Capper's South Australia. Containing the History of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Colony, Hints to Emigrants, and Useful and Authentic Information ...
London, The Author, 1839 (third edition, considerably enlarged)/ 1837.
Octavo, iv, 243, 16 (advertisements) pages plus 3 folding maps ('District of Adelaide', with an inset 'Sketch of Encounter Bay', 310 × 312 mm; 'Maritime Portion of South Australia', 240 × 425 mm; and 'The City of Adelaide', 162 × 198 mm), and a folding leaf of shipping statistics.
Original deep purple cloth lettered in gilt on the front panel, and decorated in blind on both front and rear panels; plain spine faded to brown; top edge uncut, others only lightly cut; minimal scattered foxing (confined mainly to the folding leaf of shipping statistics, with its leading edge lightly chipped); very short tear near the stub of the frontispiece map expertly sealed; small 'Tyrrell's Bookshop, Adelaide' paper label and early ownership details in pencil ('Louis | H.P.') on the front endpaper; an excellent copy.
The preferred edition, being more than twice as large as its predecessors of 1837 and 1838. Ferguson 2725.
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