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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 #:
  243
• Lot Description:
  Mossman, Samuel. The Gold Regions of Australia: A Descriptive Account of New South Wales, Victoria
  and South Australia, with Particulars of the Recent Gold Discoveries… Third Edition. Octavo, pp. viii, [9]-128; folding engraved map, bright copy in original printed paper wrappers. London: William S. Orr and Co., James McGlashan, Dublin, n.d. circa 1853.
• Notes:
  One of the earliest diggers’ guides: extremely scarce. The Australian colonist, Samuel Mossman, like G. Butler Earp a promoter of emigration, published works in the guidebook genre and a general travel account, written in collaboration with Thomas Banister. Mossman’s first guidebook was published in April or May 1852 by William S. Orr, the London popular publisher, as part of his shilling series, “Readings in Popular Literature”. This first edition, said to have comprised three thousand copies, was published before the news of Victorian gold had reached Britain. It proved very popular and sold out within a month, with two further editions in the same year. These later editions, extended to 128 pages, included news of the recent Victorian discoveries that had reached Britain by June 1852. Each of the three mining colonies is described in the later editions, together with general observations on the policy of colonisation. Ferguson, 12890.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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