Sturt Capt Charles (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lane Cove, Doubleday Australia Pty. Limited, 1982 (facsimile edition)/ 1833. Octavo, two volumes, [ii], lxxx, 219; and [ii], vi, 271 pages with numerous illustrations plus 10 pages of plates (including a chart). Synthetic cloth; top edge of one front board a little bumped; an excellent set in the excellent dustwrappers (spines lightly sunned, with the edges and a front flap a little creased). [2 items].…

2vols. lxxx+220+v+272pp. 8vo. Original leatherette. Colour and b&w plates. Black and white folding map. Booksellers sticker to front pastedown. A very good copy. Xenographic facsimile.

Hardcover. Condition: vg. ". by one of Australia s most historic explorers" - WantrupSecond edition issued the year after the first. Two volumes, octavo. With 13 plates, including the four hand-colored ornithological plates: The Rose Cockatoo, Octavo. 2 volumes. 19th-century dark brown reversed calf. Spines gilt. Gilt-ruled boards. Marbled endpapers. A bit of rubbing to binding edges. Head of spine frayed on vol. 1. [2],lxxx,219,[1];[2],v,[1],271,[1] pages plus 13 plates (4 colored), 2 maps (one folding). Small tear to large map at gutter tab. Leaves uniformly toned. Internally generally clean. Without the 16pp. of publisher's ads found in some examples. ". by one of Australia s most historic explorers" - WantrupSecond edition issued the year after the first. Two volumes, octavo. With 13 plates, including the four hand-colored ornithological plates: The Rose Cockatoo, The Crested Pigeon of the Marshes, Palaeornis melanura, or Black-Tailed Paroquet, and Pomatorhinus temporalis / Pomatorhinus superciliosus. Illustrated with two maps: a large folding Map of the Discoveries in Australia, copied from the latest M.S. surveys in the Colonial Office by J. Arrowsmith, and the single-page Chart of Cape Jervis, and Encounter Bay.An important account of Charles Sturt s two expeditions to trace the river systems of the interior of New South Wales. The first expedition, undertaken in 1828 29 under conditions of severe drought, followed the Macquarie River, charted the Bogan and Castlereagh Rivers, and led to Sturt s discovery of the Darling. The second, more ambitious expedition of 1829 31 carried Sturt some 2,000 miles down the Murrumbidgee to what he described as a broad and noble river, which he named the Murray, and thence to the sea at Lake Alexandrina and Encounter Bay.Strut's Journal was the first full-scale publication of an explorer's journal since the publication of Oxley's book thirteen years before . An important book, recounting discoveries of the highest consequence and being the first publication by one of Australia's most heroic explorers, Sturt's Two Expeditions is scarce and sought-after - Wantrup.The narrative is one of the foundational works of Australian inland exploration. Sturt s party endured a series of hardships: the loss and abandonment of a skiff, dangerous navigation through reed-choked waterways, tense encounters with Aboriginal groups, dwindling provisions, and the exhausting return upstream against the current. Sturt himself suffered severely from ill health and eye trouble, later noting that the work was completed while he was laboring under an almost total deprivation of sight. Beyond its dramatic exploration narrative, the work is also valued for its detailed observations on geography, climate, natural history, Indigenous life, and the pastoral and colonial potential of southeastern Australia. The Arrowsmith map is especially significant, synthesizing the latest official survey information with Sturt s discoveries and giving cartographic form to the newly understood Murray-Darling river system. Book.…

Hardcover. First edition. "(A)n important book recounting discoveries of the highest consequence & being the 1st publication by one of Australia's most heroic explorers. is scarce & sought after." (Wantrup 118a). LACKS last page of prelims in both volumes & View of the Morumbidgee River & Palaeornis Melanura, or Black-Tailed Paroquet. Written in England while Sturt was undergoing treatment for blindness. It describes his expedition tracing the course of the Macquarie River & the expedition to explore the Lachlan-Murrumbidgee River system, including the Murray River. A total of 4,000 miles were explored. The folding Arrowsmith map is "Map of the Discoveries in Australia, Copied from the latest M.S. Surveys in the Colonial Office. By Permission Dedicated to the Right Honble Viscount Goderich." dated 15 Feby 1832. With an insert of Western Australia in the top left corner. The map is very slt. foxed, with two early pencilled notations identifying "South Australia" and "Victoria or Port Phillip". 8vo, 2 vols. lxxx, 219pp, b&w lithograph frontis, folding Arrowsmith map & 4 plates, the 2 plates of birds hand colored; (&) Vol 2 vi, 271pp, 16pp ads, frontis, map of Cape Jervis & 5 plates (of 7). Very nicely rebound in brown half calf, raised bands, gilt spine and marbled boards. Ferguson 1704. Wantrup 118a.…

With observations on the soil, climate, and general resources of the Colony of New South Wales. Original brown cloth, blindstamped borders and decoration to both boards, new eps, rebacked in dark brown morocco, with gilt bands and titles to spine on red name-label, frontis etching from a sketch by the author, pp. (i-iii) iv-lxxx, 1-219, illustrated by 4 additional plates, incl. two hand-coloured. 1834 second edition, volume 1 only, lacks map opposite p.1, corners worn, very good condition, binding sound & tight.…

in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 17, part 2. Three folding maps. 8vo. Fine original blue printed wrappers. 85-129pp. London, John Murray, Sturt first arrived in Australia in 1827 whilst his regiment was in charge of one of the convict convoys. During his first period in Australia, Sturt participated in many of the expeditions arranged by amongst others Oxley and Hume which greatly expanded the white man's knowledge of Australia. Some ten years after returning to the continent in 1834 Sturt set out from Adelaide with fifteen men heading towards the Barrier Range. Having reached the Great Stony Desert his expedition was forced to withdraw due to the extreme heat and illness, and return to Adelaide. In the months between August 1844 when they left and their return in January 1846 the party covered approximately 3000 miles. This extract from his diary is one of the first appearances of this expedition in print, preceeding the official account by two years. The map, stretching from the Murray River to Eyre Creek, is in pristine condition showing not only Sturt's route but also interesting geographical notes.…

During the Years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831: With Observations on the Soil, Climate, and General Resources of the Colony of New South Wales. First edition. 2 vols. A large folding engraved map, a chart and 5 lithograph views, a further 4 hand-coloured lithographs of birds, and 4 lithographic illustrations of geological specimens. 8vo. Very good original purple cloth, backs faded as usual, one or two tiny nicks here and there, but an entirely unrestored example. [ii], lxxx, 219; [ii], vi, 271, 16[ads.]pp. London, Smith Elder & Co., Sturt arrived in Australia in 1827, his regiment in charge of one of the convict convoys, and during the following years he participated in many of the expeditions arranged by amongst others Oxley and Hume which greatly expanded contemporary knowledge of Australia. Some ten years after returning to the continent in 1834 Sturt set out from Adelaide with fifteen men heading towards the Barrier Range. On reaching the Great Stony Desert his expedition was forced to turn back for Adelaide due to the extreme heat and illness. In the months between August 1844 when they left and their return in January 1846 the party covered approximately 3000 miles. Ferguson,1704; Wantrup, 118a.…

performed under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, during the years 1844, 5, and 6. Together with a notice of the Province of South Australia in 1847. First edition. 2 vols. Folding map, 16 plates (including 2 chromolithographs and 4 hand-coloured lithographs) and further illustrations within the text. 8vo. Original cloth, headcaps restored. x, iv, 5-416, 8ads., [2]ads., [1]ads.; vi, 308, 92(appendix), 8ads., [4]ads.pp. London, Sturt first arrived in Australia in 1827 whilst his regiment was in charge of one of the convict convoys. During his first period in Australia Sturt participated in many of the expeditions arranged by amongst others Oxley and Hume which greatly expanded the white man's knowledge of Australia. Some ten years after returning to the continent in 1834 Sturt set out from Adelaide with fifteen men heading towards the Barrier Range. Having reached the Great Stony Desert his expedition was forced to withdraw due to the extreme heat and illness, and return to Adelaide. In the months between August 1844 when they left and their return in January 1846 the party covered approximately 3000 miles. Ferguson, 5202; Wantrup, 119.…