Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria.
by Westgarth, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne & Sydney: George Robertson & Company, 1888. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, no jacket (as issued), very good condition, original dark blue cloth cover (spine lettering & vignette), black endpapers, sepia (brown-tinted) portrait frontispiece (tissue guard), top edge roughly cut, fore-edge & rear endpapers lightly foxed, endpapers little toned, minor edgewear, small owner's written name. 178 pp. William Westgarth lived in Melbourne for 17 years, beginning in 1840. Here are his recollections on Melbourne and Victoria generally. Includes remarks about the 'Aboriginal Nativesâ, the Henty family, John Batman, John Fawkner, James Simpson, David McArthur, Charles La Trobe, John O'Shanassy, William Kerr, William Nicholson, Charles Ebden, Edward Wilson, and others. (An excellent copy.).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18060
- Title
- Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria.
- Author
- Westgarth, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Robertson & Company
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne & Sydney
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- australian history, victoria, melbourne, collectible, collectable, first edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN HISTORY;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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