[EYRE, Edward John]

A Dinner for Mr Eyre in Adelaide, August 1841

Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1984.

Tall octavo, 26 pages.

Card covers (with French flaps), the front cover lettered in black and decorated in blue; a fine copy.

A report given by the 'South Australian Register' of the public dinner for Edward John Eyre, on the occasion of his return from his overland expedition to Western Australia. 'He has determined that there is no practicable route into the interior from any point between Port Lincoln and King George's Sound.' Number 42 of only 175 copies initialled by the publisher (and here printed separately for the first time).

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