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.
1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. MORE THAN 400 ILLUSTRATIONS IN LINE TONE OR LITHOGRAPHY 20 OF THEM BEING IN COLOUR. SOME AGE TONING TO THE FRONT AND REAR.
THIRD EDITION TWO VOLUMES LAND BIRDS AND WATER BIRDS VERY NICELY BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND TIDY.
FOURTH EDITION. THE COMPLETE 4 VOLUMES BOUND IN 3 BOOKS. THE FIRST BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 1 AND PART OF VOLUME 2. THE SECOND BOOK CONTAINS THE REST OF VOL. 2 AND VOL. 3. THE THIRD BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 4 AND THE CONTENTS PAGES. REVISED BY ALFRED NEWTON AND HOWARD SAUNDERS. ILLUSTRATED BY MANY WOOD ENGRAVINGS SOME BY KEULEMANS AND NEALE. THE FIRST BOOK IS BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS (WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT TIGHTLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN) THE SECOND AND THIRD BOOKS ARE BOUND IN FULL RED LEATHER (FINE). HENCE A COMPLETE SET IN DIFFERENT BINDINGS..
