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North Adelaide: Corkwood Press., 1998. Facsimile edition, limited to 400 copies, this being no. 246. Two volumes. Octavo. Publisher's original orange-red cloth with camel decoration and titles in blocked in black to the upper board and spine. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and drawings. The portfolio volume containing four folding maps. Small bookseller's label to the front pastedown of each volume. A very good set, the bindings square and firm with a touch of fading to the spines. The contents remain clean and crisp throughout. A nicely produced facsimile of Carnegie's account of his 1896-97 expedition exploring the interior deserts of Western Australia, during which he covered some 3,000 miles, leading a party of five men (including an Aboriginal guide, Warri) and nine camels from Coolgardie across the Gibson Desert and Great Sandy Desert to Hall's Creek in the East Kimberley and back again. The present edition reproduces the 1898 first edition published in London by C.… Read More

1998. Facsimile-Reprint der Ausgabe London, Pearson 1898. Adelaide: Corkwood Press. 1998. ca. 22,5 x 15,5 cm. xvi, 454 S. Ziegelroter Original-Leinwand-Einband mit scharzem Rückentitel und illustriertem Deckeltitel. Original-Leinwand-Mappe mit Deckelvignette (Kamel) und Rückentitel. Guter Zustand, wie neu. Printed in a limited edition of 400 numbered copies. Copy No.62. In englischer Sprache. Mit zahlreichen s/w Abbildungen. ##############-WIR MACHEN EINE FRÜHLINGSAKTION MIT 25 PROZENT AUF DEN GANZEN BESTAND BIS ZUM 31.05. ÜBER IHR INTERESSE AN UNSEREN SELTENEN OBJEKTEN WÜRDEN WIR UNS WIE IMMER FREUEN-###############

New York: M.F. Mansfield. 1898. 1st US Edition, 8vo., pp xvi 454, Index, b&w fronts. port. of author, b&w ills & plates. Original tan cloth boards decorated in black, top edge gilt. Folding map (Sketch Map of Western Australia), however, lacks the second folding map in text and the two in the rear pocket. These three maps are supplied here in facsimile in a separate large envelope. Restoration to the spine, relaid over matching cloth small areas head and foot. Small chips and two small closed tears front free endpaper, small chips half-title, pages lightly tanned, edges brittle. Some pencilled underlining and annotations, pencilled notes rear free endpaper, pencilled ownership signature front endpaper. Good condition. Uncommon American edition. A good copy of Carnegie's expedition in the interior of Western Australia. Carnegie was 23 years old when he made his explorations. His 1896-97 expedition was to establish the nature of the country between the southern goldfields of Western… Read More