Six Months in South Australia; with some account of Port Philip and Portland Bay, in Australia Felix.
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1999. Fold-out chart and 19th C. ads. Limited Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Pp. 295. With 4 pp. of publisher's (Cross, 1838) ads. Introduction by Valmai Hankel, rare books librarian, State Library of South Australia. Folding chart. Bound in dark green calf over green cloth-covered boards. Edition limited to 600 copies, with 99 of those bound in quarter leather; of the latter, this is number 67. The original title page continued ". . . with Advice to Emigrants; to which is added a Monthly Calendar of Gardening and Agriculture Adapted to the Climate and Seasons." Fine. Item #757
A facsimile of the scarce 1838 edition (London: J. Cross). A handsome copy of a well-produced publication.
Price: $75.00