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Walk to the West. by WALKER, James Backhouse - 1993

by WALKER, James Backhouse

Walk to the West. by WALKER, James Backhouse - 1993

Walk to the West.

by WALKER, James Backhouse

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Hobart: Royal Society of Tasmania. 1993. Edited by Dr Michael Stoddart. Limited to 880 copies thus (although not so stated - there was also a special issue, the subscribers for which are listed). Large 8vo; xxviii, 76pp, folding map. Cloth with dustwrapper (head of spine rubbed, now in protective sleeve). The lower edge of the upper board has a touch of light silverfishing, otherwise a very good clean copy. ***Account of an 1887 walk by lawyer/historian J.B. Walker, surveyor Sprent and others along the Linda Track to Mt Lyell, and thence to Macquarie Harbour and northwards to near Waratah. With colour and black & white illustrations by W.C. Piguenit. Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the Royal Society. .
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  • Publisher Royal Society of Tasmania
  • Place of Publication Hobart
  • Date Published 1993
  • Keywords art, royal society, tasmania, west coast, wilderness
Abel Janszoon Tasman: His Life and Voyages
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Abel Janszoon Tasman: His Life and Voyages, and The Discovery of Van Diemen's Land in 1642 (Dodo...
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Early Tasmania: Papers Read before the Royal Society of Tasmania during the years 1888 to 1899

by Walker, James Backhouse

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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.
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Early Tasmania

Early Tasmania

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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.
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Early Tasmania.: Papers Read Before The Royal Society Of Tasmania During The Years 1888 To 1899.

by WALKER, JAMES BACKHOUSE

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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
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Early Tasmania.: Papers Read Before The Royal Society Of Tasmania During The Years 1888 To 1899.

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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
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The Tasmanian Aborigines

by James Backhouse Walker

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Early Tasmania: Papers Read Before the Royal Society of Tasmania During the Years 1888 to 1899
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