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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Denis Joachim Collection
• Sale Date:
  19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818
• Lot #:
  147
• Lot Description:
  James, Thomas Horton. Six Months in South Australia; with some account of Port Philip
  and Portland Bay, in Australia Felix. With Advice to Emigrants; to which is added a Monthly Calendar of Gardening and Agriculture, adapted to the climate and seasons. Octavo, folding map of Port Lincoln as frontispiece and another map of Encounter Bay (not noted by Ferguson), original cloth, worn. London, Cross, 1838.
• Notes:
  First edition, first issue without the four-page 1839 postscript. In addition to being an important early work on the Port Phillip District, James’s work includes the journals of several private expeditions undertaken in the early years of settlement, including an account of Hawdon’s famous overlanding expedition as well as other expeditions to Encounter Bay, Lake Alexandrina and to the River Murray. Ferguson, 2525.
• Estimate:
  A$100 - 200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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