Carnegie hon david (12 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. A fine copy. Pp. x, 265. First published in 1898. A classic firsthand account of gold prospecting and desert exploration in the 1890s. The early parts of the book describe life on the goldfields: the hardships of being "hard up," mining at Bayley's Reward, dry-blowing, quartz reefing, the scarcity of water, and several prospecting expeditions into unknown country (including to Kurnalpi, Queen Victoria Spring, Mount Margaret, and a successful gold find at Lake Darlot that financed his later travels). The core of the work is the major 1896-1897 expedition he led with camels from Lake Darlot northward through the Great Sandy Desert and Tanami region to Halls Creek in the Kimberley, and the return journey—covering more than 3,000 miles over 13 months. …

8vo. xvi+454pp+sadverts.Original wrappers. Frontis portrait, b/w illustrations. A very good copy. Olaf Ruhen's signed copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. All Images Are Provided By Website, Please Contact Us For Photos If Desired. Book Is In Good Condition For Age. Spine Worn At Top And Tail, Cover Corners Bent, Spine Sunned Binding Tight And Secure. Pages Clean And Bright Throughout. Previous Seller Has Left An Ink Stamp And Inscription In The Front Of The Book.…

Pictorial Laminated Boards. Zustand: Fine. 265 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Good Plus With Faint Foxing The The Boards, Pages Have Occasional Tanning Pp 454 Index , Portrait Tissue Protected Frontis, All Illustrations Present , 2 Fold Out Maps And Two In A Rear Pocket.

Facsimile-Reprint der Ausgabe London, Pearson 1898. ca. 22,5 x 15,5 cm. xvi, 454 S. Ziegelroter Original-Leinwand-Einband mit scharzem Rückentitel und illustriertem Deckeltitel. Original-Leinwand-Mappe mit Deckelvignette (Kamel) und Rückentitel. Guter Zustand, wie neu. Printed in a limited edition of 400 numbered copies. Copy No.62. In englischer Sprache. Mit zahlreichen s/w Abbildungen.…

Facsimile edition, limited to 400 copies, this being no. 246. Two volumes. Octavo. Publisher's original orange-red cloth with camel decoration and titles in blocked in black to the upper board and spine. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and drawings. The portfolio volume containing four folding maps. Small bookseller's label to the front pastedown of each volume. A very good set, the bindings square and firm with a touch of fading to the spines. The contents remain clean and crisp throughout. A nicely produced facsimile of Carnegie's account of his 1896-97 expedition exploring the interior deserts of Western Australia, during which he covered some 3,000 miles, leading a party of five men (including an Aboriginal guide, Warri) and nine camels from Coolgardie across the Gibson Desert and Great Sandy Desert to Hall's Creek in the East Kimberley and back again. The present edition reproduces the 1898 first edition published in London by C. Arthur Pearson.…

2 volumes. xvi+454pp+separate volume of maps. Original boards. Frontis portrait, b/w illustrations. The excellently produced Corkwood Press facsimile of the 1898 edition. A fine copy. Limited to 400 sets.

(Carlisle, W.A.): Hesperian Press, (1989). 8vo. Orig. illust. boards. (x, 266pp.). With portrait and 44 illusts, of which 8 are full-page. Fine.

Full Leather. Zustand: Excellent. Facsimile Edition. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide (est. 1957) to check availability etc. We have many thousands more books in our shop than appear on line. A beautiful edition with separate matching leather folder full of maps. Facsimile of 1898. Exploration and pioneering in Western Australia. Size: 23 x 16cm. …

A narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia. First edition. 4 folding maps (2 in rear pocket). 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, gilt lettering to spine. xvi, 454pp. London, The presentation inscription reads: "Gus and Abel from their affect friend David. Jan 1899."The youngest son of the Earl of Southesk, Carnegie (1871-1900) left Ceylon, where he had been a tea planter, in 1892 to join the gold rush in Western Australia. With money raised at home in England by his fellow prospector Lord Percy Douglas, Carnegie set out in 1894 on his first expedition in which he covered some 850 miles. Despite having had to abort another expedition due to ill health, Carnegie set off in 1896 on his most important journey during which he explored the deserts of the interior covering some 3000 miles, carrying out work which earned him the Royal Geographical Society's Gill Memorial medal (Wantrup). Ferguson, 7960; Wantrup, 196a.…

A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia. First edition. 4 folding maps (2 in a pocket). 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, black lettering on the spine not gilt as usual, a slightly pink tinged buff cloth, vertical stain on the upper cover, the foremargin of the first third of the book with a minor damp stain. xvi, 454pp. London, The youngest son of the Earl of Southesk, Carnegie (1871-1900) left Ceylon, where he had been a tea planter, in 1892 to join the gold rush to Western Australia. With money raised at home in England by his fellow prospector Lord Percy Douglas, Carnegie set out in 1894 on his first expedition in which he covered some 850 miles. Despite having had to abort another expedition due to ill health, Carnegie set off in 1896 on his most important journey during which he explored the deserts of the interior covering some 3000 miles, carrying out work which earned him the Royal Geographical Society's Gill Memorial medal (Wantrup). Ferguson, 7960; Wantrup, 196a.…