Robert Callander (4 results)

Condition: VERY GOOD. 1912. RARE. Green Cloth hardcover with bright gilt lettering. Frontispiece of Annie Milligan and two other plates of people she knew. 143pp. Included is an oval portrait of Annie Callander Milligan, the author, mounted on thick board (3 1/2 x 5 inches) with oval decorative black perimeter. The Photographer was Herbert Johnstone of Castle Douglas. This portrait is the one used for the frontispiece of the book. A rare find. VERY GOOD. Text-block appears clean. Binding sound and tight. Just minor edgewear. Some darkening to first endpage.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Published in 1989 by Talbot Rice Gallery, this publication went alongside the Robert Callander exhibition Sea Savage. The text includes a foreword by Judith Collins, illustrations of the exhibition, and an interview of Robert Callander in conversation with Bill Hare.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Published by Talbot Rice Gallery to coincide with Between Tides, an exhibition of Robert Callander's work. The publication contains a foreword by Robert Callander and illustrations of his work.

A serious proposal. First edition, first issue. 3 volumes. Octavo (200 by 120mm), 3 folding engraved charts; contemporary tan calf, rebacked preserving the original spines. The exceptionally rare first issue, with the dedication leaf to Charles Townsend ("To the Reader" on the verso), and three large charts by Thomas Phinn after Dider Robert de Vaugondy. That of Australia being "of great interest, particularly when compared with the Tasman map of 1644. Although Van Diemen's Land is still shown as part of the mainland, New Zealand and New Guinea are already known to be separate lands and in fact the outline of Australia is complete except for the eastern coast, yet to be charted by Cook." (Davidson). Callander based his work on de Brosses's, 'Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australe' (1756), and his chapter 'Of the method of forming colonies in the Terra Australis, and the Advantages that may be expected to result to Great Britain from such Establishments in that Hemisphere' gave credence to "a serious proposal to establish a British penal settlement in the South Pacific, which is printed at the end of Volume III. It was seen as a basis for further exploration in New Holland, and significantly influenced British thinking" (Brown). There are sixty-three voyages included in the work, extending from Vespucci, to Pelsaert, to Tasman, to Vlamingh, Anson, and Byron. Literature: Davidson, 'A Book Collector's Notes on items relating to the Discovery of Australia, The First Settlement and the Early Coastal Exploration of the Continent', page 35; ' Hill, 'The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages', 240.