Carnegie the Hon David (7 results)

8vo. xvi+454pp+sadverts.Original wrappers. Frontis portrait, b/w illustrations. A very good copy. Olaf Ruhen's signed copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Good Plus With Faint Foxing The The Boards, Pages Have Occasional Tanning Pp 454 Index , Portrait Tissue Protected Frontis, All Illustrations Present , 2 Fold Out Maps And Two In A Rear Pocket.

Facsimile-Reprint der Ausgabe London, Pearson 1898. ca. 22,5 x 15,5 cm. xvi, 454 S. Ziegelroter Original-Leinwand-Einband mit scharzem Rückentitel und illustriertem Deckeltitel. Original-Leinwand-Mappe mit Deckelvignette (Kamel) und Rückentitel. Guter Zustand, wie neu. Printed in a limited edition of 400 numbered copies. Copy No.62. In englischer Sprache. Mit zahlreichen s/w Abbildungen.…

2 volumes. xvi+454pp+separate volume of maps. Original boards. Frontis portrait, b/w illustrations. The excellently produced Corkwood Press facsimile of the 1898 edition. A fine copy. Limited to 400 sets.

Full Leather. Condition: Excellent. Facsimile Edition. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide (est. 1957) to check availability etc. We have many thousands more books in our shop than appear on line. A beautiful edition with separate matching leather folder full of maps. Facsimile of 1898. Exploration and pioneering in Western Australia. Size: 23 x 16cm. …

A narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia. First edition. 4 folding maps (2 in rear pocket). 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, gilt lettering to spine. xvi, 454pp. London, The presentation inscription reads: "Gus and Abel from their affect friend David. Jan 1899."The youngest son of the Earl of Southesk, Carnegie (1871-1900) left Ceylon, where he had been a tea planter, in 1892 to join the gold rush in Western Australia. With money raised at home in England by his fellow prospector Lord Percy Douglas, Carnegie set out in 1894 on his first expedition in which he covered some 850 miles. Despite having had to abort another expedition due to ill health, Carnegie set off in 1896 on his most important journey during which he explored the deserts of the interior covering some 3000 miles, carrying out work which earned him the Royal Geographical Society's Gill Memorial medal (Wantrup). Ferguson, 7960; Wantrup, 196a.…

A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia. First edition. 4 folding maps (2 in a pocket). 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, black lettering on the spine not gilt as usual, a slightly pink tinged buff cloth, vertical stain on the upper cover, the foremargin of the first third of the book with a minor damp stain. xvi, 454pp. London, The youngest son of the Earl of Southesk, Carnegie (1871-1900) left Ceylon, where he had been a tea planter, in 1892 to join the gold rush to Western Australia. With money raised at home in England by his fellow prospector Lord Percy Douglas, Carnegie set out in 1894 on his first expedition in which he covered some 850 miles. Despite having had to abort another expedition due to ill health, Carnegie set off in 1896 on his most important journey during which he explored the deserts of the interior covering some 3000 miles, carrying out work which earned him the Royal Geographical Society's Gill Memorial medal (Wantrup). Ferguson, 7960; Wantrup, 196a.…