Paving the Way. A Romance of the Australian Bush

NEWLAND, Simpson

Verlag: Gay and Hancock, Ltd, London, 1913

Beschreibung

London, Gay and Hancock, Ltd., 1913 [deluxe illustrated edition]/ 1893. Quarto, xvi, 526 pages plus a portrait frontispiece and 32 pages of halftone plates (many from photographs). Gilt-blocked brown buckram; leading and bottom edges uncut; covers slightly marked, rubbed and flecked; slight wear to the bottom corner of the front cover; some slight signs of use and age internally; a very good copy. This edition was advertised as an 'edition de luxe' in November and December 1913. The new preface by the author, dated June 1913, is notable for his observations on the Aboriginal characters featured in the novel, their tribes and material culture. 'Nearly all the coloured characters portrayed were drawn from life. The originals were members of some of the finest tribes of all Australia. The tribes of the Tatiara, the Murray and Darling rivers, are peculiarly interesting because they perhaps, of all their race, made the most determined resistance to the European aggressor'. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 137284

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Paving the Way. A Romance of the Australian ...

Verlag: Gay and Hancock, Ltd, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1913

Zustand: Very Good