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British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-05-25. Paperback. Good.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Narrative of an Expedition, undertaken under the direction of the late Mr. Assistant Surveyor E. B. Kennedy, for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York..

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1965. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1965 [facsimile edition]/ 1849. Octavo, [iv], 97 pages plus a folding map. Synthetic cloth; a fine copy. Peade A9: 817 copies. From the collection of Professor T.G.H. Strehlow (University of Adelaide, 25 November 1968), with these details on the flyleaf.

British Library, Historical Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Sydney: Kemp and Fairfax, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sydney, Kemp and Fairfax, 1849. Octavo, [ii], 296 pages plus a folding hand-coloured lithographed map. Contemporary half calf and marbled papered boards sympathetically rebacked, retaining the early title-label; boards slightly worn at the extremities; pastedowns a little foxed and marked; both flyleaves may have been neatly removed (but two binder's blanks are present at each end); two tears to the map expertly sealed; scattered foxing; inkstamp erased from the front pastedown and two leaves, leaving very faint inoffensive traces in each instance; nevertheless a very good copy of a great rarity. The account of Kennedy's disastrous expedition to explore Cape York in 1848, '... the most tragic of all Australian explorations, not least because he and his men were defeated at the outset. The bravery, skill, good humour and generosity of Kennedy, the loyalty and bravery of Jackey-Jackey, the endurance of Carron and Goddard all tell of… Read More