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Octavo, 92 volumes. Mostly bound (23 volumes unbound) in a mixture of publisher's boards and black half morocco with a red label, a very good set.

Octavo, 33 volumes. Five volumes in binder's cloth and 1953 reprint of Reports and Bulletins, the rest in the original wrappers.

2 dated 1855 and 1859- featuring New South Wales two pence stamps.

Octavo, 95 volumes, numerous coloured plates (many handcoloured). A very good set in mixed bindings (binder's cloth and half morocco), the signature of E. Hopkinson on the pastedown of volume one and his ownership stamp in subsequent volumes, very scarce.

Octavo, 27 volumes. First series volumes 1-8; Second series volumes 1-7; Third series volumes 1-12. With numerous plates, many coloured; the first 24 volumes in publisher’s cloth, gilt-decorated in the two later series, the final three volumes in binder’s cloth, most volumes retaining the printed wrappers.

91 volumes. A handsome complete set in a mixture of original and imitation "Emu" bindings (green cloth, round back, bevelled boards, gilt Emu design), very scarce and desirable in this condition.

Large quarto, two volumes, 411 pp. two photographic frontispieces, 23 uncoloured lithographs. Publisher's red gilt blindstamped cloth, two library numbers on spines, red biro library numbers on blank recto of frontispieces, a few spots affecting the plates. A bright crisp handsome set with two paper ex-libris on the front pastedowns, one with the note "This is copy No. 21 of 25 copies ... printed on special paper". The rare thick paper set almost certainly published for presentation.

Folio, 292 pp. colour plates by Rosemary Woodford Ganf. Publisher's cloth covered boards with embossed brown calf inset, limited edition of 1000 copies signed and numbered by author and artist, fine copy.

Octavo, 888 pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. SUPPLEMENTS: publisher's printed boards, some slight wear. The first supplement inscribed "Miss Flora H. Campbell with the author's compliments March 15th 1886", scarce particularly with all the supplements.

Octavo, eight volumes, 3768 pp. 37 (34 coloured) plates. Publisher's red cloth, a handsome clean set.

Large quarto, 522 pp. 126 photographs, text illustrations. Publisher's paper covered boards with cloth spine showing slight wear, slightly shaken, signature on front free endpaper, a very good copy.

Eleven copper engraved plates, à la poupée and finished by hand, each with the publisher's and printer's blindstamp, numbered and initialed by the printer, in window mounts with title, loosely contained in cloth-backed portfolios, in the publisher's spectacular solander box as issued.

65 copper engraved plates, à la poupée and finished by hand, each with the publisher's and printer's blindstamp, numbered and initialed by the printer, in window mounts with title, loosely contained in cloth-backed portfolios, in three publisher's spectacular solander boxes as issued.

Octavo, eight volumes, 3564 pp. 86 (85 coloured) plates, text illustrations, folding maps. Publisher's cloth, apart from a few minor corner bumps, a fine set.

Octavo, eight volumes, 3564 pp. colour plates, folding maps. Publisher's cloth, apart from a few minor corner bumps and slight wear, a good set with the ownership stamp of Josph M. Forshaw.

Octavo, three volumes, 748 pp. 27 colour plates, text illustrations. Contemporary blue half calf, some shelf wear and marks, signature, otherwise in very good condition.

Quarto, 31 lithographic plates (the first six plates handcoloured) by F. W. Frohawk. [5 parts] in a single volume [all published]. Contemporary half morocco, lacks title page, with the bookplates of John E. Thayer and H. Bradley Martin, a handsome copy free of blemishes.

Folio, four volumes, 90 coloured plates by Thorburn, Grönvold, Lodge and others, 88 photographs, map. Handsome red publisher's cloth, limited to 600 numbered copies, a fine set.

Octavo, 443 pp. portrait plate, nine tipped-in coloured plates and 55 uncoloured plates. Publisher's presentation blue morocco, some very minor shelf wear otherwise a fine copy.

Octavo, 456 pp. eight handcoloured lithographs by George French Angas. Publisher's blindstamped purple cloth, some fading and blemishes otherwise a very good copy, scarce in this condition.