Wanderings in Wild Australia
London: Macmillan, 1928. 2 volumes octavo, original green cloth boards, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. Volume I pp xxviii, 456; volume II pp xiv, 457-930 inc. index plus ii pp advertisements. Black and white plates (574 illustrations, mostly photographs, with many illustrations and drawings including artefacts,), colour plates (16 colour plates including rock drawings, cermonial objects, and fauna including a parakeet by Neville Cayley, 4 maps (all are folding), complete. Light flecking to boards, corners bumped, head and foot of spine lightly rubbed. Previous owner's signature ffep vol. II. Very good condition.
Travels in Central Australia. A condensed account of the famous Horn Expedition of 1894. A classic account, profusely illustrated. A wealth of detail regarding the Aborigines of Central Australia; also general exploration and descriptions of flora and fauna. A very good set. Item #104579
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