b'136906HENRY WIDOWSON,Present State of Van Diemens Land; comprising an account of its Agricultural Capabilities with Observations on the present state of farming &c. &c. pursued in that Colony: And other important matters connected with Emigration.,[London : S. Robinson, 1st ed.], 1829, octavo, xviii, 200pp; half calf over marbled paper boards; spine with gilt lettering on leather label; engraved map as frontispiece attached to upper board (which is detached). Bookplate of James Edge-Partington to inside front cover.The last two pages provide details of land availability and acquisition at the newly established settlement at Swan River in Western Australia.$200300 907The HOBART TOWN Almanack for the year MDCCCXXX, [1830], With Embellishments,[Hobart Town : James Ross, 1830]; 272pp,with 9 plates etched by Thomas Bock including 7 showing views in Van Diemens :and 2 showing telegraph signals and maritime flags (hand coloured), together with a title page showing a pair of cockatoos;original cloth over boards with later cloth title label to spine. Ferguson 1366.GH Hutchins, Liverpool Street, Hobart Town, 1 August 1830 ownership inscription.$1,5002,000908The VAN DIEMENS LAND ANNIVERSARY and HOBART-TOWN Almanack for the year 1831. With Embellishments.[Hobart Town : James Ross, 1831]; xxxii 296pp,Ex 907(small tear/loss to p.245/6);rebound; with folding frontispiece map, engraved title page featuring cockatoos, folding plate of the Church and911Orphans Schools in Newtown; eight plates, two maps,William Henry BRETON, R.N.,engraved by Thomas Bock and C. Bruce. Excursions in New South Wales, Western Australia, and Van Ferguson 1492. Diemans Land, during the years 1830, 1831, 1832, and 1833.$8001,200[London : Richard Bentley, 1834, Second Revised edition, with additions.], iv, xii, 420, with an aquatint frontispiece, in-text 909 illustration and a lithographic plate,James BISCHOFF, 19th century green binding with marbled paper with printed title label to spine. Ferguson 1745.Sketch of the History of Van Diemans Land,With the bookplate of Hugh Munro Hull (1818-1882) and with a illustrated by a map of the Island, and an accountmanuscript dedication dated January 1843 at Hobart Town.of the Van Diemens Land Company. $400500[London : John Richardson, 1832 1st ed.] hardcover; xii, 260pp, with 2 engraved plates; the folding map is absent; with paper spine label and the ownership notation of912H. Kingscote 12 April 1832 to blank inside front cover. Henry Walter PARKER,Bischoffs book was intended for distribution to theVan Diemens Land: its Rise, Progress, and Present State: Companys shareholders and to encourage potential investors. with Advice to Emigrants.$200300[London : J. Cross and Simpkin and Marshall; 1834, 2nd edition], 244, xiv, 22 (addenda), iii, adverts; folding hand-910 coloured map;The Hobart Town Almanack for the Year 1832. original cloth binding with paper title label to spine; With Embellishments, 1 folding map (Launceston), lackswith chapters on the aborigines, convicts and the pictorial title, plates and a 2nd map, original green cloth withVan Diemens Land Company.leather-reinforced spine, $300500 [Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land: Printed by James Ross],Ownership signature of Montague Wm Darling to title page.$300500 '