Rare and Collectible

A scarce, pocket-sized early 20th-century field handbook detailing the native bird species of Tasmania and its surrounding islands. Compiled by noted scientist Clive E. Lord in conjunction with the Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club, this 48-page booklet is an important primary document for early Australian ornithology collectors.

A first-edition copy of Bishop Nixon's narrative of his visit to the Bass Strait islands, featuring his original woodcut illustrations. This particular copy carries an interesting chain of Tasmanian ownership spanning over a century.

The first edition of N.J.B. Plomley's landmark work — the edited journals and papers of George Augustus Robinson covering his time among the Aboriginal peoples of Van Diemen's Land from 1829 to 1834. Robinson was the colonial government's self-appointed "Conciliator" to the Aboriginal population during the Black War period, and his journals are among the most detailed primary source records of that era.

An official government handbook of Tasmania, issued by the Government of Tasmania and printed by John Vail, the state's Government Printer through much of this era. Produced to promote the colony/state to prospective visitors, combining statistical, geographical and descriptive material with photographs and maps of the island.