Item #102711 The History of Botany Bay... Reprinted from 'The Bulletin' [cover title]. Arthur GAYLL.

The History of Botany Bay... Reprinted from 'The Bulletin' [cover title]

Sydney, The Bulletin, [1888].

Large quarto, [xii] (advertisements), [xiii-xiv] (introduction and contents), [xv-xvi] (advertisements), 64, [12] (advertisements] pages (extensively illustrated by Phil May and 'Hop') plus advertisements on all surfaces of the covers.

Pale blue wrappers with the title printed in red on the front cover; minimal expert conservation to the spine; trifling signs of age and use; an excellent copy of a fragile production.

This item is described in detail in 'The Books of the Bulletin' (Mackaness and Stone, 1955). Gayll is the pseudonym of Francis Joseph Donohoe; the text is a reprint of a series of articles that began appearing in 'The Bulletin' on 19 November 1887. Although the print-run was 20,000 copies (and a second edition was announced in late 1891), it seems to be rare on the open market. Ferguson 9191.

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