The Adelaide Almanack, Town and Country Directory, and Guide to South Australia for 1868
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg, J. Howell, and W.C. Rigby, [1867].
Duodecimo, [ii], viii, 126, [iv], 23, 23A, 24, 24A-132 (South Australian Directory), [iv] (index), 36, 36A-B, 37-60, 60A-B, 61-88, 88A-B, 89-112, 112A-B, 113-138 (South Australian Almanack Advertiser) pages, with several wood-engraved illustrations (but lacking the folding inland mail table originally tipped onto the front free endpaper).
Later (nineteenth century) quarter calf and papered boards; covers moderately rubbed; edges a little tanned and spotted; occasional chips and marks internally; some early annotations to the text; one leaf of the first section (pages 75/6) supplied in facsimile; two sections of four leaves each lacking from the 'Advertiser' section (pages 71-78 and 123-130, apparently discarded when rebound); slight loss to the final leaf (an advertisement); mild signs of age and use; notwithstanding, a presentable copy of a very rare item.
Provenance: Sir Thomas Meek Ramsay (1907-1995), of Kiwi boot polish fame, with his blindstamp on the front free endpaper.
Item #142991
Price (AUD):
$300.00