Botany Bay: Signed (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good+, Not Price Clipped. Canadian First. Inscribed on front end paper by Russell Shelton; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs, reproductions of paintings and maps. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG+/VG. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication on front endpaper. Signing reads, 'Christopher Reynolds/With good wishes'. Profusely illustrated with line-drawings by the author. Reynolds records, throughout the seasons of a year, the hours he has spent exploring the bay near his home at Broadsairs, Kent. I believe this to be Botany Bay. This will be shared with equal pleasure by children and their parents as they experience the wonder of discovery of the seashore. With Index. Tiny browning mark to top corner of front endpaper; d/w has some chipping to spine; d/w has small losses to top two corners of d/w; else a very good plus copy, in a very good d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. Christopher Reynolds (illustrator). Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by author to title page - no inscription. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Marginalisation throughout (light , in pencil only), B&W illustrations throughout. 327 pp. 24 x 16 cm. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Very little wear, the first flyleaf has been removed. Dust jacket shows little or no wear. Author signed the titlepage. Quite clean. Illustrated. 228 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. size 260mmX190mm. Since the early 1950s historians have been showing an increased interest in Australia's national origins, and especially the reasons behind the decision of the British government in 1786 to use convicts to help establish a settlement at Botany Bay. This book takes the discussion in a new direction by dealing with the subject within the whole context of the changing structure of British mercantile, colonial and foreign policies during and after the American War of Independence. The overall situation within which the final decision was made to establish the settlement, as well as the question of why the First Fleet was sent when it was and not before, and why convicts were used. **The book has tanning and light shelf rubbing. The jacket has a few tape-repairs tears and a missing piece at the front (see photo) and several missing pieces from around the edges.**. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A near fine first edition copy SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY FRANK CLUNE ON THE DEDICATION PAGE. The dust jacket is intact and bright, several tiny edge tears. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Signed by the author on endpaper . Very good in slightly worn and spine faded dust jacket. Price clipped.

17pp. Tall 8vo. Original stapled card wrappers in dustwrapper, minor chip to head of backstrip, small sticker residue on upper wrapper. Ex-library number stamps on title page and rear pages. Label removed from inner rear cover. Monochrome illustrations. Very good. Signed Limited Edition. A lightly marked ex-library copy.…

[1-55021-010-6] 1987. (Small 4to) Very good in near fine dust jacket. 228pp. Signed by the author. Maps, photographs, illustrations, bibliography, index. The front free endpaper is missing. "In this fascinating history, Russell Shelton recounts the global voyage, and the efforts to uncover the fate, of a hero of 18th century Pacific exploration long familiar to Australians and Europeans, but little known to North Americans". Book about Count Jean Francois de Galaup & Laperouse. Time Period 18th Century. (Transportation, Archaeological Expeditions, Exploration, Frigates, Naval History, Ships, Shipwrecks, Voyages and Travels). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Numbered 98 of Five Hundred Copies. Much of the cloth to the spine is missing and the front hinge is cracked.but remains sewn in. Age-toning to edges of page block. Fore-edge of pages rough-cut. Internally very clean. All pages secure. Signed by Adrian Feint and Perge Green. 116pp With new cloth to spine and a hinge repair this would be a very good copy. Size: 165mm x 245mm. Adrian Feint (illustrator). Signed by Artist and Designer. Book.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Limited Edition. 17pp, two-tone ills. Or stiff card covers. Endpapers toned otherwise lovely. Illustrated pseudo-dust jacket. Limited edition of 99 copies, this being number 76, signed by author and artist at colophon - the third in the Black Bull Chapbooks. Being three of the songs called Botany Bay. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author & Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Size 255mmX180mm. The Women of Botany Bay is a history of the European women who came to New South Wales as convicted felons or as the free wives of convicts. It is based on the re-creation of the individual and collective British and Australian lives of every woman convicted in England, Scotland and Wales between 1787 and 1828, and as many of the 'convict wives' as could be traced. **The book has light tanning.**. Signed by Author(s).…

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, blue quarter calf lettered gilt to the spine, grey wove cloth sides, complete with the original celluloid jacket with distinctive wave pattern and decorative endpapers. Rubbed lightly at the head and the foot of the spine, the binding tight. Name and address of previous ownership to the half-title. Illustrated with 21 single colour woodcuts inclusive of the vignette title and colophon. Published in an edition limited to 500 copies, of which this example is numbered 127 & signed under by the artist and designer. Signed by Illustrator(s). …

18pp. 8vo. Original stapled card wrappers in dustwrapper, Monochrome illustrations. A very good copy. Signed Limited Edition of 99 copies.

Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 344pp. b/w ills. Private name stamp on t.p, else Fine. 1st ed. Signed by the author. A history of the struggles, despairs, hopes & achievements of women in NSW between 1787 & 1828.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 228 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. "Recounts the global voyage, and the efforts to uncover the fate, of a hero of 18th century Pacific Exploration long familiar to Australians and Europeans, but little known to North Americans." - from dust jacket. Light wear to tight and square book. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Contents and dust jacket tanned with age. A quality copy. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author in ink on the half title page. The jacket is shelf rubbed with creasing around the edges and spotting on the inner flaps. The boards are edge rubbed. The binding is excellent. No other inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed and Inscribed by Author.…

39pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, slightly rubbed. A very good, bright copy. . Number 76 of 90 copies, signed by George Mackaness.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Botany Bay, by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, published by Little Brown in 1941. Signed by both authors on special signature page. First edition. Hardcover book in good/very good condition; paperclip imprint visible on two prefatory pages (not on signature page); age-spotting on edges; penciled price inside rear cover. Dust jacket in good condition; minor chipping, top and bottom of spine; penciled comment, front fly. Dust jacket in protective Mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Some marking to rear panel of dust wrapper. Rubbing to ends of dust wrapper spine. Small chips up to 1/8" x 1/8" along head of dust wrapper spine. Rubbing at ends of folds of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover.; xv, [i], 203 pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 235mm x 155mm. Signed and inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "Best wishes from the author Frank Clune Christmas 1964."; 8vo; Signed by Author.…

Large folio. Or.bds. Plastic wrapper. unpag. uncut. Profusely illustrated with Emanuel's splendid drawings. No. 795 of 1,000 copies signed by Cedric Emanuel. This volume was only available for purchase directly from the artist.

O'DONOGHUE, Frances. THE BISHOP OF BOTANY BAY. The Life Of John Bede Polding, Australia's First Catholic Bishop. [London]: Angus & Robertson, [1982]. 8vo., black cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from O'Donoghue on the front endpaper: "To the Maguire family with best wishes from Sister Frances O'Donoghue. 20 April 1982." Near fine (little spotting edges) in dust jacket. Uncommon signed. $85.00.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good overall. First Australian edition. The first Australian edition, based on the third edition pubished in London 1789, with woodcuts and drawings by Adrian Feint, introductory note by C.H. Bertie. Signed limited edition, #291 of 500 copies. Signed by the artist and the book designer Perce Green. This was the first book published by the Australian Limited Editions Society. Lge. 8vo, xvii + 116 pp. 21 illustrations printed at the head of each chapter. Quarter blue leather and cloth boards. Some light rubbing at top and base of spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: NVG. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Book has creased spine, one slightly bumped corner, modest cover soiling thus nearly very good. Dj has soiling, chips and wear. Inscribed by Nordhoff on the half title page. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Limited Edition. MOderate wear and marks to cloth. A 1cm loss to leather on spine. Some foxing to feps, otherwise internally very clean. Binding tight. Signed by Adrian Feint and Perge Green. Numbered 19 of 500 copies. 116pp Size: 165mm x 245mm. Adrian Feint (illustrator). Signed by Artist and Designer. Book.…

8vo. viii+328pp. First edition. Signed by author.

Two volumes. x+468pp. Large 8vo. Original two-tone cloth boards in slipcase, pictorial endpapers, tipped in colour frontispiece and black and white illustrations.A fine set. Limited edition of 125 sets. This set 111 of 125 signed in each volume.

Large folio. Or.bds. Plastic wrapper. unpag. uncut. Profusely illutsrtae dwith Emanuel's splendid drawings. No. 210 of 1,000 copies signed by Cedric Emanuel. This volume was only available for purchase directly from the artist.

1. großer Original-Stahlstich von E.G. Ravenstein (in der Platte signiert) nach Radefeld auf rückseitig unbedrucktem Büttenblatt aus Meyer's Hand-Atlas 1867, im Druck und von Hand sehr präzise grenzkoloriert, bildliche Darstellung ca. 33 x 44 cm, Blattgröße ca. 36,5 x 47,5 cm (jeweils Höhe x Breite), sauber und sehr gut erhalten großer und/oder schwerer Artikel mit zusätzlichen Kosten für Versand und Versicherung - heavy and/or oversized item with additional costs for shipping and insurance - will be dispatched enrolled in a solid mailing tube - please ask us before you order this article 2100 gr.…