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• Auction House:
  Davidson Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Estate & Collector featuring the Collection of the Late Brian Murray
• Sale Date:
  14 Sep 2019 ~ 12noon (AEST)
  15 Sep 2019 ~ 10am (AEST)
• Lot #:
  295
• Lot Description:
  Book: 'The New Annual Register, or General Repository, Politics and Literature, for the year 1791
  London, printed for G.G.J. and J Robinson, Pater-nofter-Row. MDCCXC11. This book contains letters from Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales, to Lord Sydney, which were presented to the House of Commons March 2, 1791. In three Public Papers Phillip reports on the situation at Sydney Cove & details his reasons for why Botany Bay, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island would not be suitable sites for making a Settlement. (Public Papers p.117.) The content is clear and complete with the gold lettering on the spine intact and the boards are bumped and frayed at the edges.
• Estimate:
  A$40 - 80
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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