Tasmania
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Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls - Convict Women In Van Diemens Land 1803 - 1829
by Phillip Tardif
American Citizens, British Slaves Yankee Political Prisoners In an Australian Prison Colony 1839-1850
by Cassandra and Hamish Maxwell-Stewart Pybus
Letters Of an Irish Patriot William Paul Dowling In Tasmania
by Margaret and Alf MacLochlainn Glover
Tasmania Books & Ephemera
A Guide to Rockhunting in Tasmania
by O'Brien, G.J
Launceston, Tasmania: Mary Fisher Book Club. 1978. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs, Maps and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 52 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£34.39
Carte de la Terre de Van Diemen dressee par G.W. Evans arpenteur general d'Hobart-Town 1822
by Evans, G.W. (George William). Drawn by A.R. Fremin, engraved by G. Lemaitre
Paris, 1823. Scarce & early map of Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania. The French edition of this scarce map, also published in a notoriously scarce English edition in 1822. Evans was the surveyor general at the time, and his map is considered the finest of the early post-settlement maps of Van Diemen's Land and the first survey map of the island. Besides the coast, the only inland detail is along the route from Hobart to Launceston, including the outline of land grants. Copper engraved, 45.5 x 57.5 cm...
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£1,416.62
Tasman's Insel an der Kuste von Tasmanien - Saulenbasalt
by [Tasmania; Australia]
Germany: Schreiber J.F., 1873. First printing. Print. Very good condition. Chromolithograph depicting basalt pillars on the coast of Tasmania. The image measures 26.2 x 36.2 cm on a sheet 31.6 x 41.2 cm. Central fold, slight dusting around the edges. Libraries Australia ID 774855.
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£121.42
Picturesque Tasmania Letter Card, with five printed Tasmanian views
by [Tasmania]
Hobart: J. Walch & Sons, 1903. Very good condition. Five charming Tasmanian landscape b&w photographs including Wellington Falls, Mt. Wellington; Tasmanian Bush Scene; Fern Retreat Hut, Cascades; Russell Falls; and Fern Tree Bower (back cover) decorate this folding self mailing note. Stiff blue paper wraps with address panel at the front cover, a single stapled sheet of folded white paper for message, and photograph on the back. This message from a Scottish woman to her mother in Aberdeen (Mrs. Smith...
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£101.19
Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls: Convict Women in Van Diemen's Land 1803-1829
by Phillip Tardif
Flamingo, Sydney, 1990. Hardcover (Full Leather). As New. Limited Edition. This is number 23 Quantity Available: 1. Category: Australian History; ISBN: 0207166919. ISBN/EAN: 9780207166914. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 48403. . 9780207166914
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£264.55
Stones of a Century
by Sharland, Michael
Oldham, Beddome & meredith, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 74 pages. Jacket a bit chipped, edge worn, marked. Boards edge worn and marked. Mild tanning, foxing, old tape residue marks, small sticker. However, it is still in good condition, tightly bound and intact. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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£7.29
HOBART RIVER CRAFT AND .SEALERS OF BASS STRAIT
by O'MAY ,Harry
Government Printer, Tasmania,1973. Second Impression. 8vo.pp.117+32 folding map.Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust jacket.
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£23.28
The Killing At Risdon Cove
by Refshauge, W. F
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2016. MINT - a NEW copy. The discolouration on the cover is part of the design. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 154 pages. An analytical approach to the events at Tasmania's Risdon Cove on 3 May 1804 where between 3 to fifty Indigenous people were killed by British soldiers. . New. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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£18.49
Tasmania
by Harvey, Norton
Adelaide: Rigby. 1971. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Unpaginated. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£13.23
The Adventures of An Emigrant In Van Diemen's Land
by Thornley, William
Adelaide: Rigby Limited. 1973. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Edited by S.J. Mills. Small ink number to top corner of preliminary page. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 171pages.. The author emigrated to Van Diemen's Land in 1816. This book is a skilfully edited version of Thornley's best seller....
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£9.52
Port Arthur : A Place of Misery
by Weidenhofer, Maggie
Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 1981. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 17.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Colour and black & white illustrations, photographs and plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 145 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£13.23
The Last Dog on the Island. Tasmania's border protection heroine
by Kelleher, Steve
Sydney: New Holland. 2017. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 223 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£7.94
The Queen's Orphan Schools, New Town &c. from the Risdon Road
by Prout, John Skinner
Hobart: T. Bluett, 1844. Very good condition. Original colored lithograph, plate #10, to the rare folio 'Tasmania Illustrated' by John Skinner Prout (1805 - 1876). A pastoral view of the Queen's Orphan Schools in the background with the road, sheep, and travelers in the foreground. Signed lower left within image. Title centered below image. Image size 40x30 cm. Toned overall, title in buff, otherwise very good condition. ADRI #AUTAS001124073321; Trove 6940408; OCLC: 220670803 (SLT, NLA); Ferguson 3893...
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£607.12
Waratah Pioneer of the West
by Godfrey, Margery
Waratah, Tas: Municipality of Waratah. 1984. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to inside of front cover. 119 pages. The book is the author's attempt to sketch the lives of miners, prospectors, housewives and children against the background of early mines and follow through to the revived community and new mines of today. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£13.23
The Colonial Magazine and Commercial-Maritime Journal
by Martin, Robert M., edit
London: Fisher Son, 1841. Hardcover. Very good. Articles include one on Western Australia - The Dispersion System of Colonization, and Uniform Price of All Lands Examined, with great detail for emigration, giving land grants, prices per acre, outputs (p22-36) ; Australasian Islands (New Hebrides); The China Expedition - Extension of Commerce with China (Hong Kong); Present State of Sydney, NSW; two on aborigines of Western Australia by George Fletcher Moore, one on California & Oregon, one on Van...
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£222.61
Port Arthur : A Place of Misery
by Weidenhofer, Maggie
Port Arthur: Management Authority. 1990. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 17.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates and black & white drawings. 146 pages. . 2nd Edition. Softcover.
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£10.58
If you faint, fall backwards! or Medicine: Warts and All
by Madill, Frank Dr
Mowbray, Tasmania: Published by Author. 2005. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition - Card Wraps. Black & white illustrations by Josie Riches. 320 pages. An entaining recounting of a doctor's life in Tasmania in the sixties and seventies. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 3rd Printing. Softcover.
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£13.23
The Gardens of Hell. John Mitchel in Van Diemen's Land, 1850-1853
by MITCHEL, John
Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1988. Octavo; colour-pictorial card covers slightly rubbed and marked; spine slightly sunned; an excellent copy. Edited by Peter O'Shaughnessy.
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£13.23
Tasmania for Your Holidays - poster stamp map
by [Tasmania]
1950. Wraps. Very good condition. Colored poster stamp promoting Tasmania for Your Holidays. Tasmania in red against a blue background; a steamship and an airplane approach the island (bringing tourists, of course!). Measures 2 ¾" x 1 ¾"; perforated. Fine graphics.
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£28.33
The Peaks of Lyell
by Blainey, Geoffrey
Melbourne University Press, 1967. 3rd edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 3rd edition, 1967. Frontispiece in color. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, small tears and edge worn. The boards are in good condition. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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£34.00
Australiana, The Campbell Town Election", concerning the upcoming election & controversy over convictism in Van Diemen's Land. Putnam's Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Science, and Art. June 1855
by [Australia; Convicts; Tasmania]
New York: Dix & Edwards, 1855. Wraps. Good + overall. Single issue (Vol. V No. XXX), complete in the original wrappers, with long essay entitled "Australiana, The Campbell Town Election", concerning the upcoming election, the candidates, and the sharp divide amongst Van Diemen's Land residents over the "continuation of convictism in the colony" (pp 598 - 607). 8vo, 561 - 668; xvi, advertisements. Printed green paper wrappers; text pages edges uncut, chipped at edges of front wrapper, lacking rear...
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£60.71
Broken Spear The untold story of Black Tom Birch, the man who sparked Australia's bloodiest war
by Cox, Robert
Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 2021. MINT - a NEW copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 299 pages. Black Tom Birch was the most feared and hated man in Van Diemen's Land. For four years he kept the colony in a state of terror. He was responsible for the deaths of dozens of settlers. He burnt thier buildings and destroyed their livestock and crops. Newspapers raged against him. One demanded he be lynched on capture. Yet although...
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£21.14
Van Diemen's Land
by Boyce, James
Melbourne: Black Inc.. 2008. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. B/w maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 388 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£13.23
The Colonial Magazine and Commercial-Maritime Journal
by Martin, Robert Montgomery, ed
London: Fisher & Son, 1840. 3 volumes covering 1840 in entirety. Articles of interest include a 5pp article about the new colony of Australind, in Western Australia. It includes a 10x15" (25.4x38 cm) folding map of Australind, "Plan shewing the situation of the New Settlement of Australind in Western Australia 80 miles distant south of Swan River". The map is lithographed by W. Smart, Holborn (London). Shows the coast and inland detail from about 34d 55' to 35d 40' and 114d 55' to 116d 20'. Cape...
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£1,214.25
The Colonial Magazine and Commercial-Maritime Journal
by Martin, Robert M., edit
London: Fisher Son, 1841. Hardcover. Very good. Articles include one on Western Australia, with great detail for emigration, giving land grants, prices per acre, outputs (p22-36) ; two on aborigines of Western Australia by George Fletcher Moore, one on California & Oregon, one on Van Diemen's land, one on Washington DC & Baltimore, Madagascar, Jamaica, India & the China Company. Nd. (August 1841) Vol. 5 only. 8vo, 512pp, woodblock ills. in text. Half green calf & marbled board, raised bands, gilt title...
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£283.32
