Knocking About: Being Some Adventures of Augustus Baker Peirce in Australia by Peirce, Augustus Baker - 1924

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924. 1st edition. A posthumous memoir by Augustus Baker Peirce of his travels and adventures in Australia in the 19th century. Peirce (1840-1919) was born in Medford, Mass., and arrived in Australia as a sailor aboard the Oriental in 1860. He deserted ship and swam ashore, embarking on a series of remarkable exploits over many years in Australia. At various times, he was a meat pie salesman, a purveyor of "Wizard Oil," a landscape painter, stage actor, ventriloquist and comic singer, photographer's assistant, snake hunter, gold digger, steamboat pilot and skipper. xi, 176 pages. 8vo clothbound hardcover. VG. Some wear to the extremities, but sound and securely bound. Moderate age-toning of the text, mild foxing to blank rear endpapers.

Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT 1924. 176 pages. Moderate general wear. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Travel::Antique History::Australia/Oceania 7056

New Haven and London: Yale University Press / Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924. Book. Illus. by Peirce, Albert Baker. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Thin Octavo. 176 pp, Introduction - Edward Howard Brigham, 12 untitled chapters - illustrated, no index. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, and well-preserved, cover cloth with light wear at the spine ends. 6.4" x 9.5" maroon cloth covered boards, gilt spine letters faded/rubbed.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924. 1st edition. Appears to be signed by the editor, Mrs. [Ethel Brigham] Leatherbee, who added "Author's Copy" below her signature. A posthumous memoir by Peirce of his adventures in Australia in the 19th century. Peirce (1840-1919) was born in Medford, Mass., and arrived in Australia in 1860 as a sailor aboard the Oriental. He deserted ship and swam ashore, embarking on a series of remarkable exploits during many years Down Under. At various times, he was a meat pie salesman, a purveyor of "Wizard Oil," a landscape painter, stage actor, ventriloquist and comic singer, photographer's assistant, snake hunter, gold digger, steamboat pilot and skipper. Illustrated by Peirce. xi, 176 pp. 8vo clothbound hardcover. Fair condition only. A well-used book that seems to have been read or referred to often. Worn and bumped at the extremities. Inner hinges cracked but still holding. Front panel of the original dust jacket pasted inside the front cover. Text pages generally… Read More

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New Haven, Yale University press, 1924. . First Edition; 8vo; pp. xviii (last page blank), 176 (last page blank); b/w frontispiece, numerous drawings (some full-page others within the text), index; original red cloth, title in gilt on spine, spine and corners bumped, a good copy. The author Travelling before the mast in 1859 on the Oriental he arrives at Melbourne where he braves the large number of shark fins and swims a mile to shore at Saint Kilda Beach and goes to the diggings at Bendigo, a paddle the start of the Hill End rush, Ned Kelly, Aboriginal skeleton and kangaroo dances, steamer on the Murray, joins a theatrical group, Harry Power, Morgan the bushrangers and much more including murderess Maria Needles who is hung.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.