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Peter Ibbetson – George Du Maurier

A delightful Modern Library edition published in the 1930′s – in very good condition dust jacket likewise.

George Du Maurier wrote this romantic novel in 1891. It was soon transformed into play, opera and then film. This is our favourite edition with its many illustrations.

Beautiful writing

$40.00

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Captain James Cook and His Times – Fisher and Johnston

Published by ANU Press canberta in 1979 a very good near fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Cook from a different perspective and well researched and worthwhile. Interplay with Dalrymple, the geography of Northwest America, the Spanish reaction to his endeavours and his reputation in Russia .. and much more.

Another view of Cook and a good one

$35.00

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Poor Souls They Perished – Lemon & Morgan

Published by Hargreenin 1986 a well researched and thoughtfully illustrated account in very good condition.

In 1845 the Cataraqui went down in the Bass Strait with the loss of 400 souls – only 9 survived (saved by an ex-convict) despite the wreck being stranded just 150 yards from King Island.

Worst Australian Wreck

$50.00

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Wrecks of Port Phillip – Williams & Serle

Published by Maritime Historical Productions a great authority in the field – Melbourne 1964 and in pretty good condition.

There is a lot of wreckage in Port Phillip Bay. This expert account creates a superb reference to the major wrecks (and minor summarised). Really well illustrated with early engravings and photographs of many of the fateful vessels

Reference to the Wrecks

$50.00

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Massive Ducretet Gas Discharge Tube – Paris c1890

This massive discharge tube was made by Eugene Ducretet (1844-1915) a leading French scientific instrument maker who opened his first shop retailing unusual scientific instruments in Paris in 1864. This instrument is engraved with his name E Ducretet A Paris to the top tap.

It is one of the largest, heaviest and most unconventional discharge tubes we have seen. Standing 60 cms high an in pretty good condition for its age – we have left the brass work as we found it – the threads to the vacuum inlet work albeit stiff and the thread to the to mount are in very good condition. The extremely thick glass tube is at a slight angle but the seals appear intact. A very rare scientific collectable from the early days of gas discharge experiments.

Flash Gas Tube from 19thC Paris

$340.00

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Least Horned Owl – Shaw & Nodder – 1790

Copper engraved and hand coloured this engraving of the mysterious Least Horned Owl was published in 1790 by Shaw & Nodder.

George Shaw was in charge of the Natural History Department at the British Museum. Nodder was a natural history artist and worked for Banks on his Florilegium.

Framed in gilt dimensions 36cms x 30cms.

TOO-WIT TOO-WOO NOT THE LEAST

$240.00

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