Early Experiences in South Australia. [Bound with] Early Experiences in South Australia. Second Series by HAWKER, James C - 1975

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia. 1975. Two volumes in one, original red synthetic leather boards, b&w author portrait frontis, pp 83, 22. Near fine condition. James Collins Hawker (1821-1901) was an English-born explorer, surveyor, diarist and pastoralist[1] of South Australia. Hawker compiled diaries over much of his life, originally publishing them as articles that appeared in the South Australian Register and the Adelaide Observer. He subsequently published them in two books, Early Experiences in South Australia, and Early Experiences in South Australia. Second Series. Both are rare, particularly the second. Both are reproduced in facsimile here, in two coloumn text. Facsimile Edition. leatherette.

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1975. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1975 (facsimile edition)/ 1899 and 1901. Octavo, [ii], 83, [1] (colophon), [2] (blank), 22 pages plus a frontispiece portrait. Synthetic red cloth; a fine copy. Peade A197: one of only 501 copies. The original 1901 edition of the Second Series is impossibly rare (we have seen only one in nearly 50 years in the trade in Adelaide), thus making this short print-run facsimile edition somewhat more important than the average reprint.

E.S. Wigg and Son, Adelaide. 1899. 8vo, 83pp. A very good hardback copy.

Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, 1899. Octavo, 84 pages plus a frontispiece portrait. Dark green ribbed cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; cloth a little rubbed and marked; free endpapers offset; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy. The author's memoirs, dating back to 1838, first appeared as a series of articles in 'The South Australian Register' and 'The Adelaide Observer'. An utterly rare second series was published in 1901. Ferguson 10297 (noting only black cloth; we have seen various colours).

Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, 1899. Octavo, 83, [1] (colophon) pages plus a frontispiece portrait. Dark brown stippled cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; free endpapers heavily offset (the pastedowns lightly so); short tear to the inner margin of one leaf expertly sealed; mild signs of age and use (but see below); an excellent copy. These memoirs of James Collins Hawker (1821-1901) date back to 1838, when he arrived with Governor George Gawler. They first appeared as a series of articles in 'The South Australian Register' and 'The Adelaide Observer'. An utterly rare second series was published in 1901. Ferguson 10297 (noting only black cloth; we have seen various colours). This is a presentation copy, inscribed and signed in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper to 'J. Tomkinson | from James Collins Hawker | Feby 22. 1900'. The later inkstamp signature of A. Grenfell Price is on the front pastedown, his marginal… Read More