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London: Sampson Low, Son, And Co. 1863., 1863. 8vo. pp. xiv, 514, 8(ads). original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with spine mounted). Buesst copy with bookplate. First Edition. The author, a judge, comments on Sydney Harbour, Sydney in 1829, colonial society, remarkable convicts, circuit duty, religious equality and education, crime, the criminal court, female convicts, Sir Geo. Gipps's administration, the squatting interest, affairs of New Zealand and Tahiti, the courts of justice, the judges of the colony, the bench and bar, the discovery of gold, colonial products, emigration, University of Sydney, transportation, &c. Ferguson 16988.. F. Hardcover.

London, Sampson Low, Son, 1863.. SECOND EDITION 1863, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by ROGER THERRY to SIR GEORGE MACLEAY, Australian explorer and politician, ex library copy, 8vo, approximately 215 x 135 mm, 8½ x 5¼ inches, large folding map at rear, pages: xiv, 1-522, library rebind in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, new yellow endpapers, the original free endpaper retained at front with the inscription. Binding slightly rubbed, inner hinges neatly strengthened with cloth by binder, 2 tiny repairs to original endpaper, library number to tail of spine rubbed away leaving small mark, small oval blind library stamp to top corner of title page and 1 other within, hardly noticeable, no other library marks, a few very light fingermarks to margins, small crease to to some lower blank corners, folding map has folds neatly repaired on blank side, no loss of image or text, otherwise a good sturdy copy, no loose pages. Published the same year as the first edition with corrections and additions… Read More