Readings in Melbourne, with an Essay on the Resources and Prospects of Victoria, for the Emigrant and Uneasy Classes
London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1879.
Octavo, xvi, 328, 32 (publishers' catalogue, dated October 1879) pages plus a folding map of Australia (with extensive handcolouring).
Decorated cloth lightly rubbed, with one small inkspot on the front cover; short tear to the map neatly closed; erasure to the head of the title page (with minor surface loss and mild discolouration); an excellent copy.
With the contemporary name-plate of G.H. Hammersley, Sydney, and a small label on the verso of the front flyleaf indicating that it was 'Sold at the First Australian Antiquarian Booksellers' Fair. August, 1972' (was $15, now $150 ...).
Item #93246
Price (AUD):
$150.00