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Published by Hesperian Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0859051390ISBN 13: 9780859051392
Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Inscription on the first page, typically just a name but may include a dedication or a brief personal message.
Published by Hesperian Press, Carlisle, WA, 1982
Seller: Bellcourt Books, Hamilton, VIC, Australia
Book
Pictorial Laminated Boards. Condition: Fine. 265 pp.
Publication Date: 1989
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
(Carlisle, W.A.): Hesperian Press, (1989). 8vo. Orig. illust. boards. (x, 266pp.). With portrait and 44 illusts, of which 8 are full-page. Fine.
Published by North Adelaide: Corkwood Press., 1998
Book
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. Arthur Pearson.
Published by Adelaide: Corkwood Press., 1998
Facsimile-Reprint der Ausgabe London, Pearson 1898. 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.
Publication Date: 1998
Seller: O'Connell's Bookshop Est. 1957, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Full Leather. Condition: Excellent. Facsimile Edition. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide (est. 1957) to check availability etc. We have many thousands more books in our shop than appear on line. A beautiful edition with separate matching leather folder full of maps. Facsimile of 1898. Exploration and pioneering in Western Australia. Size: 23 x 16cm.
Published by M.F. Mansfield, New York, 1898
Seller: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, Australia
First Edition
Pictorial Cloth Boards. 1st US Edition. 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 Australia and the Kimberley in the north, and between the east-west routes taken by Warburton and Forrest in 1874.
Publication Date: 1898
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia. First edition. 4 folding maps (2 in a pocket). 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, black lettering on the spine not gilt as usual, a slightly pink tinged buff cloth, vertical stain on the upper cover, the foremargin of the first third of the book with a minor damp stain. xvi, 454pp. London, The youngest son of the Earl of Southesk, Carnegie (1871-1900) left Ceylon, where he had been a tea planter, in 1892 to join the gold rush to Western Australia. With money raised at home in England by his fellow prospector Lord Percy Douglas, Carnegie set out in 1894 on his first expedition in which he covered some 850 miles. Despite having had to abort another expedition due to ill health, Carnegie set off in 1896 on his most important journey during which he explored the deserts of the interior covering some 3000 miles, carrying out work which earned him the Royal Geographical Society's Gill Memorial medal (Wantrup). Ferguson, 7960; Wantrup, 196a.
Publication Date: 1898
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
A narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia. First edition. 4 folding maps (2 in rear pocket). 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, gilt lettering to spine. xvi, 454pp. London, The presentation inscription reads: ?Gus and Abel from their affect friend David. Jan 1899.?The youngest son of the Earl of Southesk, Carnegie (1871-1900) left Ceylon, where he had been a tea planter, in 1892 to join the gold rush in Western Australia. With money raised at home in England by his fellow prospector Lord Percy Douglas, Carnegie set out in 1894 on his first expedition in which he covered some 850 miles. Despite having had to abort another expedition due to ill health, Carnegie set off in 1896 on his most important journey during which he explored the deserts of the interior covering some 3000 miles, carrying out work which earned him the Royal Geographical Society's Gill Memorial medal (Wantrup). Ferguson, 7960; Wantrup, 196a.