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John ELLIS, F.R.S., “An Essay towards a Natural History of 
the Corallines, and other Marine Productions of the like Kind, 
commonly found on the Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland....”; 
[London : for the Author, 1755, first edition]; quarto, engraved 
fold-out frontispiece and 39 plates, xvii, [x], 104pp; modern 
half calf; spine with 5 raised bands.
$300–500 ❖
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JAMES COOK and JAMES KING, “A Voyage to the Pacific 
Ocean...for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. 
To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of 
North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability 
of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the 
Direction of Captains COOK, CLERKE, and GORE.....” in three 
volumes, [LONDON : W. and A. STRAHAN, 1784, 
first edition]; retaining only 23 of the plates and 
charts listed in the table of contents, the three 
volumes are attractively bound in half calf and 
cloth covered boards with morocco labels to the 
spines lettered in gilt.
$1,000–1,500
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John HUNTER (1737-1821), “An Historical 
Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and 
Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have 
been made in New South Wales and in the 
Southern Ocean, since the Publication of Phillip’s 
Voyage, compiled from the Official Papers; 
Including the Journals of Governors Phillip and 
King, and of Lieut. Ball; and the Voyages from the 
first Sailing of the Sirius in 1787, to the Return 
of that Ship’s Company to England in 1792”, by 
John Hunter Esqr. Post Captain in his Majesty’s 
Navy. [LONDON : John Stockdale; 1st edition, 
1793]; later half calf binding with gilt decorations 
and marbled boards; original endpapers, neat pen 
dedication dated 1833.
The title text continues “Illustrated with 
seventeen Maps, Charts, Views and other 
embellishments, Drawn on the Spot by Captains 
Hunter, & Bradley, Lieutenant Dawes, & Governor King”. All 
the plates and maps are present, as is the list of subscribers.
Hunter was the second Governor of New South Wales 1795 
to 1800 and this is one of the most important early books 
concerning the English takeover of Australia. The book 
contains the earliest published view of Sydney, View of the 
settlement on Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, 20th August 1788.
$2,000–3,000
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