History of Adelaide and Vicinity. With a General Sketch of the Province of South Australia and Biographies of Representative Men
Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham, 1901.
Large quarto, 691 pages with hundreds of illustrations and a large folding statistical table.
Ornately gilt-lettered snakeskin-patterned light brown cloth a little marked and lightly worn and bumped at the extremities; hinges sympathetically reinforced with cloth; minimal signs of age and handling; overall, an excellent copy.
A key feature of the book is the biographical register, which runs to approximately 400 pages. Provenance: Will J. Sowden, with his ink signature on the title page, and his personal library shelf marks on the verso of the front free endpaper. Sir William Sowden (1858-1943) was a journalist and the influential editor of the 'South Australian Register' from 1899 to 1922.
Item #87331
Price (AUD):
$800.00