The Australian Colonies. Together with Notes of a Voyage from Australia to Panama in the 'Golden Age', Descriptions of Tahiti and other Islands in the Pacific, and a Tour through some of the States of America, in 1854
London, Blackburn and Burt, and Adelaide, E.S. Wigg, [1855].
Duodecimo, vi, 174 pages.
Original blind-stamped textured brown cloth; minimal wear to the joints; endpaper hinges lightly reinforced; rear free endpaper a sympathetic replacement; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent copy.
Henry Hussey (1825-1903), 'evangelist, millenarian, printer and historian' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography') by 1850 was established as a printer. He later became a successful publisher and bookseller. He was secretary to George Fife Angas from 1865, and compiled his biography, which was edited by Edwin Hodder and published in 1891 under Hodder's name (as was the 1893 two-volume 'History of South Australia'). The 22 (of 36) pages on the Australian colonies devoted to his home state are based on personal experience. Ferguson 10702: 'The title adequately describes the other stages of his journey. American conditions in several states are noticed'.
Item #80715
Price (AUD):
$400.00