Adelaide and its Environs. A Descriptive Guide to Adelaide and Places in its Vicinity ...
Adelaide, George Robertson, 1880.
Duodecimo, xvi, 96 pages.
Blue cloth over flush-cut boards, with the title ('A Guide to Adelaide and its Environs') in gilt on the front cover; cloth slightly rubbed, bumped and worn at the extremities; stitching just starting to loosen; a very good copy with the signature stamp of E. Angas Johnson on the front pastedown. Edward Angas Johnson (1873-1951) was an Adelaide medical practitioner, prominent in public health circles; his grandmother was a daughter of George Fife Angas.
Ferguson 18881 (not mentioning the binding). 'It has often been matter for remark that no guide or handbook to the city of Adelaide and places in its vicinity has yet been produced' (from the preface by the author, the Town Clerk of Adelaide).
Item #10740
Price (AUD):
$300.00