Lot 815
  • 815

Macdonald, John Graham

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • The Journal of J.G. Macdonald, on an Expedition from Port Denison to the Gulf of Carpentaria and back. Brisbane: George Slater, 1865
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (177 x 103mm.), 60pp., errata slip, mezzotint portrait, folding map on linen as issued, original dark blue-black half calf presentation binding, purple ribbed cloth boards, black title label on the upper cover ("Journal of J.G. Macdonald")

Literature

Ferguson 11936; Wantrup 184b

Condition

A good copy
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Catalogue Note

PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "Arthur Scott Esq with the Author's compts".