Early Tasmania : papers read before the Royal Society of Tasmania during the years 1888 to 1899 (The Walker Memorial Volume). by WALKER, James Backhouse - 1914

M. C. Reed Government, Tasmania, 1989. 5th print. Hardcover. very good/good. NOT an ex library book. Gift inscription on inside front cover. lean pages. Pocket holding maps and charts on rear inside cover. Dust jacket has heavy rubbing and peeling on edges.

M C Reed, Government Printer, Hobart 1950 (third impression). 22.0 x 15.0cms, 294pp, 2 b/w foldout maps, very good hardback (sunned spine, no dustwrapper) The book covers: the French in Van Diemen's Land; the settlement on the Derwent; Risdon: Hobart & Lieutenant-Governor Collins; the expedition 1803-4; Port Dalrymple; the dicovery of cVan Diemen's Land (1642): the Norfolk Islanders to Derwent (1908); Abel Janszoon Tasman; the Aboriginal peoples; the tribal divisions; the tasmanian Aborigines; the cartography of the Terra Australia & New Holland.

H. H. Pimblett, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. Third Impression. 294 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. With fold-out maps. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Creasing and some small tears to edges of fold-out maps. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

Tasmania, H. H. Pimblett, Government Printer, 1950.. Third Impression; 8vo; pp. viii; 296 (last 2 pages blank); portrait frontispiece, 6 folding charts or maps; original red cloth, spine faded, title in gilt on spine and front, insect damage to cloth, a good copy. Includes pre British exploration. Large folding maps 60 x 50 cm of Van Diemen's Southern extremity by Capt Hayes in the Duke and Duchess in 1798, early map of Hobart, large ornately illustrated folding map of world including early outlines of Australia 50 x 40 cm, chart of Abel Tasman discoveries on Australian mainland including most of western coast, northern coast and north east of Queensland with some parts of southern areas. Bibliographical notes details maps, charts, manuscripts and printed works. appendices 1804 list of some Free Settlers, Marines, and employment convicts used in, copy of Tasman's map of Tasmania [1642], extract from Tasman's Journal, notes on aboriginals including dictionary and an English translation of… Read More

Tasmania, H. H. Pimblett, Government Printer, 1950.. Third Impression; Demy 8vo; pp. viii; 296 (last 2 pages blank); portrait frontispiece, 6 folding charts or maps; original cloth with light wear, otherwise a very good copy. Includes pre British exploration. Large folding maps 60 x 50 cm of Van Diemen's Southern extremity by Capt Hayes in the Duke and Duchess in 1798, early map of Hobart, large ornately illustrated folding map of world including early outlines of Australia 50 x 40 cm, chart of Abel Tasman discoveries on Australian mainland including most of western coast, northern coast and north east of Queensland with some parts of southern areas. Bibliographical notes details maps, charts, manscripts and printed works. appendices 1804 list of some Free Settlers, Marines, and employment convicts used in, copy of Tasmans map of Tasmania [1642], extract from Tasman's Journal, notes on aboriginals including dictionary and an English translation of Genesis, I, Some notes on Tribal divisions… Read More

M C Reed, Government Printer, Hobart 1989 (fifth impression). 22.0 x 15.0cms, 294pp, b/w foldout map, very good hardback & dustwrapper The book covers: the French in Van Diemen's Land; the settlement on the Derwent; Risdon: Hobart & Lieutenant-Governor Collins; the expedition 1803-4; Port Dalrymple; the dicovery of cVan Diemen's Land (1642): the Norfolk Islanders to Derwent (1908); Abel Janszoon Tasman; the Aboriginal peoples; the tribal divisions; the tasmanian Aborigines; the cartography of the Terra Australia & New Holland.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Early Tasmania: Papers Read Before the Royal Society of Tasmania During the Years 1888 to 1899.

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