Australia: Its Scenery, Natural History, and Resources. With A Glance at its Gold Fields

by Daniel P. Kidder

$125 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Carlton & Phillips, 1854. 16mo 15cm . In original green cloth, blindstamped on boards, titled in gold on spine; yellow endpapers; 207pp; wood-engraved frontispiece depicting Gold Miners at Work. Ink inscription to f.f.e.p., dated 1855. A straight, sound copy, much rubbed, foxed throughout: Good. With a chapter on The Gold Fields of Australia--The Discovery, the Excitement, and the Crowd. First published in London

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