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Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, from January to December, 1859, Inclusive. Vol. IV.
by Macadam, John (ed.); [various contributors, including William Lockhart Morton]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Melbourne: Mason and Firth. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Some horizontal tears across the spine cloth near the ends of the spine, otherwise near fine. Spine faded. Moderate fading to boards. Endpapers very clean. No signatures. Detmold bookbinder's ticket on front endpaper. Some spots of foxing to page edges. No splitting to joints or hinges. A nice copy.; viii, 210, lxxxvi, [2], iv, 79, [1], 14, 13 pages + plates (including folding). Original blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 136mm. Pale yellow endpapers. Proceedings and Appendices etc. bound in at the rear. Of particular note in this volume is the article "Notes of a recent personal visit to the unoccupied Northern District of Queensland" by William Lockhart Morton. This article is on pages 188-199, and includes 1 folding map. "The blacks do not seem numerous. We sometimes saw their fresh footprints, but themselves only once. Every night we went to sleep as securely as if we had been at home. We kept no watch and were never disturbed." - page 198. ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13473
- Title
- Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, from January to December, 1859, Inclusive. Vol. IV.
- Author
- Macadam, John (ed.); [various contributors, including William Lockhart Morton]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mason and Firth
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1860
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Spine
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