The Exploration of Australia.

Published by George Philip & Son, London, first edition, 1895, 1895

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Quarter-vellum and cloth over bevelled boards, gilt cover device, top edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, 29 cm, [v], 236 pp, large fold-out map, plates. From the introduction: "I have, as far as possible, followed the path of each of the Explorers, quoting occasionally from their various entries, so as to enable the impartial reader to form his own estimate of each man from his own writings. The opposite views they sometimes take of the same scenes -notably in the case of Captain Sturt and Sir Thomas Mitchell - will be found interesting and instructive. Such comments as I have made from time to time are, for the most part, either explanatory, or suggested by subsequent events. My aim has been to make the book readable and popular, rather than statistical and scientific." Covers a little rubbed and rather soiled from handling. one 2 inch closed tear to edge of map and a few edge-chips, minor spotting to map, foxing to endpapers, contents otherwise Good. Lacking the index and advertisements called for by Ferguson.…

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Title
The Exploration of Australia.
Author
Calvert, A.F.
Publisher
George Philip & Son, London, first edition, 1895
Publication year
1895
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
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