The Hillman Diaries, 1877-1884. The Personal Diaries of Alfred James Hillman, from 21st December 1877 to 24th April 1884. With a Foreword by Bentley Hillman
Applecross, F.V. Bentley Hillman, 1990.
Large thick octavo, xii, 1052, 24 (Family Tree), 68 (Index) pages plus a colour frontispiece, 12 pages of facsimile documents and 12 pages of plates .
Cloth lightly rubbed; bottom corners slightly bumped; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper lightly scuffed and slightly creased.
'A meticulous diarist, methodically reporting and commenting upon every event and every person in the young Colony. Births, deaths, marriages, fires, altercations, murders, sports, theatre, shipping and shipwrecks, parliament, building the first railway... founding of newspapers ... all are recorded along with critical appraisal on all personages of the day from Governors down ... Only six years of his diary survive' (dustwrapper).
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Price (AUD):
$110.00