Mitchell major thomas andrews alan e j editor (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Hobart, Blubber Head Press, 1986. Octavo, x, 297 pages with 15 illustrations and 29 maps plus 21 plates. Gilt-decorated cloth; edges very lightly marked; an excellent copy with the very good dustwrapper (lightly sunned on the spine). Number 56 of 1000 copies signed by the editor. 'The settlement of the hinterland of the State of Victoria was preceded by two great land explorations, that of Hume and Hovell in 1824, and that dealt with here . In this most significant of his four exploratory journeys, Mitchell followed down the Lachlan to the Murray and Darling Rivers and then, from the Murray, made a great sweep through "Australia Felix" (now the rich Western District of Victoria)'. Some related ephemera are loosely inserted: a photocopy of an autograph letter signed by the eminent botanist Dr Jim Willis (1910-1995), and two colour photographs of monuments along the Major Mitchell Trail (near Beaufort and Horsham). [4 items].…