A Louis Becke Bibliography
A First Fleet Family: a hitherto unpublished narrative of certain remarkable adventures complied from the papers of Sergeant William Dew of the Marines / by Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
1896. London, T. Fisher Unwin (Unwin's colonial library) xvi, 271 pp, 1 folded leaf of maps, 20 cm 1896. London, T. Fisher Unwin xvi, 271 pp, 1 folded leaf of maps, 21 cm 1896. New York, Macmillan and Co. xviii, 272 pp, 14 leaves of plates, ill, map (fold.), 20 cm
Admiral Phillip: the Founding of New South Wales / by Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
1899. London, T. Fisher Unwin, Builders of Great Britain 336 pp, ill, 20 cm
Adventures of a Supercargo, The
1905. London, T. Fisher Unwin 295 pp, 20 cm 1906. (1925 printing). London, T. Fisher Unwin 285 pp, 20 cm
Adventures of Elizabeth Morey, The / [second part]
1905. Sydney 3 columns: ill, 8 x 107 cm, Clipping from "Success", Nov. 15th, 1905
Adventures of Louis Blake, The
[1909?] London, T. Werner Laurie 307 pp, 19 cm 1913. London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd. iv, 307 pp, 20 cm 1913. London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd. 307 pp, 19 cm [1914?] Philadelphia, J.B. Lippencott 307 pp [1914] Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall 307 pp, 18 cm
Breachley, Black Sheep
1902. London, T. Fisher Unwin, colonial ed. vi, 300 pp, 19 cm 1902. London, T. Fisher Unwin vi, 300 pp, 20 cm 1902. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott vi, 300 pp, 20 cm
Bully Hayes, Buccaneer, and other stories / with a portrait and six illustrations by Norman Lindsay [1879-1969] (Hayes, William Henry, -- 1829-1877)
1913. Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall, Bookstall series 170 pp, ill, port, 19 cm 1918. Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall, Bookstall series 3rd ed., 166 pp, ill, port, 19 cm 1923. Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall Co. (Bookstall series, 6) 5th ed., 166 pp, ill, 19 cm
By Reef and Palm / with an introduction by the Earl of PembrokeChallis the doubter.--"'tis in the blood."--The Revenge of Macy O'Shea.--The rangers of the Tia Kau.--Pallou's Taloi.--A basket of breadfruit.--Enderby's courtship.--Long Charley's good little wife.--The methodical Mr. Burr of Majuru.--A truly great man.--The doctor's wife.--The fate of the "Alida".--The Chilean bluejacket.--Brantley of Vahitahi.
1894. London, T. Fisher Unwin (Autonym library) 3rd ed., 220 pp, 18 cm 1895. Philadelphia, Lippincott 1 v. 1896. London, T. Fisher Unwin (Autonym library) 220 pp, 19x10 cm 1955. London, Angus and Robertson 187 pp, 19 cm
By Reef and Palm and The Ebbing of the Tide
[1894?] Toronto, Thomas Allen 396 pp, 19 cm 1924. London, T. Unwin Fisher 396 pp [1924] Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott (reprint) 396 pp, green cloth, 8vo, uniform edition
By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and other stories
1901. London, T. Fisher Unwin, colonial ed. vi, 250 pp, 19 cm 1901. London, T. Fisher Unwin v, 250, 14 pp, 20 cm 1901. New York, New Amsterdam Book Company 250 pp, 19 cm
Chinkie's Flat and other stories"Chinkie's flat."--John Frewen, south sea whaler.--A memory of the southern seas.--Some south sea notes.--"Luck."--Bull-dogs of the sea.--"Revenge."--Saunderson and the dynamite.--The stealing of Sa Luia.
1904. London, T. Fisher Unwin 336 pp, 20 cm
Ebbing of the Tide, The: South Sea Stories"Luliban of the pool."--Ninia.--Baldwin's Louisé.--At a kava-drinking.--Mrs. Liardet: A south sea trading episode.--Kennedy the boatsteerer.--A dead loss.-- Hickson: a half-caste.--A boating party of two.--"The best asset in a fool's estate."--Deschard of Oneaka.--Nell of Mulliner's Camp.--Auriki Reef.--At the ebbing of the tide.--The fallacies of Hilliard.--A tale of a mask.--The cook of the "Spreetoo santoo."--Lupton's guest: a memory of the eastern Pacific.--In Nouméa.--The feast at Pentecost.--An honour to the service.
[1895/6] London, T. Fisher Unwin, colonial ed. 292 pp 1896. Philadelphia, Lippincott 292 pp, 20 cm 1905. London, T. Fisher Unwin (Unwin's Colonial Library) vi, 292 pp, 24cm 1910. London, T. Fisher Unwin 4th ed., 292 pp, 19 cm [1910] London, T. Fisher Unwin, (Adelphi library No.17)
Edward Barry, South Sea Pearler
1900. London, T. Fisher Unwin viii, 246 pp, 20 cm 1924. Boston, L.C. Page (reprint) (A Romance of the South Seas) 305 pp, frontis, 3 ill, blue cloth, 8vo [1924] London, T. Fisher Unwin 253 pp, 20 cm [192-?] Toronto, Ontario, Thomas Allen 253 pp, 19 cm
Helen Adair
1903. London, T. Fisher Unwin [1st ed.], 288 pp, 19 cm 1903. London, T. Fisher Unwin iv, 276 pp, 20cm 1903. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co. 288 pp, 19 cm [19--] London, George Bell, The York Library 276 pp, 18 cm 1906. London, George Bell 276 pp, 19 cm 1924. London, T. Fisher Unwin 288 pp
His Native Wife
1895. Sydney, Alexander Lindsay, Australander Library No. 1
192 pp, 16 cm
[1896] London, T. Fisher Unwin, Century Library
202 pp, 18 cm
1897. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippencott, Lotos Library
frontis, 3 plates, 202 pp, tan cloth, 16mo, portrait of Becke tipped in
Jalasco Brig, The The Jalasco brig.--"Hope."--Collison's treasure
trove.--Fighting whales.
1902. London, Anthony Treherne
299 pp, 8 leaves of plates, ill, 20 cm
1913. London, Gibbings
2nd ed., 285 pp, 3 leaves of plates, ill, 19 cm
Letters, 1902
1902. Manuscript. Seventy letters written by Becke to his wife Elizabeth,
from Jamaica in 1902. He describes his travels in the West Indies,
discusses news of his children's progress at school, speaks of a
man named Hoggart, of Colonel Kitchener, of the American United Fruit
Co., and of his work on a novel published in London by Unwin the
following year under the title Helen Adair.
(Manuscript reference no: NLA MS 4659. Available for reference. Not for
loan.)
Mutineer: a Romance of Pitcairn Island, The / by Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery [1861-1922]
1898. Sydney, Angus & Robertson, colonial ed. viii, 298 pp, 18 cm 1898. London, T. Fisher Unwin viii, 298 pp, 21 cm 1898. London, T. Fisher Unwin, colonial ed. viii, 298 pp, 20 cm 1898. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott viii, 298 pp, 22 cm
Mystery of Laughlin Islands, The / by Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
1896. London, T. Fisher Unwin 94, 18 pp, ill, 18 cm 1896. London, T. Fisher Unwin [v], 94 pp, ill, 17cm
Naval Pioneers of Australia, The / by Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
1899. London, J. Murray, Murray's imperial library x, 313 pp, ill, 19 cm
'Neath Austral Skies
1909. London, John Milne vi, 315 pp, 20 cm 1909. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott 315 pp, 20 cm [1970] Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press 220 pp, 21 cm Reprint of the 1895 ed.
Notes From My South Sea Log
1905. London, T. Werner Laurie frontis, fld map, vi, 352 pp, ill, cloth, 8vo, 19 cm 1905. London, T. Werner Laurie 352 pp, [1] leaf of plate, folded map, port, 20 cm [1926] Philadelphia, J.B. Lippencott (reprint) 256 pp, green cloth, 8vo, 20 cm, illus, uniform edition
Old Convict Days (by Derrincourt, William, 1819-1913) / ed. by LouisBecke.
1899. London, T. Fisher Unwin
xvi, 338 pp, 20 cm
1900. New York, New Amsterdam Book Co.
xvi, 338 pp, 20 cm
1975. Harmondsworth, Eng., Penguin, (Penguin colonial facsimiles)
Facsimile of the 1899 ed.
1975. Ringwood, Vic., Penguin Books Australia (Penguin colonial facsimiles)
xvi, 338 pp, 20 cm (pbk.)
Facsim. of 1st ed. New York: Amsterdam Book Company; London:
T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. (Includes editor's note on page before facsim.
of original t.p. Becke uses spelling Derricourt, alias
Day; editor of facsim. spells Derrincourt) Pacific Tales
[1896] NY, New Amsterdam Book Co.
frontis, 323 pp, green cloth, 8vo
[1896?] Philadelphia, . J.B. Lippincott
323 pp, 19 cm
1897. London, T. Fisher Unwin, colonial ed.
323 pp
1897. London, T. Fisher Unwin
viii, 323 pp, front, port, 21 cm
[1897] New York, New Amsterdam Book Co.
[iv], 21, 3-323 pp, port, 21 cm
[1898] Stockholm, F. & G. Beijers Bokforlags Aktiebolag
Hvita man och bruna kvinnor: berattelser fran soderhafsoarne
af Louis Becke med forfattarens tillstand fran engelskan ofversatta af
Hans Cavallin. 179 pp, 19 cm , Swedish translation from English.
Selection of short stories about the Pacific from Pacific Tales
1906. London, T. Fisher Unwin
port.
1987. London; New York, KPI, Pacific Basin Books, Distributed by Routledge &
Kegan Paul introduction by Kaori O'Connor, xiii, 323 pp, 24 cm (pbk)
Pacific Tales1896. Philadelphia, J.P. Lippincott
Pearl Divers of Roncador Reef and other stories, TheThe pearl divers of Roncador Reef.--Jim Trollope and myself.--For the benefit of sailors' kids.--The "Manurua" and the "Marguerite."--A "blackbirding" incident.- -A strange rencontre.--Crowley and Drake, Limited.--Nerida, the maid of Suwarrow.--My South Sea gardens.--A prospecting party in North Queensland.--A quick vengeance.
1908. London, J. Clarke 285 pp, 1 leaf of plates, ill, 20 cm
Ridan the Devil, and other storiesRidan the devil.--A memory of "the system."--A North Pacific lagoon island.-- Bilger, of Sydney.--The vision of Milli the slave.--Denison gets a berth ash re.-- Addie Ransom.--In a native village.-- Maurice Kinane.--The "killers" of Twofold Bay.-- Denison's second berth ashore.--A fish drive on a Micronesian atoll.--Bobaran.-- Sea fishing in Australia.--An adventure in the New Hebrides.-- The south sea bubble of Charles du Breil.--The white wife and the brown "woman."--With hook and line on an Austral river.--The wreck of the "Leonora."--An old colonial mutiny.--A boating adventure in the Carolines.--A Christmas Eve in the Far South Seas.
1899. London, T. Fisher Unwin vii, 330 pp, 21 cm
Rodman the Boatsteerer, and other stories
1898. London, T. Fisher Unwin vii, 331 pp, 20 cm
Settlers of Karossa Creek and other stories of Australian Bush Life, The / with three illustrations by J. Finnemore. The settlers of Karossa Creek. -- Bella of Barina. --"Sonny."
[1907] London, Religious Tract Society 239 pp, 3 leaves of plates, ill, 20 cm [1912] Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Co 239 pp, 3 leaves of plates, ill, 20 cm
Sketches from Normandy
1906. London, T. Werner Laurie, Laurie's Colonial library frontispiece by W. Dacre Adams, 250 pp, front, 1 ill, 20 cm
South Sea Supercargo / A Selection. Edited with an introduction by A. Grove Day. A dead loss.--The obstinancy of Mrs. Tatton.--Mrs. Maclaggan's Billy.--Reo, the fisherman.-- Billy Maclaggan and the Fiji ram.--Chester's cross.--Leasse.--The shadows of the dead.--Collier, the blackbirder.--Denison gets a berth ashore.--Denison's second berth ashore.-- Dension gets another ship.--A question of precedence.--A point of theology on Majuro.--A bar of common soap.--The strange white woman of Majuro.--The awful duel on Utuan.--Dr. Ludwig Schwalbe, South Sea savant.--Saunderson and the dynamite.--Saunderson and the devilfish.--Denison gives a supper party.--Denison gets even with Saunderson.
1967. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press 194 pp, 25 cm [1967?] Brisbane, Jacaranda 194 pp, 25 cm
Strange Adventure of James Shervinton, and other stories, The
1902. London, T. Fisher Unwin viii, 312 pp, ill, 24 leaves of plates
Südsee: Geschichten aus Ozeanien / [von] Louis Becke; [Aus dem englischen übertragen von Kapitan Carl Hang]
1969. Hamburg [Germany], Verlag die Brigantine [Luise F. Dulk] 306 pp, 17 cm
Tapu of Banderah, The / by L.Becke and Walter Jeffrey
1901. London, C. Arthur Pearson, (1st London ed.) 315 pp, green cloth, 8vo, 15 stories 1901. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott vii, 315 pp, 21 cm
Tessa; The Trader's Wife
1901. London, T. Fisher Unwin 231 pp, 19 cm
Tom Gerrard
1904. London, T. Fisher Unwin 292 pp, 1 leaf of plates, port, 20 cm 1905. London, T. Fisher Unwin iv, 292 pp, front, port, 19 cm 1905. London, George Bell (Bell's Indian and colonial library) 292 pp, ill, 19 cm
Tom Wallis: a Tale of the South Seas / with eleven illustrations by Lancelot Speed
[1900?] London, Religious Tract Society pls. [1906] London, The Leisure Hour Library Office 144 pp, ill, 22 cm [191-?] London, Religious Tract Society 7th impression, 319 pp, 2 leaves of plates, col. ill, 20 cm
Under Tropic SkiesAlvord's luck.--Gun-running in the South Seas.--The awful duel on Utuan.-- "Dulce est desipere in loco."--Olmsted's adventure.--The pearlers.--The kidnapping of Sandy Costello.--"Kusis."--The traitor.--"Rima."--The supercargo.--Billy Maclaggan and the Fiji ram.--Larsen and the saw-fish.--The comrades.--Ayesse of Manga Reva.--The story of the "Latella."--Trincomalee.--Lida.--The recruiters.
1905. London, T. Fisher Unwin 312 pp, 19 cm [1920s] Philadelphia, J.B. Lippencott 320 pp, green cloth, 8vo, uniform edition [1970] Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press 320 pp, 21 cm, Reprint of the 1905 ed.
Wild Life in Southern Seas
1897. London, T. Fisher Unwin 2nd. ed., 369 pp, 21 cm 1897. London, T. Fisher Unwin, colonial ed. 369 pp, 20 cm 1898. London, T. Fisher Unwin viii, 369 pp, 21 cm 1898. New York, New Amsterdam Book Co. viii, 369 pp, 21 cm
Yorke the Adventurer, and other storiesYorke the adventurer.--The colonial mortuary bard.--"'Reo," the fisherman.--The black bream of Australia.--"Martin of Nitendi."--The river of dreams.--"Old Mary."--Five-Head Creek.--Fish drugging in the Pacific.--John Corwell, sailor and miner.--Poisonous fish of the Pacific islands
1901. London, T. Fisher Unwin iv, 238 pp, 20 cm 1901. London, T. Fisher Unwin, Unwin's Colonial Library, colonial ed. iv, 238 pp, 19 cm 1925. London, T. Fisher Unwin 254 pp, 19 cm 1925. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippencott (reprint) 254 pp, green cloth, 8vo, uniform edition 1972. Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press 254 pp, 21 cm