Lot #379 - DEAKIN, Alfred [Second Prime Minister of Australia] IRRIGATED INDIA. An Australian view of India and Ceylon, their irrigation and agriculture
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:Australian History
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Sale Date:30 May 2017 ~ 10am - Session 1: Lots 1 - 406
30 May 2017 ~ 2.30pm - Session 2: Lots 407 - 715 -
Lot #:379
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Lot Description:DEAKIN, Alfred [Second Prime Minister of Australia] IRRIGATED INDIA. An Australian view of India and Ceylon, their irrigation and agriculture
pp322(complete)+[2](advertisements), folding coloured frontispiece map, endpaper advertisements; gilt lettered navy cloth; with presentation inscription from the author dated Nov.1894. [Thacker, 1893.] First edition in book form. Extremely rare. -
Notes:The text is based on a series of newspaper articles Deakin wrote after a tour of India during 1890-91, ‘in order to afford to the Australian public, interested in irrigation, a sketch of what is being accomplished by its means in the peninsular empire of Southern Asia’.
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GST:Please note GST will be charged on the hammer price
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Estimate:A$300 - 500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Unclassified
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