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OCCASIONAL LIST 18

1. A Narrative of the Transactions of the British Squardron in the East Indies, during the late War; Comprehending a Particular Account of the Loss of Madras, the Operations of the Squardron under the Command of Admiral Griffin, in relation to which he is to be tried by a Court-Martial...and the Siege of Pontichery, by Admiral Boscawen, etc. By an Officer who serv’d in those Squardron, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, 82 pages, wrappers, D. Wilson, London, 1751

£750

Upon the declaration of war between England and France in March 1744, a Squardron of four men-of-war under the command of Commodore Barnet was sent to the East Indies to protect our interest in this area, and to capture or destroy any French ships they may encounter.

The voyage was a success, the author records the French ships laiden with goods from China captured in the Streights of Sunda and sold as prizes to the Dutch Governor at Batavia. He also includes an interesting description of Java, and the cloves and nutmegs grown there; Batavia, the people and the trade conducted in this Dutch settlement.

The squardron were ordered to assist Admiral Edward Boscowen to capture Pondicherry, an account of this unsuccessful operation is given.

SUGAR PLANTATIONS

2. A Short Answer to an Elaborate Pamphlet, Entitled, The Importance of the Sugar Plantations, &c. …shewing, that the bill ... for prohibiting the commerce carried on between our northern colonies, and the foreign sugar plantations, tends to the impoverishing and ruin of those colonies : the weakening of the power of the English empire in those parts : and the damage and loss of Great Britain ... in a letter to a noble peer, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, modern paper boards, leather letter-piece, [London], 1731 £450

Price differentials were common, even for the same grade of sugar. Muscovado sugar from St Kitts and Jamaica generally sold in the London markets from three to six shillings per cwt. above the same grade from Barbados.

3. Astley (Thomas) A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels:Consisting of the most Esteemed Relations, which have been hitherto published in any Language: Comprehending every Thing remarkable in its Kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, With respect to the Several Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Situation, Extent, Bounds and Division, Climate, Soil and Produce; their Lakes, Rivers, Mountains, Cities, principal Towns, Harbours, Buildings, &c. and the gradual Alterations that from Time to Time have happened in each: Also the Manners and Customs of the Several Inhabitants... So as to form A Complete System of Modern Geography and History, exhibiting the Present State of all Nations.... FIRST EDITION, 4 engraved frontispieces and a total of 227 folding plates, maps and charts, of which 56 are folding, depicting many of birds, fish, alligators and other animals, some of useful plants, many views of towns and illustrations of indigenous people and their customs and dwellings, some images of weapons and artefacts, 4 vols, thk. 4to, full contemporary tree calf, red and green letter-pieces(joints expertly repaired,), London, Thomas Astley, 1745-1747 £7500

Mendelssohn p.54. Alden & Landis 745/153; Cordier Sinica 1947; Hill 721 ("particularly good source for Portuguese and English voyages"); Sabin 28539.

Astley intended to issue a collection of voyage and travels to all parts of the world, in his preface he discusses the merits and failings of previous collections, i.e. Purchas, Hakluyt, Churchill, Harris, &c. and he was determined not to edit the various narratives unnecessarily.

Unfortunately, he managed to publish only volumes 1-4, which contains the African section and some of the early travels in Asia.

Vol. 1, (4), (v) - xi, (13), 680; Rise and progress of navigation; voyages to the South East and East Indies including English voyages to Java and Japan, various voyages to the African Islands.

Vol. 2, (4), (v) - viii, (4), 732; Voyages to West Africa, Gambia, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast.

Vol. 3, (4), (v) - vi, (4), 605; Voyages to Benin, the Congo Coast, Cape of Good Hope and China.

Vol. 4, (4), (v) - xii, (4), 751, (40) - Index, Descriptions of China, Tibet, Korea, &c., 13th-17th Century.

Volumes 1 to 3 form the best collection extant of the early African voyages, mainly to West Africa and including translations from the French, Dutch and German.

4. Barrington: Life, Amours, and Wonderful Adventures of that most N o t o r i o u s P i c k p o c k e t , G e o r g e Barrington, from His Birth to His Conviction at the Old-Bailey, for Robbing Henry Hare Townsend, esq. FIRST EDITION, embellished with and elegant Frontispiece, which contains a striking likeness of Barrington, 36 pages, last page advertisements, sm. 8vo, half calf, leather letter-piece, Printed and Published by W. Mason, 21 Clerkenwell Green, London, n.d c.1820 £1200

Ferguson 61 (misdated 1790 and collation omitting the frontispiece); Garvey, B22a.

T h e s o c i e t y p i c k p o c k e t , G e o r g e Barrington, the best-known of all convicts, was transported to New South Wales with the Third Fleet in 1791. Something of a folk hero in England due to the cheek and dar ing o f h i s l arcenous explo i t s , Barrington’s trials, exploits, and largely mythical past gave rise to many pamphlet and chapbook accounts that found a ready

market at the time of his trial and transportation. Subsequently, he was credited with a number of ‘voyages’ and ‘histories’ of New South Wales, especially when it was reported that he had been appointed superintendent of police at Parramatta.

5. Barrington: The Genuine Life and Trial of George Barrington, From His Birth in June, 1775, to the Time of His Convic t ion a t the Old-Bai ley, in September, 1790, For Robbing Henry Hare Townsend, Esq. of His Gold Watch, Seals, &&c.. wood-cut frontispiece depicting Barrington picking the pocket of Townsend and also illustrating the tools of his trade, title + [5]-48 pages, 8vo, original front wrapper only, preserved in a cloth box(soiled and browned) Printed for, and Sold by W. Clements, and J. Sadler and J. Eves, London, 1795 Price Sixpence.

£1500

This particular edition is unrecorded, no copy listed on OCLC. Not listed in Garvey’s work relating to George Barrington.

Barrington was transported to Port Jackson on the transport ship ‘William and Ann’.

Within a few weeks of his arrival, Governor Phillip had appointed him High-

Constable of the Settlement at Rose-Hill. His conduct in the colony was so good that Governor Phillip granted him a conditional pardon.

6. Bligh (Admiral William) and Fletcher Christian: Two Original Oil Painted Portraits of William Bligh and Fletcher Christian by John Hagan, an Australian Artist, image each sized, 24 x 19 cm., c.1990 £2500

John Hagan an Australian artist became interested with the Mutiny on the Bounty under the command of William Bligh and mutineer Masters Mate Fletcher Christian.

During his research, Hagan discovered that there is no known portrait of Fletcher Christian in existence.

However before Christian made his voyage to Pitcairn Island together with the other mutinous seamen, he married Mauatua, the daughter of a Tahitian Chief and she also accompanied Christian. On Pitcairn Island their son was born Thursday October Christian, the British frigates Briton and Tagus arrived at Pitcairn on the morning of 17 September 1814, Thursday and George Young paddled out in canoes to meet them and a sketch portrait by Lt. John Shillibeer was drawn.

Hagan decided to use this portrait as a guide to the possible features of Fletcher Christian and produced an oil-painting portrait which he illustrated on his web site together with other paintings he had made relating to Bligh and the ‘Bounty’.A researcher for an American History Channel had nearly cancelled a proposed documentary dealing with the Bounty Mutiny as the channel were unable to locate a portrait of Fletcher Christian, when they discovered the portrait on Hagan;s web site and his paintings the American producers were satisfied with their findings and featured Hagan’s paintings during the televised documentary dealing with Bligh and the

‘Bounty’.

7. Burton (Capt. Sir Richard F.) Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, FIRST EDITION, 2 maps, 4 plates and 21 text illustrations, 2 vols, 8vo, original green cloth( fold to map in vol.1, reinforced with archive tape) London, 1876 £3500

A VERY BRIGHT COPY.

Penzer p. 94, Casada, 66]

Burton served as British consul in Fernando Po (now Bioko) where he remained for four years. He took every opportunity to explore the west coast of Africa.

Anchoring in Libreville, Burton made excursions up the Gabon River, encountered various tribes, including the Mpongwe, as well as spending a week with the Fan people. He also recounts a journey from Fernando Po to Loanga and his journey up the Congo.

Includes a list of plants collected in the Congo at Dahome, and the Island of Annabom.

8. Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N. C.B., F. R. G. S. Etc. 60 lithographs plates [ONLY] preserved in the original printed boards portfolio, London, 1844-1846

£2500

Lada-Mocarski 122; Nissen BBI 134 (under Bentham); Sabin 31944 (under Hinds); Stafleu TL2 425

"During the widely extended extensive voyage of Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur, the subject of Botany was pursued with much diligence, many hitherto unexplored localities were visited, and the collection brought home afford a number of plants of very considerable interest to science...The determination and description of the New Species has been kindly undertaken by Mr. Bentham and Mr.Hinds, etc.

There is a remainder issue which consists of the PLATES ONLY, in a portfolio with a title on the covers." Forbes' Hawaiian Bibliography No. 1485.

9. Channing (W.E.) A Letter on the Annexation of Texas to the United States, FIRST EDITION, 48 pages, 8vo, unbound(some slight browning) John Green, London, 1837 £500

Sabin 11912 Streeter, Texas 1266

The author presents reasons against the annexation of Texas to the United States "... any among us could be cheated into sympathy with the Texan cause, as the cause of freedom. Slavery and fraud lay at its very foundation. It is notorious, that land-speculators, slave-holders and selfish adventures, were among the foremost to proclaim and engage in the crusade for 'Texan Liberties'..."

10. Cook (Capt. James) Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World in the ‘Resolution’ and ‘Adventure’, 1772-75,[edited by John Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury] FIRST EDITION, 64 engraved charts and plates, 2 vols, 4to, contemporary polished calf, rebacked by Aquarius, gilt lined gilt panelled spine, red and green letter-pieces( some very slight foxing), London, 1777

£7500

Beddie;s Bibliography of Captain James Cook No. 1216 Holmes Bibliography 24.

Bookplate of 'Ex Libris, Sydney Herbert Williams, The Inner Temple'

Second Voyage, H.M.S. “Resolution” and “Adventure”, 1772-1775: To the Pacific, aided by new and improved methods of determining longitude and latitude, refined his discoveries in the South Pacific. The search for a Southern Continent continued and Cook determined once and for all that it did not exist.

“Resolution” and “Adventure” sailed from Plymouth on 13th July 1772. The complement included the naturalists John and George Forster, the artist William Hodges and the scientist Anders Sparrman. Cook made the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle. March to June 1773 were spent in New Zealand waters then they worked variously north and east to Tahiti. At Huaheine, Omai a native of Utietea Island, was taken aboard “Adventure” and accompanied them back to England. In 1774 Cook continued through the Pacific from New Zealand stopping at Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Tuamotus. Further discoveries were made which included southern islands of the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, and Norfolk Island.

11. Coryat (Thomas) Coryat's Crudities; Reprinted from the Edition of 1611. To which are now added, his Letters from India &c. and extracts relating to him from various authors: being a more particular Account of his Travels (mostly on foot) in Different Parts of the Globe, than any hitherto publ ished together with His Orations, Character, Death, &c. BEST EDITION, 8 engraved plates, contemporary full red morocco, green letter-pieces, W. Cater; Samuel Hayes; J. Wilkie; and E. Easton,, London 1776

£2000

Book plate of James Martin.

All the printed narratives of the authors travels have been included in this edition together with other relevant information. Whilst on his journey through India, Coryat met with misfortunes and died at Surat in 1617.

12. Crozet’s Voyage to Tasmania, New Zealand the Ladrone Islands, and the Philippines in the years 1771-1772, translated by H. Ling Roth, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, with a Preface and a Brief Reference to the Literature of New Zealand by Jas. R. Boose, folding chart, folding plate, 8 plates and 21 text illustrations, 8vo, full polished calf, gilt panel spine, green letter-piece, London, 1891 £1500

Ferguson 8846.

Previous owner's bookplate pasted on inside front cover ‘Frank M. Dutton’.

FINE COPY of the first French voyage of exploration to visit New Zealand and the second French voyage to visit Australia, preceded by Allouarn's brief stop on the west of Australia.

The expedition under the command of Marc-Joseph Marrion Dufresne, comprised of two ships, the 'Mascarin' with Marion as captain and Julien Marie Crozet as second-in-command and the 'Marquis de Castries' with Anbroise Le Jar du Clesmeur as Captain.

T H E F I R S T E N G L I S H E X P E D I T I O N T O AUSTRALIA.

13. Dampier (William, 1652-1715, Buccaneer, Pirate, C ircumnavigator, Capta in in the Navy and Hydrographer) Collection of Voyages, BEST EDITION, 63 maps, charts and copper-plate engravings, portraits of Natives, Natural History objects, 4 vols, 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt panelled spine, red and black letter pieces, joints expertly repaired, James and John Knapton, London, 1729 £12,000

Hill 422, European Americana 729/69, Sabin 18373.

I. Dampier’s Voyage Round the World, 1681-91, visiting and describing the West Indies, Mexico, New Holland, etc.

II. Supplement to the Voyage round the World. Two Voyages to Campeachy, and a Discourse on Trade-Winds.

III. Voyage to New Holland, 1699-1700, and Wager's Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America.

IV. Dampier’s Cowley’s Voyage Round the World and Captain Sharps's Expedition into the South Seas.

The original collected editions of some of the most famous works in the history of Australia, being the earliest account of the first two English expeditions to Australia.Dampier’s herbarium of 40 Australian Specimens, 18 of which are recorded in his account of his voyage’s are still preserved at Oxford.

Dampier began his life as a buccaneer in 1680 when he and a party of pirates crossed the Isthmus of America, sacked Santa Maria, seized a number of Spanish Ships plundering and burning as they went, got as far southwards as the island of Juan Fernandez. After various other adventures he joined a French privateer ship on which he remained until 1683, when he and other pirates joined the crew of a vessel commanded by Captain Cook(not James), and sailed round Cape Horn to the Pacific Ocean..In 1684 Captain Cook died and Edward Davis succeeded to the command, and successfully operated off the coast of South America. Dampier transferred to Captain Swan’s ship ‘Cygnet’; in 1685 and sailed westward across the Pacific Ocean; at the Philippines Islands the crew mutinied and left Captain Swan and some of the crew on shore. They cruised between China and New Holland. Australia was was sighted on Jan. 4th 1688, near the Lacepede Islands. The vessel sailed along the coast to the entrance of King Sound, where she was hove to and repaired. Here it was that the first English landing was made on Australian soil. Dampier made the fullest possible notes about the country and its inhabitants. The Cygnet left Australia on March 12th and was marooned on Nicobar Islands.

Dampier became seriously ill and convalesce at Acheen, when he recovered he spent the next two years employed in local trade making voyages to Tonquin, Madras and other places. He returned to England in 1691 and published his account of his ‘Voyage Round the World’; in 1697. The book had immediate success, this prompted the author to write a second volume containing accounts of his first voyages from Acheen, Tonquin and Madras, which were published in 1699.

Charles Montague recommended Dampier to the Admiralty as a man qualified to command a voyage of exploration to the Pacific Ocean and was appointed commander of the ‘Roebuck’ and sailed in 1699 to New Guinea which he discovered that it was an island and onwards to New Holland, arriving on the Western Coast, near Houtman’s Abrolhos, and sailed northwards along the coast to an inlet which was named Shark’s Bay.

Dampier made another voyage in 1703 in command of the ‘St. George’, a privateer of 26 guns and 126 men, from Dampier himself we have no account of his voyage, but an account by Funnell, the ship’s mate, who is included in volume four, the main object of the voyage was to attack and capture one of the Spanish Manila treasure ships but they were unsuccessful.

Upon his return the ship owners were reluctant to entrust Dampier with another command, instead he was engaged as a pilot on board Captain Woodes-Rogers privateer voyage with the ships ‘Duke’ and ‘Duchess’, during this voyage Alexander Selkirk was rescued from the island of Juan Fernandez and this incident help to formulate the idea to Daniel Defoe for Robinson Crusoe. The voyage was a success and one of the Manila treasure ships was captured containing merchandise to the value of £200,000.

Unfortunately for Dampier his share of the prize money was not paid until 1719, he died in 1715

14. Hall (Cast. B.) Account of Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Korea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island, with an Appendix containing Charts and Various Hydrographic and Scientific Notices, and a Vocabulary of the Loo-Choo Language by H. J. Clifford, FIRST EDITION, 5 maps, 8 Finely Coloured Aquatint plates, 2 plain illustrations of views and the people of Loo-Choo, 4to, original boards, uncut, some slight repairs to the front board, original paper printed paper label,(covers slightly worn) London, 1818 £3800Abbey 568

The expedition visited China with Lord Amherst’s embassy and then proceeded to explore the then little known Eastern Seas of China. The appendix contains a vocabulary of the language spoken at The Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea complied by Lieut. H. J. Clifford.

15. [Heath C. A.] Considerations Against Laying any New Duty upon Sugar; wherein is particularly shewn, That a New Imposition will be ruinous to the Sugar Colonies, insufficient for the Purposes intended, and greatly conducive to the Aggrandizement of France.FIRST EDITION, (iv), iv, 30pp. 8vo. Modern paper boards, J. Roberts, London, 1744 £450

Kress 4708 Sabin 15940

This brief pamphlet begins by stressing the importance of the ‘Sugar Colonies’; to the British economy, the advantages of which “will be put in great Danger of being ... transferred to France”; if an additional duty was placed on sugar. For all its polemic, it provides some good detail on the industry, its planters, the number of ships employed, its effect on the slave trade in Africa and follow on to the American Colonies.

Probably the best indices of significance trends are the statistics all English sugar imports, re-exports and prices from 1623 to 1775. Through continuous series of imports and re-exports is not extant before 1698 sufficient data exist to establish the directions of movements. Three main sources yield wholesale price data for the London markets-the invoice books of the Royal African Company from 1674 to 1727, the Custom House sales of the Kings sugar taken in payment all the 4.5 per cent duty for the period 1728-58, and the prices recorded in Bryan Edwards History of the West Indies for the period 1760-75.

16. [Jebb, Frederick and Johnson, Robert], Thoughts on the Discontents of the People Last Year, respecting the Sugar Duties with an Appendix containing A Report from the Committee of the British House of Commons, to whom the Petition of the Sugar Refiners of London was referred, &c. . FIRST EDITION, 8vo, modern paper boards, leather letter-piece (Dublin, 1781) £450

Sabin 95700

Though annual average prices of the most commonly traded grade of all sugar are used in this study, attention should be directed to the wide variety of sugar products and there seasonal price movements. London sugar prices fluctuated greatly from season to season, being lowest during the late spring and summer months when fleets arrived from the West Indies, and the highest during the late winter and early spring months before the sugar came to market. Numerous grades of sugar based on a differences in texture and colour, made for a price structure all considerable complexity.

17. Jelly (Thomas) A Cursory Glance at the Past and Present Condition of Great Britain; Intended as a Beacon to The British Sugar Colonies, FIRST EDITION, 67 pages, 8vo, original wrappers, P. Richardson, London, 1848

£250

The author resided at "Walbro' Hall, Westmoreland, Jamaica”.

He examines the import duty paid on goods from the British colonies and the general standard of livelihood experienced by their people.

18. Kaempfer (E. Surgeon in the Dutch East India Co.'s Service) History of Japan, giving an Account of the Antient and Present State and Government of that Empire, of its Temples... Metals, Trees, Plants, Animals, Birds... Trade and Commerce with the Dutch and Chinese, together with a description of the Kingdom of Siam, translated by J.G. Scheuchzer, BEST EDITION, engraved title and 45 fine copper-plates and maps, mostly folding or double page, printed titles in red and black, 2 vols, folio, contemporary calf, (some plates with some slight foxing)London, 1728 £15,000

A EXCELLENT SET.

Cordier, Japonica p. 414-15; Cox I:332; Garrison-Morton 6374.11; Wellcome III:376.

Engelbert Kaempfer was a famous German doctor with a passion for travelling. He was secretary to the Swedish Ambassdor to Persia and left his employment to travel to Japan, in 1690 he arrived at Nagasaki and during his stay made two journeys to the Court of Jedo, returning to Europe in 1691.

After his death his unpublished manuscripts were purchased by Sir Hans Sloane who was at the time President of the Royal Colleges of Physicians, 1719-35. He engaged a Swiss doctor J. G. Scheuchzer, who was a member of the College, to translate Kaempfer's work into English.

This work is the first attempt by an European to describe Japan and the Japanese in depth, his book being first published in English in 1727, followed by the Latin edition 1728, Dutch and French 1729 and German 1777.

The second appendix which is present in this edition was not included in the first edition and comprises of an account of an English trading voyage to Japan which failed, owing to the fact that King Charles II of England was married to Catherine of Braganza, the Daughter of the King of Portugal. At this time, the Japanese, having banished all Portuguese from the Japanese Empire and still retained an implacable hatred towards the Portuguese.

19. Lewis (Captain M.) and Captain W. Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean Performed by Order of the Government of the United States, 1804-06, FIRST LONDON EDITION, folding map of the route and 5 maps on 3 leaves, 4to, full contemporary calf, panelled spine, gilt lines, red morocco letter-piece (joint repaired, end-papers and 5 maps on 3 leaves slightly foxed), housed in a cloth box, Published from the Official Report. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme,and Brown,1814. £20,000 Hill p.476; Howes L317; Sabin 40829; Wagner-Camp 13:2; Wheat Transmississippi 317

One of the most famous expedition of exploration in the U.S.A. history and the first overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back. They followed the Missouri River from its juncture with the Mississippi River to its source, and after crossing the continent explored the Columbia River from its source to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis wrote one of the most interesting narratives of North American exploration and Clark made excellent maps.

“Definitive account of the most important exploration of the North American continent”; (Wagner-Camp), including essential information on the geography, natural history, science and ethnography of the area explored. The book describes the U.S. Government-backed expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase undertaken from 1804 to 1806 by ascending the Missouri to its source, crossing the Rocky Mountains, and reaching the Pacific Ocean. In total, the expedition covered some eight thousand miles in slightly more than twenty-eight months. They brought back the first reliable information about much of the area they traversed, made contact with the Indian inhabitants as a prelude to the expansion of the fur trade, and advanced by a quantum leap the geographical knowledge of the continent.

LEWIS AND CLARKE CON’T.

The large folding map of the West recalls an extraordinary feat of cartography, accurately revealing much of the trans-Mississippi for the first time. Wheat notes that the map is almost identical to the Philadelphia version’s;”except for a few minor variations;. The observations in the text make it an essential work of American natural history, ethnography and science and it forms a worthy record of the first great U.S. government expedition. Copies of Lewis and Clark’s narrative have become increasingly difficult to find, especially in fine contemporary condition

20. Marsden (William)The History of Sumatra, containing an Account of the Government, Laws, Customs and Manners of the Native Inhabitants, with a Description of the Natural Productions, and a Relation of the Ancient Political State of that Island, THIRD[AND BEST] EDITION, with corrections, additions and plates, engraved plate of Sumatran alphabets, 4to, together with a folio atlas containing folding map, 27 engraved plates of plants, animals, weapons and views, on 19 plates of which 17 are stipple engravings and 2 are aquatints, each with 2 views. old style quarter calf, (Some slight spotting, map slightly repaired) bound uniform old style quarter calf, London, 1811

£3500

Bastin & Brommer, p.2, 3. Cordier, Indosinica 1107; Hill 1093.

Marsden was employed by the East India Company in Sumatra from 1771-79.

21. [Marra (John)] Journal of the "Resolution's " Voyage, 1772-75 on Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere...also a Journal of the "Adventure's" Voyage 1772-4...Interspersed with Historical and Geographical Descriptions of the Countries Discovered, FIRST EDITION, chart and 5 engraved plates, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, line gilt panelled spine, red letter piece, London, 1775 £8500

Holmes No. 16

An Anonymous account of Cook's second voyage published two years before the official narrative. The preface gives an interesting account of the reasons which caused Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander to withdraw from the expedition at the last moment.

John Marra was one of the gunner's mates on board the "Resolution".

22. [Maslen (T. J.)] The Friend of Australia; or, a Plan for Exploring the Interior, and for Carrying on a Survey of the Whole Continent of Australia, by a Retired Officer of the Hon. East India Company’s Service, FIRST EDITION, 24 + 428 + supplemental note 1 leaf, folding map of Australia, 16:5 x 13:5 ins. and 5 FINELY COLOURED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES by Hullmandel, 8vo, original cloth, printed paper label(slightly defective), some fading to the spine and covers, London, 1830 £5000

"Only 250 copies of this expensively got up work have been printed" Abbey No. 574.Ferguson, 1379..

Maslen has given considerable thought to the exploration of the whole of the continent of Australia. He reports in detail his plans to organise and provision the various expeditions, he also refers to past explorations.

The excellent coloured plates used to illustrate this book is the work of the author's imagination, depicting various modes of travel and a proposed plan for an Australian town.

1. "The Expedition Crossing a River in Australia." Showing men in basket boats and raft carrying men and horses, in the foreground tents, palm trees, men and horses carrying the basket boats.

2. "Carrying Large Canoes with the Expedition in Australia." By using four horse's, men and bullocks are also in the illustration.

3. "The Expedition in a Desert in Australia." With a train of camels, each laden with a pair of Persian chairs similar in shape to a sedan.

4. "Plan of a town for Australia."

5. "A Australian Flag.";

23. Mongkut (S.P.P.M, King of Siam) Autograph Letter, signed to Sir James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak, 1 page, together with 2 printed pages of text also with astronomical information, sm. 8vo, unbound as issued(with 2 red ink metal die cast stamps ROYAL SEAL ?, 1. Mongkut’s name, 2. Decorative stamp) Royal Palace, Bangkok, 17th January, 1867 £2500

A friendly letter to Sir James Brooke wishing him a Happy new Year for 1867 and explaining that in astronomical measurements for the solar year Anno Christi 1867 is in the Siamese Astronomical system the year 4,968 of the Kaliyug.

The asteroid 151834 Mongkut is named in honour of King Mongkut’s for his contribution to astronomy and the modernisation of Siam.

PRINCIPALITY OF POYAIS[HONDURAS]

24. Gregor MacGregory. Four Poyaisian Land Grant Certificates, size 38 cm. x 49 cm. each folded to 8vo size, 2 Poyaisian Land Debenture and 1 Receipt, all signed and dated(2 certificates soiled and torn at folds and laid down on paper, 1 certificate with 3 small holes affecting a few words) 1830-1840

£2500

Gregor MacGregory fought in the Venezuelan War of Independence with the rank of Colonel, when the war ended he visited Honduras and obtained from King Frederic Augustus 12,500 square miles of virgin rich lands which only lacked settlers to develop on the Mosquito Coast.

Upon his return to England he begun to sell plots of land, for the rich and offered 2000 bonds at £100 each which resulted in £200,000 in sales, he also sold the rights to be craftsmen in his country.

MacGregory became a very rich man and all the investors lost their money. The land he had obtained from King Frederic Augustus contained four run down buildings and surrounded by uninhabitable jungle, no fertile lands, gold or silver mines.

PROPOSED MISSIONARY TRADERS

25. London Missionary Society: Sermons Preached in London, at the Formation of the Missionary Society, September 22,23,24, 1795: to which are prefixed, Memorials Respecting the Established and First Attempts of that Society, FIRST EDITION, 32 + 184 pages, 8vo, old style boards, leather letter-piece, London, 1795 £1250

Forbes 251, Ferguson 226.

This important work contains a memoir of 24 pages by The Reverend Haweis, dealing with the problems of missionary enterprise in the South Sea Islands. The Method of transporting the missionaries could be solved by sending a ship belonging to the Society to Port Jackson or Norfolk Islands carrying supplies or convicts to cover expenses, then sail to Tahiti, land the missionaries and return to England via Nootka Sound for fur, or alternately engage in trade similar to Southern Fishery and return with blubber, whale oil, seal skins, etc.

26. [Ramsey (Allan)] An Enquiry into the Rights of the East-India Company of making War and Peace; and of Possessing their Territorial Acquisitions without the Participation of Inspection of the British Government. In a Letter to the Proprietors of East-India stock. Written in the Year 1769. And now first published, FIRST EDITION, 8 + 28 pages, 8vo, boards, leather letter-piece, Printed for W. Shropshire and S. Bladon, London, 1772 £450

This book was actually a letter from Walter Shropshire, a shareholder of the East India Company at the time he wrote it. It gives the official British viewpoint and the post-colonial Indian viewpoint, also it gives a look at what the common man in London thought of the East India Company’s activities.

27. Scott (J. George) Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States. —In Five Volumes. —Compiled from Official Papers by J. George Scott, Barrister-at-Law, CLE., M.R.A.S., F.R. G. S.., Assisted by J. P. Hardiman I. C. S. FIRST EDITION, 5 vols, imp. 8vo, original black cloth, gilt lettering(1 joint expertly repaired, 2 vols, recased), Printed by the Superintendent, Government Printing Burma, Rangoon, 1900-01 £8500

Map of Upper Burma.Map of Trade Routes of Bhamo Namkhan.Plan of the City of Ava, King’s Palace.Plan of Kaunghmudaw Pagoads.Large folding plate titled ‘Charms of Invulnerability’;.

21 photographs by Sir George Scott, of various ethnic tribes and people, scenery and views.

14 plates of trades being produced some partly coloured and folding.

4 of spinning and weaving.2 of cotton garments being produced.8 of various pottery &c.; toys.

Cordier (H.) Bibliotheca Indosinica, 1912 pp. 8-9.Herbert (Patricia M.) Burma, No. 111.

Sir (James) George Scott, KCIE 25 December 1851 – 4 April 1935) was a Scottish journalist and colonial administrator who helped establish British colonial rule in Burma, He was born in Dairsie, the second son of a Presbyterian minister.

A forgotten Scottish explorer of colonial-era Burma, Scott was also a pioneering photographer, as well as a gifted and prolific writer.

Part I. —Vol. I. pp. 2-+-2 -727 -X.

Chap. I. Physical Geography. — II. History. — The reigns of King Mindôn and King Thibaw from Burmese Sources. —III. History. —The causes which led to the Third Burmese War and the Annexation of Upper Burma. — IV. The first year after the Annexation. —

V. Final paci- fication. —VI. The Shan States and the Tai. —VII. The Kachin Hills and the Chingpaw—VIII. The Chin Hills and the Chin Tribes, IX. Ethnology with Vocabularies.

Part I- Vol 2, — Vol. II, pp. 560 + VIII + XI.

Chap. X. Religion and its Semblances. XI. Palace Customs and Burma under Native Rule. Archaeology. XII. Geology and Economies Mineralogy.XIII. Forest and other Vegetation. XIV Agriculture and Industrial ArtsXV.Revenue administration past and present; Population and Trade.XVI. Government and Administration under the Burmese Kings. — Glossary

Part II — Vol. I. pp. XI+549. Contents. Gazetteer {A-eng Kywe-zin)

Part II. — Vol. II. pp. XVI+802 Contents. —Gazetteer (Laban—Pyu-yaung.)

Part II. —Vol. III. pp. X11+437+VIII. Contents. —Gazetteer (Ralang—Zi-thaung.) —Glossary to Part II.

“This massive work described in over 3000 pages, is arranged in two parts: (in two volumes) contains, in the first volume, an introduction to the physical geography of Burma, an account of Burmese history from 1852, and of the British annexation and pacification; of Upper Burma(from 1885 through to the late 1890s) with chapters on the Shan States, Kachin Hills and Chin Hills, and a detailed ethnographical section with alphabets and vocabularies; in the second volume are chapters on religion, including cosmology, the spirits, talismans and tattooing, palace customs, including court language, titles, royal and monastic architecture, temples and Pagan images, geology and mineralogy, forestry, agriculture and industrial arts, including weaving, dyeing, pottery, brass and paper making, revenue administration, population and trade. Part two(in three volumes) consists of the full gazetteer arranged in alphabetical order of place names with extensive notes and statistical data. The indexes to each volume helps access this material also there is a geographical index to each volume, plans of the Mandalay Palace and Mingun, photographs showing ethnic minorities, drawings of cabbalistic design, spinning, weaving implements, pottery and costume. A monumental work valued for its ethnographical and historical information.&c.” Herbert: Burma, No. 111

SUGAR TRADE

28. Considerations on the Bill Now depending in Parliament, Concerning the British Sugar-Colonies in America. Wherein All the Arguments for Support of the said Bill are considered. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament, FIRST EDITION, 24 pages, 8vo, boards, leather letter-piece, J. Peele, London, 1731 £450

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Referring to the sugar producers and people of Barbados, the author says “there was found amongst the Inhabitants of Barbados, where I resided, Industry, Frugality, Sobriety, and Temperance... The Bill now depending in Parliament, if it pass into Law, will make them Monopolists of all the Sugars... throughout His Majesty’s... Dominions”.

29. Tailfer (Pat.)Georgia: A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia in America, From the First Settlement thereof, until this present Period; Containing, The most authentic Facts, Matters, and Transactions therein. Together with His Majesty’s Charter, Representations of the People, Letters, &c. and a Dedication to His Excellency General Oglethorpe. By Pat Tailfer, M. D. Hugh Anderson, M. A. Da. Douglas, and other, Landholders in Georgia, at present at Charles-Town in South Carolina, FIRST LONDON EDITION, title-page + 16 + 112 pages, 8vo, old style marble boards leather spine, Printed for P. Timothy, in Charles-Town, South Carolina, and sold by J. Crokatt, in Fleet-Street, London, [1741] £2000

Willingham Georgia 3. Howes T6, “b”, De Renne, p.96. Church 940. Clark 1:161, Streeter Sale, 1147. Bell T7. Sabin 94217. Tyler II. p.

“The most interesting of all books about Georgia written in the colonial period, for attack is almost always more interesting than praise. The authors were driven out of Georgia and took refuge in Charleston in 1740, and they give here their account of what they felt to be Oglethorpe’s despotism. The work is a masterpiece of invective and one of the cornerstones of the historical literature of Georgia. John Wesley was at Savannah at this time, and the book charges him with arbitrary conduct, especially after his attempts to marry a lady who refused him and instead married Mr. William Williamson of Savannah” Streeter.

Tyler calls it “one of the most expert pieces of writing to be met with in our early literature”

30. [Wellesley (RT. Hon. Richard Marquis, K.G.)] Notes Relative to the Peace concluded between the British Government and the Marhatta Chieftains, and to the various questions arising out of the terms of the Pacification, FIRST EDITION, 110 pages(last blank) + advertisement of books published by John Stockdale 2 pages, 4to, modern cloth, edges uncut, John Stockdale, London, 1805 £750

The invasion of Mysore followed in February 1799, and the campaign was brought to a swift conclusion by the capture of Seringapatam on 4 May 1799 and the killing of Tipu Sultan. In 1803, the restoration of the Peshwa proved the prelude to the Mahratha war against Sindhia and the raja of Berar, in which his brother Arthur took a leading role. The result of these wars and of the treaties which followed them was that French influence in India was extinguished, that forty million people and ten millions of revenue were added to the British dominions, and that the powers of the Maratha and all other princes were so reduced that Britain became the true dominant authority over all India. He found the East India Company a trading body, but left it an imperial power.

31. Whately (R., Archbishop of Dublin) Thoughts on Secondary Punishments, in a Letter to Earl Grey, to which are appended, two articles on Transportation to New South Wales, and on Secondary Punishments; and some Observations on Colonization, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original cloth, leather label on spine, London, 1832 £550

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