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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 #:
  171
• Lot Description:
  Mudie, James. The Felonry of New South Wales: Being a faithful picture of the real romance
  of life in Botany Bay. With Anecdotes of Botany Bay Society. Octavo, with folding map of Sydney as frontispiece, original cloth, rebacked with new endpapers (carefully, but for no good reason preserving A.H. Spencer’s annotation, which is probably wrong anyway). London, For the Author, 1837.
• Notes:
  First edition of this famous and controversial book, a vitriolic account of New South Wales attacking the liberal administration of Governor Bourke. Mudie insulted and libelled many leading members of colonial society, and in 1840, when he foolishly returned to Sydney, he was publicly horsewhipped by the son of Judge Kinsella, who had been libelled in the book. When Mudie was subsequently awarded £50 damages the sum was raised by public subscription on the spot. Ferguson, 2312.
• Estimate:
  A$200 - 300
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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