Journal of Explorations in Central Australia, by The Central Australian Exploration Syndicate ... 1898 to 1900
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2004 (first thus)/ 1905.
Octavo, xl, 230 pages with a table and 4 illustrations (new to this edition) plus a folding map and 2 extremely large folding colour maps (presented as 5 maps in the separate map case in this edition).
Pictorial cloth; a fine set.
The original and only other edition was South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 27 of 1905, limited to 730 copies (McLaren 7723). This new reset edition is one of the FSLSA's Australian Parliamentary Editions series, limited to only 300 copies, with the first 99 copies numbered and bound in quarter leather. The lengthy introduction by Valmai Hankel 'reveals for the first time details of his busy and adventurous life, and includes the first photographs of him to be published'. [2 items].
Item #146178
Price (AUD):
$250.00