Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria, in Search of Burke and Wills [Australiana Facsimile Editions].
by Landsborough, William; Hankel, Valmai (introduction)
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1876154322
- ISBN 13
- 9781876154325
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About This Item
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2000. Deluxe, facsimile ed.. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, quarter bound black leather & blue cloth (gilt spine lettering), gilt string bookmark, frontispiece portrait, map in rear pocket, minor edgewear. 128 pp. William Landsborough is noted for his explorations of Queensland, and for his two expeditions (1861-2) in search of the missing Burke & Wills, the second of which resulted in the first north-to-south crossing of Australia. Facsimile edition of a book first published in Melbourne, 1862. An edition limited to 500 copies, of which 99 deluxe numbered copies are bound in quarter leather (of which this one is No. 75). Introduction by Valmai Hanke, rare books librarian, State Library of South Australia. (No 221 in the 'Australiana Facsimile Editions' series.).
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12959
- Title
- Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria, in Search of Burke and Wills [Australiana Facsimile Editions].
- Author
- Landsborough, William; Hankel, Valmai (introduction)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Deluxe, facsimile ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1876154322
- ISBN 13
- 9781876154325
- Publisher
- Friends of the State Library of South Australia
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- australian history, exploration, queensland, facsimile edition, limited edition
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