An Australian Parsonage, or, the Settler and the Savage in Western Australia
London, Edward Stanford, 1872.
Octavo, xvi, 415 pages plus a frontispiece (Government House, Perth).
Blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, and extensively decorated in blind, all edges uncut; cloth lightly marked and a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities; spine tanned, with minor wear to the ends (and the front bottom corner); front endpaper slightly marked, with the hinge cracked but firm; first and last pages offset; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy.
Provenance: contemporary ownership initials on the half-title, and the later armorial bookplate of James Angas Johnson on the front pastedown. James Angas Johnson (1841-1902), accountant and pastoralist, was a son of Rosetta French Johnson, later Hannay, eldest daughter of George Fife Angas ('Australian Dictionary of Biography').
Item #131493
Price (AUD):
$400.00