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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Collection of Martin Copley AM
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2017 ~ 2pm
• Lot #:
  46
• Lot Description:
  GREGORY, A. C. North Australian expedition
  Letter from. . . Victoria River, 14 June, 1856. [With] Letter from. . . Burnett District, 2 December, 1856. [ With] Third letter. . . from Sydney, 7 January 1857. Sydney, 1856-57. Three New South Wales Parliamentary Papers, small folio, drop titles, pp. 2 + 4 with large folding map (foxed) + 6 with 2 large folding maps; together in quarter morocco. With, NORTH AUSTRALIAN EXPLORING EXPEDITION. Copy correspondence [and] Copy of additional correspondence. Melbourne, 1855. Victorian Parliamentary Paper, small folio, pp. 16, 10; quarter morocco.
• Notes:
  The earliest printed reports of the major Gregory expedition, from Victoria River to Moreton Bay, in 1855-56, together with official correspondence on the subject, including the instructions to Gregory from the British Government and memoranda from John Lort Stokes and Charles Sturt.
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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