The Pioneers of the North-West of South Australia, 1856 to 1914

RICHARDSON, Norman A.

Verlag: W.K. Thomas . Printers, Adelaide, 1925

Beschreibung

Adelaide, W.K. Thomas . Printers, 1925. Octavo, [xii], 155 pages with numerous illustrations (after photographs) and a folding map (325 × 285 mm). Original wrappers (repeating most of the title page details, within a decorative border, on the front cover); offsetting to the half-title and the adjacent blank (from newspaper cuttings no longer present); trifling silverfish nibbling to the last leaf and the final blank; short tear to the leaf facing the folding map expertly repaired (the damage caused by the folding map itself); an excellent copy. We have handled a copy with a note by Harry Muir (of the Beck Book Company) stating that the edition comprised '350 full cloth / 150 paper'. Provenance: F.H. Wells, with his ownership signature on the front flyleaf and a presentation inscription from him to Harold Taylor (dated 25 June 1928) on an early blank. The obituary of Francis Harry Wells (circa 1864-1937) appears in the Mt Gambier newspaper, 'The Border Watch' (14 January 1937). He joined the South Australian Police Force in 1888 and was a mounted constable for 24 years, most of them spent in the region covered by this book; he is specifically mentioned on page 107. In 1912 he became the first Registrar of Motor Vehicles in South Australia. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 80132

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Pioneers of the North-West of South ...

Verlag: W.K. Thomas . Printers, Adelaide

Erscheinungsdatum: 1925

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition.