree calf by Aquarius bookbinders of Sussex. Beautifully bound copy of a pivotally important book on early Australian settlement. It was published by John Stockdale, the...

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New York: St. Martins Press, 1961. Octavo, hardcover, 256 pp., fine copy with dust-jacket.

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Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1882. Two volumes, large quarto, original gilt decorated cloth, a little rubbed and one corner bumped, yet a beautifully presented set from the library of Sir William Strang Steel, with his bookplates. Volume one: [xiv], 10-196 pp., 21 engraved plates and five vignettes (including the frontispiece). Volume...

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London: John Stockdale, 1793. First edition. Quarto, with 17 engraved plates, folding maps and charts; a fine uncut copy with large margins in period-style tree calf by Aquarius bookbinders of Sussex. Beautifully bound copy of a pivotally important book on early Australian settlement. It was published by John Stockdale, the...

(read more)about An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island; With the...