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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New. In 1800-2 the naval officer James Grant (1772-1833) sailed the Lady Nelson to Australia in order to test a new design of keel. This 1803 publication describes the sea trials, together with his impressions of Cape Town and Australia, their natural history and their indigenous and colonial populations.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New. In 1800-2 the naval officer James Grant (1772-1833) sailed the Lady Nelson to Australia in order to test a new design of keel. This 1803 publication describes the sea trials, together with his impressions of Cape Town and Australia, their natural history and their indigenous and colonial populations.

Cambridge University Press, 2011-11-24. 1. Paperback. Used:Good.

(Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia: 1973) Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 28 of the London Edition of 1803. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. xxvi, 195 (268 x 220 mm). Illustrated with Elegant Engravings. Lower edge of rear board a little bumped; otherwise near fine.

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1973 (facsimile edition)/ 1803. Quarto, [xxxiv], 195 pages plus a large folding plan, 6 plates (one in colour) and a folding map. Cloth; top edge a little foxed; an excellent copy. Peade A28: one of only 511 copies.

Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Aust., 1973.. xxvi+196pp. 4to. Original red cloth. Fold-out sliding keel frontis. Folding map. Colour and b/w plates. No dustwrapper issued. A near fine copy.. A facsmile of the 1803 edition.

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1973 (facsimile edition)/ 1803. Quarto, [xxxiv], 195 pages plus a large folding plan, 6 plates (one in colour) and a folding map. Cloth very slightly marked; an excellent copy. Peade A28: one of only 511 copies.

Melbourne, Heritage Publications, n.d.. Facsimile Edition; 4to; pp. (ii), (xii), v-xxvi, 195; large folding frontispiece (A Sketch of the Boats & a Cutter with Sliding Keels,....), 1 full-page colour illustrations, 4 b/w. full-page illustrations, 1 folding colour map, ( The Southern Part of New Holland), appendix; original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, no dustjacket, small tear to margin of folding sketch, otherwise a very good copy. Includes remarks by the Master and Lieutenant on performance of the sliding keel and the ship. Interestingly the meeting with an American whaler at the Falklands and the exchange of supplies and information on the use of potatoes to prevent scurvy. Captain Grant also took his vessel to Wilson's Promontory, Western Port bay and Churchill Island where he planted crops.

(Melbourne, Heritage Publications), n.d.. Facsimile Edition; 4to; pp. (ii), (xii), v-xxvi, 195; large folding frontispiece (A Sketch of the Noats & a Cutter with Sliding Keels), 1 full-page colour illustrations, 4 b/w. full-page illustrations, 1 folding colour map, ( The Southern Part of New Holland), appendix; original red cloth, dustjacket, foxing to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy.

Melbourne: Heritage Publications., [1975]. Facsimile edition. Quarto. Publisher's original red cloth with titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with a large folding frontispiece, one colour plate, four black and white plates, and a folding colour map. A very good copy, the binding square and firm. The contents with some spotting to the edges of the textblock, toning to the pastedowns, minor wear to the paper covering the front hinge, and a minor 1cm tear to the blank inner margin of the folding frontispiece are otherwise in very good order. The unclipped dustwrapper with some fading to the spine, light spotting verso and a little shelf-wear to the extremities is likewise very good. A facsimile of the 1803 London edition of Grant's account of his exploration of New South Wales.

Facsimile edition; 4to; pp. (ii), (xii), v-xxvi, 195; large folding frontispiece (A Sketch of the Noats & a Cutter with Sliding Keels,....), 1 full-page colour illustrations, 4 b/w. full-page illustrations, 1 folding colour map, ( The Southern Part of New Holland), appendix; original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, bookplate on front endpaper, small tear to margin of folding sketch, otherwise a very good copy. (Melbourne, Heritage Publications, n.d). Includes remarks

Melbourne, Heritage Publications, n.d.. Facsimile Edition; 4to; pp. (ii), (xii), v-xxvi, 195; large folding frontispiece (A Sketch of the Boats & a Cutter with Sliding Keels,....), 1 full-page colour illustrations, 4 b/w. full-page illustrations, 1 folding colour map, ( The Southern Part of New Holland), appendix; original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, light browning to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy. Includes remarks by the Master and Lieutenant on performance of the sliding keel and the ship. Interestingly the meeting with an American whaler at the Falklands and the exchange of supplies and information on the use of potatoes to prevent scurvy. Captain Grant also took his vessel to Wilson's Promontory, Western Port bay and Churchill Island where he planted crops.

Cambridge University Press. paperback. New. 8x0x11. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: C. Raworth, 1803. Quarto, with a large folding plan, chart, coloured plate of a cockatoo and five other engravings including a portrait of Bennelong; complete with the "List of the Encouragers" and the blank leaf; a handsome copy, with wide margins, in contemporary calf, respined to match by Aquarius. First edition: a very handsome copy of this desirable work on early Australian coastal exploration. The Lady Nelson was the first ship to be built with sliding keels to allow closer exploration of shallow coastal waters. James Grant was born in Scotland in 1772; in 1800, as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, he brought the Lady Nelson to Australia in company with HMS Porpoise. He sailed the unusually designed ship through Bass Strait, the first to do so from the west and, on arrival at Sydney, discovered that he had missed Flinders to whom he was to deliver the ship and was sent back to survey the south-western coast of the continent, assisted by Francis Barrallier. However, because of the… Read More