Narrative of the Expedition Of The Australian Squadron To New Guinea

Bathurst: Robert Brown & Associates, 1984. Facsimile. Hardcover : pp. [6 blank] [1] 2-9, [2 blank] : 5 chromo-lithographs : Fold out map : 35 pages of photographs, including one double page fold out : Limited facsimile edition, number 620 of 1000 : Dark blue leather covered boards with border in black and gilt and gilt lettering : 7 bands and 6 decorations on spine in black and gilt : All edges gilt : Dark blue slip case with lettering and border in gilt.

Light crease on first few pages : minor light foxing on map : Head and tail of spine have very minor wear : Slip case has some faint scratches and 2 corners slightly worn. Very good. Item #1562

Narrative of the expedition of the Australian Squadron to New Guinea was first published in 1885 to commemorate the raising of the British Flag in Port Moresby in 1884 and hence the establishment of a British Protectorate over the southern shores of what is now the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. This facsimile edition has been produced to commemorate the official opening on August 7, 1984, of Papua New Guinea's Parliament House by Prince Charles The Prince of Wales, and to also mark the centenary year since the Proclamation of British New Guinea.

Price: $250.00