The Goldfields and Mineral Districts of Victoria
Carlton, Victoria: Queensberry Hill Press, 1979. Deluxe Facsimile. Hardcover (28.5 x 20.5cm) in slipcase; pp (12, including Preface by Geoffrey Baliney and Biographical note) vi, 644; 96 illustrations including frontispiece; Map of Victoria at end; plain endpapers; half leather over illustrated boards; top edge gilt, glassine wrapper, slipcase.
Slipcase slightly rubbed and soiled, glassine wrapper marked, fore edge of text block spotted, top edge gilt rubbed. Clean throughout. Original receipt loosley inserted. Very good. Item #1335
No.89 of 100. Originally published in 1869, Brough Smyth's ambitious work was the largest book devoted to an Australian industry in the nineteenth century.
Price: $350.00