Government Geologist's Report on Explorations in the Northern Territory
[Adelaide, Government Printer], 1895.
Foolscap folio, 34 pages plus 7 plates (photolithographs of scenes on the Victoria River), 15 geological maps and sections (3 folding, all with colour) and a large folding map of the Territory (630 x 335 mm).
Recent cloth, lettered in gilt on the front cover; drop-title; short split to a blank margin of the map (along a fold) expertly repaired; a fine copy.
South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 82 of 1895; one of only 620 copies. The results of four months' work in the latter part of 1894. 'I regret that I am able to present only a few photographic views, the greater number of the dry plates I took with me having become spoilt through the action of the climate or some other cause'. McLaren 5400 (recording the separate issue and incorrectly stating 'Not a Parliamentary Report').
Item #75096
Price (AUD):
$1,000.00