Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port Essington ... during the years 1844-1845
North Adelaide, Corkwood Press, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1847.
Octavo, [iv], vi, xx, 544 pages with 8 illustrations plus 12 plates and a large folding map (560 × 715 mm) in an endpocket.
Half leather and marbled boards; covers slightly rubbed; tiny mark to the top edge; a near-fine copy.
Number 15 of 50 numbered copies of the deluxe issue. 'This volume includes a map that is based on that drawn by John Arrowsmith and published in the first edition in 1847. The original map was printed on three large sheets in a separate folder to the text. Here, that set of charts has been abridged and published as one map for convenience'. The introduction to this edition is by Les Hiddins. The publisher's original prospectus is loosely inserted.
Item #146568
Price (AUD):
$220.00