FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. PUBLISHED IN LIFE AND LETTERS VOLUME 3 NUMBER 15 AUGUST 1929. A VERY SLIGHTLY ABBREVIATED VERSION. THE MAGAZINE WAS EDITED BY DESMOND MACCARTHY. VERY GOOD.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO ORIGINAL BLUE BLIND-STAMPED CLOTH GILT 23 PAGES OF TEXT 4 TINTED PLATES 4 PAGES APPENDIX PLUS ILLUS. IN THE TEXT. SOME FOXING TO THE PLATES (ONLY) SO VERY GOOD. AMORIAL BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN.
6 VOLUMES. BOUND IN ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH VERY GOOD HARDBACKS WITH DUSTWRAPS – SOME LOSS TO SPINE OF VOLUME 3 AND FADING TO SPINES OF FOUR OF THE VOLUMES.VOLUME 1: FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE AGE OF MACQUARIE. VOLUME 2: NEW SOUTH WALES AND VAN DIEMEN`S LAND 1822 – 1838. VOLUME 3: THE BEGINNING OF AN AUSTRALIAN CIVILIZATION 1824 – 1851. VOLUME 4: THE EARTH ABIDETH FOR EVER 1851 – 1888. VOLUME 5: THE PEOPLE MAKE LAWS 1888 – 1915. VOLUME 6: `THE OLD DEAD TREE AND THE YOUNG TREE GREEN` 1916 – 1915 WITH AN EPILOGUE.
A NEAR FINE COPY IN GREEN BOARDS SLIGHT BUMPS TO BOTTOM RIGHT CORNERS. PREVIOUS OWNER`S NAME PLATE ON INSIDE FRONT BOARD. LIMITED TO 300 FACSIMILE COPIES.
