A Brief Sketch of the long and varied career of Marshall Macdermott, Esq., J.P., of Adelaide, South Australia. by MACDERMOTT, Marshall - 1969

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Australia: Libraries Board of SA, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 53 pages small hardcover modern repro. as new

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Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia. 1969. Octavo Size. Very Good copy. No dustjacket as issued. Heavy card boards with cloth spine. Some rubbing to boards and endpapers a little tanned. . Australiana Facsimile Editions No 189. 53 pages. First published in 1874. This edition limited to 513 copies (Peade). 'Written solely for the private distribution amongst relatives and special friends'. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Facsimile Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: William Kyffin Thomas, Printer [for The Author], 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, William Kyffin Thomas, Printer [for The Author], 1874. Octavo, 53 pages. Flush-cut quarter green cloth and yellow papered limp boards, with the full title page details repeated on the front cover; covers lightly marked; head of the spine slightly chipped; an excellent copy. 'These papers are written solely for private distribution amongst relatives and special friends; and, as my family is rather numerous and dispersed, the necessity arises of having them printed'. That being said, copies of this original printing are now rare nearly a century and a half later. Marshall MacDermott (1791-1877) arrived in Adelaide in 1846 and after nearly three worthy and earnest decades here penned these memoirs, decidedly brief when it comes to Australian content. Up until page 35, he reminiscences about his 22 years in the British army. He chose Western Australia as his future residence, and arrived there… Read More

Adelaide: William Kyffin Thomas, Printer [for The Author], 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Adelaide, William Kyffin Thomas, Printer [for The Author], 1874. Octavo, 53 pages. Flush-cut quarter green cloth and yellow papered boards, with the full title page details repeated on the front cover; some discolouration to the front endpapers from a newspaper cutting; essentially a very fine copy. 'These papers are written solely for private distribution amongst relatives and special friends; and, as my family is rather numerous and dispersed, the necessity arises of having them printed'. This copy is inscribed to 'Percival Randolph Stow, from his affectionate grandfather' and signed by the author. Stow, a son of Judge Randolph Stow, was the second husband of Catherine Stow (Katie Langloh Parker). Loosely inserted is a 1941 newspaper clipping containing a brief biography of the author, an 1829 pioneer of Western Australia before settling in South Australia in 1846; he died in 1877.

Adelaide: William Kyffin Thomas, Printer [for The Author], 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, William Kyffin Thomas, Printer [for The Author], 1874. Octavo, 53 pages. Flush-cut quarter green cloth and yellow papered boards, with the full title page details repeated on the front cover; covers slightly rubbed at the extremities and lightly marked; front flyleaf removed; an excellent copy. 'These papers are written solely for private distribution amongst relatives and special friends; and, as my family is rather numerous and dispersed, the necessity arises of having them printed'. This copy is inscribed on the verso of the title page to 'Charlotte de S. Dutton with kind regards' and signed by the author. MacDermott, an 1829 pioneer of Western Australia before settling in South Australia in 1846, died in 1877. The provenance is most interesting: Charlotte de S. Dutton was the widow of William Hampden Dutton (1805-1849); her mother's maiden name was Da Silva. In 1849, William's brother… Read More