Sturt Capt Charles (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lane Cove, Doubleday Australia Pty. Limited, 1982 (facsimile edition)/ 1833. Octavo, two volumes, [ii], lxxx, 219; and [ii], vi, 271 pages with numerous illustrations plus 10 pages of plates (including a chart). Synthetic cloth; top edge of one front board a little bumped; an excellent set in the excellent dustwrappers (spines lightly sunned, with the edges and a front flap a little creased). [2 items].

2vols. lxxx+220+v+272pp. 8vo. Original leatherette. Colour and b&w plates. Black and white folding map. Booksellers sticker to front pastedown. A very good copy. Xenographic facsimile.

Hardcover. First edition. "(A)n important book recounting discoveries of the highest consequence & being the 1st publication by one of Australia's most heroic explorers. is scarce & sought after." (Wantrup 118a). LACKS last page of prelims in both volumes & View of the Morumbidgee River & Palaeornis Melanura, or Black-Tailed Paroquet. Written in England while Sturt was undergoing treatment for blindness. It describes his expedition tracing the course of the Macquarie River & the expedition to explore the Lachlan-Murrumbidgee River system, including the Murray River. A total of 4,000 miles were explored. The folding Arrowsmith map is "Map of the Discoveries in Australia, Copied from the latest M.S. Surveys in the Colonial Office. By Permission Dedicated to the Right Honble Viscount Goderich." dated 15 Feby 1832. With an insert of Western Australia in the top left corner. The map is very slt. foxed, with two early pencilled notations identifying "South Australia" and "Victoria or Port Phillip". 8vo, 2 vols. lxxx, 219pp, b&w lithograph frontis, folding Arrowsmith map & 4 plates, the 2 plates of birds hand colored; (&) Vol 2 vi, 271pp, 16pp ads, frontis, map of Cape Jervis & 5 plates (of 7). Very nicely rebound in brown half calf, raised bands, gilt spine and marbled boards. Ferguson 1704. Wantrup 118a.

With observations on the soil, climate, and general resources of the Colony of New South Wales. Original brown cloth, blindstamped borders and decoration to both boards, new eps, rebacked in dark brown morocco, with gilt bands and titles to spine on red name-label, frontis etching from a sketch by the author, pp. (i-iii) iv-lxxx, 1-219, illustrated by 4 additional plates, incl. two hand-coloured. 1834 second edition, volume 1 only, lacks map opposite p.1, corners worn, very good condition, binding sound & tight.

in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 17, part 2. Three folding maps. 8vo. Fine original blue printed wrappers. 85-129pp. London, John Murray, Sturt first arrived in Australia in 1827 whilst his regiment was in charge of one of the convict convoys. During his first period in Australia, Sturt participated in many of the expeditions arranged by amongst others Oxley and Hume which greatly expanded the white man's knowledge of Australia. Some ten years after returning to the continent in 1834 Sturt set out from Adelaide with fifteen men heading towards the Barrier Range. Having reached the Great Stony Desert his expedition was forced to withdraw due to the extreme heat and illness, and return to Adelaide. In the months between August 1844 when they left and their return in January 1846 the party covered approximately 3000 miles. This extract from his diary is one of the first appearances of this expedition in print, preceeding the official account by two years. The map, stretching from the Murray River to Eyre Creek, is in pristine condition showing not only Sturt's route but also interesting geographical notes.

During the Years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831: With Observations on the Soil, Climate, and General Resources of the Colony of New South Wales. First edition. 2 vols. A large folding engraved map, a chart and 5 lithograph views, a further 4 hand-coloured lithographs of birds, and 4 lithographic illustrations of geological specimens. 8vo. Very good original purple cloth, backs faded as usual, one or two tiny nicks here and there, but an entirely unrestored example. [ii], lxxx, 219; [ii], vi, 271, 16[ads.]pp. London, Smith Elder & Co., Sturt arrived in Australia in 1827, his regiment in charge of one of the convict convoys, and during the following years he participated in many of the expeditions arranged by amongst others Oxley and Hume which greatly expanded contemporary knowledge of Australia. Some ten years after returning to the continent in 1834 Sturt set out from Adelaide with fifteen men heading towards the Barrier Range. On reaching the Great Stony Desert his expedition was forced to turn back for Adelaide due to the extreme heat and illness. In the months between August 1844 when they left and their return in January 1846 the party covered approximately 3000 miles. Ferguson,1704; Wantrup, 118a.

performed under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, during the years 1844, 5, and 6. Together with a notice of the Province of South Australia in 1847. First edition. 2 vols. Folding map, 16 plates (including 2 chromolithographs and 4 hand-coloured lithographs) and further illustrations within the text. 8vo. Original cloth, headcaps restored. x, iv, 5-416, 8ads., [2]ads., [1]ads.; vi, 308, 92(appendix), 8ads., [4]ads.pp. London, Sturt first arrived in Australia in 1827 whilst his regiment was in charge of one of the convict convoys. During his first period in Australia Sturt participated in many of the expeditions arranged by amongst others Oxley and Hume which greatly expanded the white man's knowledge of Australia. Some ten years after returning to the continent in 1834 Sturt set out from Adelaide with fifteen men heading towards the Barrier Range. Having reached the Great Stony Desert his expedition was forced to withdraw due to the extreme heat and illness, and return to Adelaide. In the months between August 1844 when they left and their return in January 1846 the party covered approximately 3000 miles. Ferguson, 5202; Wantrup, 119.