* Robert O’Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860 by Andrew Jackson (1862), first edition of one of the key books in the saga of the 2,000-mile Burke and Wills expedition, the first European south-north crossing of Australia – AU$1,800
* A Voyage Round the World, in the Gorgon Man of War by Mary Ann Parker (1795) [together with] An Account of a Voyage to estalish a colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait, on the south coast of New South Wales, by James Hingston Tuckey (1805), first editions of two highly important works on the fledgling colony, bound together: Parker’s account is the first eye-witness account of Australia by a European woman, Tuckey’s narrative is the foundational work for Victoria and Tasmania – AU$22,500
“We are thrilled to be back in Melbourne after a hiatus of a few years," says Pom Harrington, owner of Peter Harrington. "The Melbourne Rare Book Fair is one of the only major rare book fairs to take place in the southern hemisphere, and we expect our selection of early printed works on Australia to attract considerable interest among institutional collectors. We have gathered some significant rarities of exceptional interest to this part of the world, and it is fantastic to finally have the chance to show them in Australia."
