South Australia. Containing Hints to Emigrants; Proceedings of the South Australian Company; a Variety of Useful and Authentic Information .

Published by Robert Tyas, London, 1838

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Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaMichael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB

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London, Robert Tyas, 1838 (second edition, 'considerably augmented')/ 1837. Octavo, vi, 118 pages plus a folding leaf of shipping statistics and a folding frontispiece (147 × 268 mm, containing on it a map of Australia with South Australia marked out, a map of the eastern coast of Gulf St Vincent and a plan of Adelaide). Original cloth slightly mottled and a little silverfish-nibbled; spine renewed, with most of the original spine retained; frontispiece a little foxed; an excellent copy. Provenance: Robert Kyffin Thomas, with his ownership signature (1902) on the front flyleaf. Sir Robert Kyffin Thomas (1851-1910), the grandson of Robert Thomas (who arrived on the 'Africaine' at Holdfast Bay in 1836 with a printing press), was himself an influential newspaperman in the state. Ferguson 2452 (our copy does not have the four pages of 'book advertisements', clearly never present).

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Title
South Australia. Containing Hints to Emigrants; Proceedings of the South Australian Company; a Variety of Useful and Authentic Information .
Author
CAPPER, Henry
Publisher
Robert Tyas, London
Publication year
1838
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
2nd Edition.
Item weight
0.2 kilograms
Dimensions
8vo
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Australia, Signed, South Australia

Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB

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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, established in March 1976, deal in fine and rare books, photographs and manuscripts. Treloars conduct regular specialist book auctions, maintain a retail outlet in the heart of the city of Adelaide and are longstanding members of Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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