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

CAPPER, Henry

Edité par Robert Tyas, London, 1838

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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). N° de réf. du vendeur 80160

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Titre : South Australia. Containing Hints to ...

Éditeur : Robert Tyas, London

Date d'édition : 1838

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Very Good

Edition : 2nd Edition.