Lot #315 - Warburton, Colonel Peter Egerton. Journey Across the Western Interior of Australia…
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:The Denis Joachim Collection
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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 #:315
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Lot Description:Warburton, Colonel Peter Egerton. Journey Across the Western Interior of Australia…
With an Introduction and Additions by Charles H. Eden, Esq. Author of “My Wife and I in Queensland.” Edited by H. W. Bates, Esq. Assistant Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. With Illustrations and a Map. Octavo, with half-title and advertisements, frontispiece portrait and eight other plates, and a large folding map, original green cloth over bevelled boards, decorated in gilt and black. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875. -
Notes:First edition of the formal narrative of Warburton’s last, great expedition of 1873-4 from the Telegraph Line to the west coast which won the race to cross the continent from east to west. Ferguson, 18187; Wantrup, 201.
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Estimate:A$800 - 1,200
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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