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Eyre 1845

Sold for A$550 at Sydney Rare Book Auctions on Jun 10, 2017.

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Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King Georges Sound in the Years 1840-1; sent by the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans by Edward John Eyre London T. and W. Boone 1845. First edition Two volumes of Eyre's seminal account of his explorations and observations of Aborigines " and the state of their relations with the Europeans". Twenty first century binding of half leather and cloth. Lacks the smaller of the two maps. Has the very large fold out map and the 22 full page plates. Aside from the missing map this is a good copy. On the back of some of the plates is a library stamp from Maidstone Public Library Lending Dept

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