211 YOUNG, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803–1870), Governor ofTasmania signature and seal on February 1856 vellum Land Grant by Purchase in favour of William HENTY for one acre and one rood in the Parish of Seaford, County of Dorset, Island ofTasmania, specifically a lot bounded by Forster Street and Gunn Street in Invermay. Sir Henry Edward Fox Young was the fifth Governor of South Australia, serving in that role from August 1848 until December 1854. He was then the first Governor of Tasmania, from 1855 until 1861. William HENTY (b.1808 Sussex, England) moved to Tasmania in 1837 and for over 20 years practised as a solicitor. In 1857 he was elected a member of the legislative council for Tamar and was Colonial Secretary in the Weston cabinet. He held this office for five and a half years until his resignation in 1862. He was also an Australian cricketer, who played two games for Tasmania in 1851. He has the distinction of having participated in the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia, and having bowled the first ever ball in a first class cricket match in Australia. He opened the bowling for Tasmania in both innings, and took 4/52, and 5/26 for 9/78 for the match. He returned to England in 1862, where he remained until his death on 11 July 1881. $500–750 ❖ 212 YOUNG, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803–1870), Governor of Tasmania signature and seal on March 1856 vellum Land Grant by Purchase in favour of Frederick GREEN for “Two acres, two Roods and eight Perches” being an allotment “in the Township of York Town” at the corner of Kemp Street and the Esplanade. $300–500 ❖ 213 YOUNG, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803–1870), Governor ofTasmania autograph and seal on vellum Land Grant by Purchase dated February 1858 in favour of Edward John DAWES for “five acres, in the Suburbs of theTownship of Westbury” being a plot of land bounded by King Street and Smith Street.The document is also signed by William HENTY, in his capacity as Colonial Secretary. The five acre section referred to in the document is also adjacent to Five Acre Row; Smith Street and King St are still exactly as located when Westbury was laid out in 1828 by the Van Diemen’s Land Company. $300–500 ❖ BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS 214 Group of books and souvenir albums including "Sydney and Surroundings N.S.W. 71 Views", "Ricordo Di Napoli", "Ricordo Di Roma", "Paris", "Gems of Marlborough", "Sunderland and District", "Edinburgh", religious texts, autograph album circa 1917 , booklet "Broome’s One Day War" and "Great Britain and the European Crisis 1914", (12 items). $120–200 ❖ 215 COOK’S Voyage and Commodore ANSON’S Voyage around the world, group of 50 maps and book plate engravings, 18th century. $300–500 ❖ 216 GEORGII III. REGIS and VICTORIAE REGINAE: 27 editions of Government papers concerning Australian colonial matters, 1819-1866. $200–400 ❖ 217 Collection of 60 engravings, book plates and supplements, some hand coloured, mostly Australian themes, 19th century. $200–300 ❖ 218 "The Bryant and May Museum Of Fire-Making Appliances" Catalogue Of the exhibition, by Miller Christy [Lon. 1926], five shilling edition in red boards with black cloth spine, some toning to the end pages, minor wear to boards and spine, otherwise a good firm copy. $200–300 ❖ 219 NEW ZEALAND & ETHNOGRAPHIC: Quantity of news clippings and engravings, 18th and 19th century. $100–200 ❖ 220 AUSTRALIA: Large quantity of news clippings and engravings, 19th century. $150–250 ❖ 221 "Spinifex And Sand" by The Hon. David W. Carnegie [1898, Lon], first edition with pictorial embossed brown cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine and gilt top edge, 4 folding maps (two in endpocket), nice endorsement "To George Macdonald from his friend Queensbury, Feb 8th, 1900", good firm and complete copy, first map torn, some mild fading and rough edges, clean throughout. $2,500–3,000 ❖ 222 The Hobart Town Gazette (Friday, March 1, 1839) No.1187 , Scarce colonial newspaper includes absconded convicts and judicial matters, expiry of sentences for convicts, sale of Crown land and other notices. $100–200 222 Abbreviations Instances of 'mss' used in descriptions refers to manuscripts or handwritten documents. 30