[Beltana Pastoral Company]

A History of the Beltana Pastoral Company Limited

Adelaide, The Company, 1965.

Quarto, 92 pages with numerous plates plus endpaper maps.

Cream cloth decorated in red and gilt with the Company's brands; small ownership signature on the front flyleaf; essentially a fine copy with the original glassine dustwrapper.

Number 166 of only 320 copies; this copy is signed by Chairman of Directors, Tom Elder Barr Smith. Not all copies were signed; only three of the seven copies we have handled have been. The first of the Beltana stations was acquired in 1862; the early history of the Company encompasses much on inland exploration.

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