Tasmania and Van Diemens Land

Tasmaniana – Clifford Craig’s Auction Catalogues – 1975 A useful and hard to come by reference for the collector and historian.

The Important Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Drawings and Paintings relating to the Discovery and History of Van Diemen’s Land and Tasmania and with a few items relating to Australasia, the property of Dr Clifford Craig of Launceston, Christie, Manson & Woods auction catalogues – October 1975.

Two catalogues, printed wrappers, Catalogue I – 89 pages, 16 plates (some colour); Catalogue II – 129 pages, 4 plates. Over 1600 items described. Catalogues for the sale of the collection formed by Doctor Clifford Craig, who based two of his works – ‘The Engravers of Van Diemen’s Land’ and ‘Old Tasmanian Prints’, largely on prints from his collection. A significant collection by any standards.

$70.00

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Papers – Royal Society Tasmania – 1890

The Papers and Proceeding printed at the Mercury, Hobart 1891.

An important journal including James Backhouse Walker’s paper on the discovery and Occupation of Port Dalrymple and Baron Von Mueller’s report on the discovery of new Tasmanian plants with a nice engraved plate. A large folding facsimile of the rare chart of Van Diemen’s Land (the South Extremity) by Captain John Hayes (1798) is of considerable interest to the cartographic collector.

Nice chart and important papers.

$90.00

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Brady McCabe, Dunne, Bryan Crawford, Murphy, Bird McKenney, Goodwin, Pawley, Bryant, Cody, Hodgetts Gregory, Tilley, Ryan Williams and their Associates – Bushrangers in Van Diemen’s Land 1824-1827

Another superb folio sized publication by Sullivan’s Cove 1979 number 338 of a limited edition of 750 – in fine condition.

Based on the text of James Calder originally published in 1873 together with later discovered documents edited beautifully by Eustace Fitzsymonds. Heavy in content as would be expected of an authoritative work. End paper maps assist in the following of the bushranger(y) developments

Collectable and complete

A large book will attract Overseas freight supplement … please enquire

$80.00

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Tasmanian Invention – 1909 Patent – Fred Dando (of Beaconsfield) Game of Skill

British Patent no 19,390 by Fred Dando of Beaconsfield, Tasmania. Lodged 1908 and accepted ‘as patented” in 1909 – four pages of text and one double page with excleent drawings showing how the invention is constructed.

The invention relates to an improved game of skill and apparatus for playing same the game being played preferably by two persons one against the other, from each end of a race or box whereat is located a compound lever designed when quickly depressed to project a marble or ball to the desired distance and height to strike and, if possible, displace one of a series of marbles or balls of similar size arranged centrally one each on a tier located transversely at about midway of the said race or box [Long sentences patented also!]

The compound lever near each end of the box is designed to be struck by the players finger and thus cause its inner part upon which the marble is placed to project it forward with the object of striking on the before mentioned shelves and which latter are numbered 1 to 5 representing the players count when a marble is struck or displaced

The apparatus is made in the form of a two part box hinged together under the tier of shelves and capable of being folded together while also pockets or recesses are provided at each end for the players marbles and further the edges of the box are perforated and numbered to receive count pins etc etc…

Voyager considering making this device although probably not meet modern safety standard (hum) or have many digital application (ho hum) … but good marble chucking fun!

Games ingenuity in Beaconsfield in 1909

$70.00

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Tasmanian Tiger – Extinct or Merely Elusive – Andy Park – Australian Geographic 1986

Dick Smith’s Journal the “Australian Geographic” was something special in the early editions. Here in Vol 1 No 3 of 1986 we have one of the great sources of Thylacine information in an special 18 page segment written by Andy Park and illustrated (so well) by Rod Scott.

Great images of “Benjamin” the last tiger in captivity, sad images of early reward posters, turn of the century “Tiger Hunters” and an assessment of the Nullarbor mummy ( surely mis-dated). The then “Tiger Searchers” including Dr Eric Guiler and of course Peter Wright with his expedition headquarters near Lake Adelaide. And the sightings, and not just in Tassie. A nice chronology ends the piece to bring historical perspective to the article. Dr Bob Brown given credit for his contribution and well deserved.

Just a Journal but no better Tassie Tiger

$40.00

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Tasmanian Thylacine – Lydekker – 1896

Original wood cut print of the Tasmanian Thylacine from Richard Lydekker’s superb work on Marsupials.

Lydekker identified the need for a reassessment of Australian Marsupials given that Gould’s magnificent work was even by then extremely rare and costly and that a number of “new” marsupials had since been dicovered.

One of a few collectable 19th Century Thylacine images. The poor creature was already very scarce by the time this work was published.

Framed in gilt within cream mat with black inner core.

Voyager also have a good copy of the entire Lydekker work … search Lydekker ….

$180.00

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Tasmaniana – Clifford Craig’s Auction Catalogues – 1975 A useful and hard to come by reference for the collector and historian.

Papers – Royal Society Tasmania – 1890

Brady McCabe, Dunne, Bryan Crawford, Murphy, Bird McKenney, Goodwin, Pawley, Bryant, Cody, Hodgetts Gregory, Tilley, Ryan Williams and their Associates – Bushrangers in Van Diemen’s Land 1824-1827

Tasmanian Invention – 1909 Patent – Fred Dando (of Beaconsfield) Game of Skill

Tasmanian Tiger – Extinct or Merely Elusive – Andy Park – Australian Geographic 1986

Tasmanian Thylacine – Lydekker – 1896

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