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The Sunday Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 1914.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1944. First Edition. 8vo. original cloth gilt in duswrapper; pp. viii, 184. A very good copy. Inspired by the writings of the 19th-century French classical thinker Alexis de Tocqueville on the "road to servitude". Hayek "[warns] of the danger of tyranny that inevitably results from government control of economic decision-making through central planning". A highly influential book amongst post-war conservative thinkers. Initially produced in a small print run, leading Hayek himself to describe it as "that unobtainable book".

Rare first edition illustrated with the large and detailed woodcut world map, only the second edition overall of Macrobius’s influential neoplatonist commentary on Cicero, retaining the original wooden boards and with ten illuminated initials.

London: George Allen, 1894. Signed binding. Octavo : pp. xxvii (xviii, blank) 476 (2) : 101 B&W illustrations by Thomson including Frontis and Vignette Title : lacking original peacock binding but in a gorgeous full leather art deco signed binding by M.G. de R.R. dated 1905 : double gilt ruled leather turn-ins : a.e.g. with subtle gauffering to the edges of the block. Top board expertly re-jointed; minor soiling to e.p.s. Near fine. Item #3924 A lovely clean copy of Austen's supremely popular Pride and Prejudice (Peacock edition in an art deco signed binding).

Colour lithograph certificate. 1899. 500mm by 650mm (frame). Text includes “This is to certify that the question of an Australasian Federal Constitution was submitted to the Electors of Victoria on the 27th day of July 1899 and that out of a poll of 163,780 votes, 152,653 were cast in favor of such Australasian Federal Constitution...” The certificate features captioned portraits of the Premiers of the six colonies. Between 1898 and 1900 the people of Australia voted on the Constitution in referendums held in each colony. Period oak frame.

London : 1771 - 1784. A magnificent set of the official account of Cook’s voyages, finely illustrated with maps and plates. Finely bound by the venerable London firm of Morell in the late nineteenth century, this exceptional collection of the complete set of voyages of Cook is distinguished by its full, wide margins and rich, dark impressions.

Part of a collection of Gaberbocchus Press publications. This title with illustrations by Jarry and Pierre Bonnard. Also includes loosely inserted, signed drawing by Franciszka Themerson. Limited to 50 copies.

Tench (Watkin) NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO BOTANY BAY; with An Account of New South Wales, Its Productions, Inhabitants, &c. To which is subjoined, a List of the Civil and Military Establishments at Port Jackson. By Captain Watkin Tench, of the Marines. Printed for J. Debrett, London, 1789. First Edition. 'The earliest authentic account of the colony' [Wantrup, page 54]; an eye-witness account of the settlement at Port Jackson, by one of the participants. $15,000

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1855-1857. First Edition in original parts. (20 Parts published in 19). Housed in a custom made silk solander box with leather labels. All plates present including the dark plates and the frontispiece and vignette title. Includes Rigaud for Bladois at Part 15 (ten times as per Smith 1:12), errata slip in Part 16, and the Preliminary Leaves in Parts 19 & 20.

Uncommon first edition, in the original wrappers, of the first paper to record the discovery of the absorption of thermal radiation by carbon dioxide and water vapour. Auction records trace just two copies total. Uncut in original buff printed paper wrappers.

London : Darton & Clark, 1846 – 47. Ten volumes in publisher's fitted wooden cabinet with glass door. A charming miniature cased library for the Victorian child, filled with volumes of moral improvement and exotic travels, including one volume on Australia with a particularly distasteful description of the Aboriginal population of New South Wales. A rare collection with an interesting provenance.