William Charles Wentworth of Vaucluse House
by Cramp K R
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Vaucluse Park Trust, Sydney 1922 (second edition). 21.5 x 14.0cms, 38pp, b/w illusts, reading copy - foxed paper This booklet covers Wentworth's ancestry, birth & education, return to NSW, Crossing the blue Mountains, Wentworth & Lieutenant Molle, Wentworth's book on Australasia; Wentworth's poem on Australasia; the first independent newspaper; trial by jury; the Sudds & Wentworth incident and quarrel with Governor Darling; Vaucluse House;the New Zealand land deal; the first Australian election; Wentworth as councillor; defects of the constitution of 1842; Grey's local government; the second elections; the declaration of remonstrance; the draft constitution; founder of the university (of Sydney).
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- Bookseller
- THE CROSS Art + Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112257
- Title
- William Charles Wentworth of Vaucluse House
- Author
- Cramp K R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Vaucluse Park Trust, Sydney 1922 (second edition)
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About the Seller
THE CROSS Art + Books
Biblio member since 2023
Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales
About THE CROSS Art + Books
THE CROSS ART + BOOKS
We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
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- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...