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London: Illustrated London News, 1865. Hardcover. Very good overall. A half-yearly bound volume of the Illustrated London News, with woodblock illustrations on every page including General Lee's surrender to U.S. Grant, Map of Wilmington NC, Map of Sherman's March and many more Civil War views. Other features include Japan, Tibet, the Great Eastern ship, a print of the last aboriginals in Tasmania and a view of Albany, Western Australia. Folio, 644 pages engravings on almost every page. Half calf and marble boards rubbed at edges.
Western Australia Containing the Settlement of Swan - River and King George's Sound. Van - Diemen Island. by AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA / TASMANIA) - Copyright 1833.
by AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA / TASMANIA)
Western Australia Containing the Settlement of Swan - River and King George's Sound. Van - Diemen Island.
by AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA / TASMANIA)
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London.: S.D.U.K. (Baldwin & Cradock).. Copyright 1833.. Map with outline hand color, 12 x 15 1/2 inches including decorative border. Very good condition. Two maps in one: Western Australia measuring 12 x 7 inches, Van-Diemen Island (Tasmania) 12 x 8 inches. Western Australia shows southwest area of current state, from just north of Perth to Albany with not a great deal of information between the two - it is "from recent Surveys sent to the Colonial Office". The whole of Tasmania is shown including Bass Strait with "Wilson Promontory" named on the Australian mainland. The southwest and northeast portions of Tasmania are unmapped. .
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Publisher S.D.U.K. (Baldwin & Cradock).
- Place of Publication London.
- Date Published Copyright 1833.
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