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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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The Journal of The Royal Geographical Society 1931 October – Baluchistan – C.P. Skrine

A near mint copy of the October edition 1931 of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society London. The primary report is by Skrine on his travels and observations in Baluchistan mainly in the Highlands or Persian Baluchistan. Well illustrated with18 black and white photographs taken on the travels – some rather spectacular such as the “Earth Pillar” above Tamindan and the view of Kuh-i-Taftan from the cliffs of Lejwar. The report supported by a map of the Highlands region prepared by Skrine with an inset map of the broader Baluchistan.

This edition also includes one of the reports of Michael Terry relating to his travels in West Australia (Horseshoe Bend to Oodnadatta) also nicely illustrated with maps and photographs. As well as details of a 16th century manuscript navigating manual in the Society’s Library.

Baluchistan Rarity with 20th Century Australian Exploration.

$90.00

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The Integrative Action of the Nervous System – Charles Sherrington.

Leather bound and beautifully gilt embossed all edges richly gilt associated with the Classics of Medicine Library 1989. Heavily illustrated 411 pages with mild signs of use otherwise a very good copy.

Dr Sherrington FRS was the Holt Professor of Physiology at the University of Liverpool – this book originally published in the USA in 1906 followed a series of lectures at Yale and in itself is a landmark publication regarding the development of understanding the central nervous system.

Nervous System Explored and Documented

$50.00

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A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest – Laennec

Leather bound and beautifully gilt embossed from the Classics of Medicine Library 1979. Fine condition 428 pages plus 8 plates all edges gilt.

Originally published as an English translation in 1821 by Doctor John Forbes. The French physician Laennec pioneered the use of “Acoustick Instruments” in the diagnosis of diseases of the chest.

Pioneering French Medicine for the Short of Breath.

$60.00

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The Wisdom of Confucius – Who else

“Music rises from the heart when it is touched by the external world” so said Confucius. A nice Modern Library edition.

Immortal wisdom

$30.00

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