Collection of 6 books on Australia and Oceania: - Lot 263

Collection of 6 books on Australia and Oceania: 1. RAYNAL (François-Edouard): Les naufragés ou vingt mois sur un récif des îles Auckland. Authentic account. Illustrated with 40 woodcuts by A. de Neuville and accompanied by a map. Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1870. One volume. 16.5 by 26.5 cm. 1 portrait included in pagination-VIII-374-(2) pages + 1 double-page h.t. map. Contemporary brown half-chagrin, spine with 4 ornate nerves, gilt edges. Small light wetness in lower margin of first 20 ff. and last 2 (not serious). Very rare scattered foxing. In-text illustrations, including 40 plates. First edition. J.A. Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia VII-14751. The work was translated into English in 1880. According to Simon Lays, Jules Verne drew inspiration for his novel L'île mystérieuse from this incredible adventure. 2. PERRON D'ARC (H.): Adventures of a traveler in Australia. Nine months among the Nagarnooks. Second edition. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1870. One volume. 10.5 by 17.5 cm. (4)-351 pages. Publisher's full percaline. Prized copy with the lycée's iron on the upper cover removed. Scattered foxing. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1869). Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia 14036. Perron d'Arc, a gold prospector, provides here a first-hand account of life in Australia in the 19th century. 3. LEROY-BEAULIEU (Pierre): The new Anglo-Saxon societies. Australia - New Zealand - Southern Africa. Paris, Armand Colin et Cie, 1897. One volume. 11.5 by 18 cm. VIII-493 pages. Contemporary red half-chagrin, 5-rib spine, cover boards preserved, gilt head. Copy in very good condition. Copy of the French consul in Melbourne, with an autograph letter from the author on the title page. First edition. Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia VI-11590 a. 4 (Oceania). RAINAUD (Armand): Le continent Austral, hypothèses et découvertes. Paris, Armand Colin, 1893. One volume. 16.5 by 25 cm. (8)-490-(2) pages. Paperback, in printed cover, uncut. Small tears without missing on top and bottom of spine, some foxing, otherwise very good condition. Many in-text illustrations. First edition. O'Reilly and Reitman 124. "Remarkable doctoral dissertation on the history of the notion of the southern continent and its slow progressive retreat in the face of nineteenth-century navigators' explorations of the Pacific. A basic book, giving an overview of the history of early studies concerning Oceania." (O'Reilly and Reitman). 5 (Oceania.). MONFAT (Father Antoine): Ten years in Melanesia. Historical and religious study. Lyon, Vitte,1891. One volume. 13 by 22.5 cm. (4)-371 pp. + 2 portraits + 1 folding map h.t. Modern fawn half-chagrin with corners, ornate spine (with iron from the GRUAZ library), cover boards cons. Stamps of a former owner. Well-bound copy. (55269) First edition. "The first general history of the Marist foundation's missions in San Cristobal (Salomons), New Caledonia, as well as Woodlark (Murua) and Rock (Papua New Guinea islands). The work provided basic details for further studies..." (Garry W. T......, Religions of Melanesia, A bibliographic survey, no. 287). 6. MERRUAU (Paul): Convicts in Australia. (1851-1852). Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1853. One volume. 10.5 by 17 cm. (4)-236-(3) pages + 8 pp. (Bibliothèque des chemins de fer). Contemporary fawn half-basane, spine with 4 ornate nerves. Binding in very good condition, with scattered foxing. First edition. Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia VI-12258. Well-documented historical novel.