Australasia.- Askew (John) A Voyage to Australia & New Zealand...By a Steerage Passenger, with 6pp. list of subscribers, pencil signature of John Dixon at head of title and pastedown, lightly browned, occasional soiling, stain to inner margin of a few leaves, upper hinge broken, original cloth, a little soiled and worn, split to upper joint, [Ferguson 6151; Hocken p.187], London & Cockermouth, 1857 § [Wilson (Edward)] Rambles at the Antipodes: A Series of Sketches of Moreton Bay, New Zealand, the Murray River and South Australia, 12 tinted lithographed plates by S.T.Gill, 2 folding maps hand-coloured in outline, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original pictorial orange cloth, gilt, spine slightly faded, [Ferguson 18649; Hocken p.197], 1859 § Harcus (William) Handbook for Emigrants proceeding to South Australia, large folding map, plate with graph of population/acres sold & cultivated, 2 folding tables of rates of wages and retail prices, map a little spotted and frayed at edge with tear, front free endpaper defective at head, original pink wrappers, rubbed and soiled, lacking upper wrapper, [Ferguson 10228], Adelaide, W.Cox, 1873 § Wood (James) The Tasmanian Royal Kalendar, Colonial Register, and Almanack, 1849, title in red & black, calendar interleaved with ruled paper, 2 mounted chromolithographed illustrations of flag signals for Hobart Town & Launceston, numerous advertisements at end, one folding, illustrations, browned, contemporary sheep-backed boards, rubbed, rebacked, [Ferguson 5210], Launceston & Hobart Town, 1849, all first editions, 12mo (4)

⁂ The first mentioned is scarce with only 6 copies listed by COPAC and only one by WorldCat. Some copies, including the British Library copy, do not contain the 6pp. list of subscribers called for by Ferguson (although not by Hocken). The third is a rare handbook; only one copy listed on COPAC (Oxford University), 6 on WorldCat with Oxford copy only in UK. The folding map locates post towns and telegraphs stations, the Australia Overland Telegraph Line having being completed only the previous year, in 1872. The Tasmanian almanac is also scarce, COPAC listing only 2 copies (BL & Oxford).