The Diaries of John McConnell Black. Volume I: Diaries One to Four, 1875-1886. With Selected Extracts from his 'Memoirs'. Volume II: Diaries Five to Eight, 1887-1910. Volume III: Diaries Nine to Twelve, 1911-1951. Edited by his Granddaughters, Marjorie Andrew and Shirley Clissold
Hawthorndene, Investigator Press (Volume I) and the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium, Adelaide (Volumes II and III), 1986, 1991 and 2003 (all first and only editions).
Octavo, three volumes, 271, 316 and 504 pages with numerous illustrations (including 6 colour plates in the first volume), many from sketches by John McConnell Black.
Pictorial papered boards lightly rubbed and bumped; edges of the first volume a little tanned; surname signature on the front free endpaper of each volume; an excellent set.
John McConnell Black (1855-1951) emigrated to South Australia in 1877; he 'eventually became a senior reporter and respected editorialist on the "Advertiser", also working as a Hansard reporter on a sessional basis until he was 74.... A legacy received on his mother's death enabled Black to retire from journalism in 1903 and to tour South America and Europe. On his return he concentrated on botany.... In 1914 he was bequeathed a further legacy by his sister Helen and began working on indigenous flora. Although self-trained, he was clearly the best systematic botanist in the State for almost fifty years' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). 'The Flora of South Australia' (two editions) was his major contribution to Australian botany. [3 items].
Item #129316
Price (AUD):
$135.00