Keyser, Arthur

Our Cruise to New Guinea [Signed to the Governor of New South Wales]

Sydney: Turner & Henderson, 1884. 1st ed., sm. octavo, pp.(v), 54, pages tanned, ink inscriptions to title page of G.W. Lupson and E.A. Anderson (both entomology collectors in New Guinea), orig. gilt dec bds, rebacked with new eps retaining the front paste-down, remains of three ink stamps and inscribed "Augustus Loftus from his true friend Arthur Keyser The Author Sydney / 84". Rare. Ferguson 11130a

Inscribed at Sydney in 1884 by the author (Arthur Keyser) to the then Governor of New South Wales, Lord Augustus Loftus. Keyser was later appointed British Consul General in Borneo. Item #98864

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