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HUNTER, JOHN (CAPTAIN). AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS AT PORT JACKSON AND NORFOLK ISLAND WITH THE DISCOVERIES WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE IN NEW SOUTH WALES AND OIN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF PHILLIP'S VOYAGE. LONDON: FOR JOHN STOCKDALE, 1793. 4° (293 X 233MM.). ENGRAVED TITLE WITH VIGNETTE, OVAL PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE OF HUNTER AFTER R.DIGHTON, 5PP. LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS, 15 ENGRAVED CHARTS AND PLATES, TWO FOLDING (SOME SPOTTING). CONTEMPORARY CALF-BACKED BOARDS (SPINE WORN). PROVENANCE: THE EARL ST.GERMANS (ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE). FIRST EDITION. Ferguson 152; Hill pp.151-152. - HAWKESWORTH, John. An Account of the Voyages... for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London: for W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1773. 3 volumes, 4° (281 x 228mm.). 49 plates, plans and charts only (of 51, lacking 'Matavai Bay...' from vol.II, and 'Chart of part of the coast of New South Wales...' from vol.III, one folding map torn, some spotting). Contemporary calf (spines worn). Provenance: The Earl St.Germans (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. - With an incomplete copy of Cook's A Voyage towards the South Pole and round the World..., 2 volumes, London, 1777. (6)