John McDouall Stuart's Explorations, 1858-62. South Australian Parliamentary Papers, 1858-63
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2001 (first thus)/ 1858 to 1863.
Octavo, xxxvi, 396 pages with a frontispiece portrait plus a large folding map.
Quarter calf and cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in black on the front cover; cloth a little marked; an excellent copy.
Australian Parliamentary Editions Number 3. This is number 38 of 99 copies of the deluxe issue, from a total edition of 500 copies. 'This work republishes the five ... papers published soon after the end of each of Stuart's journeys' (with the exception of the second expedition from April to July 1859, which was not published as a parliamentary paper); the map is reproduced from the 1865 edition of the journals, edited by Hardman. The 29-page introduction by Valmai Hankel is new to this edition. In this series, to 'make them easier to read the [original foolscap folio] format has been changed and the type reset in a more legible size'.
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