Australia in the Victorian age Tapa dura - 1971

Thomas Nelson, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, pictorial grey cloth lettered white to spine, rubbed at head and tail, no jacket, b&w illustrations throughout, 304pp.

Melbourne and Sydney: Nelson, 1971. 304 pages, illustrations, facsimiles; 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning, edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with age-toned flaps, protected in a mylar book cover.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Nelson, Melbourne, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1.2 kg; 304 pp., introduction by author, notes, bibliography,sources of illustrations, index illustrated endpapers, showing an idealised vision of an afternoon tea. Illustrated title page. Text illustrated with copious black and white illustrations, pictures, advertisements and drawings from Victorian age in Australia. Some of the illustrations are double page. Grey boards showing an illustration of convicts, with white writing on spine. Shelf wear to the bottom edges of book, light foxing to the top edge. Illustrated dustwrapper, based on J. B. Henderson's painting "Eureka Stockade Riot, Ballarat, 1854", with red, blue and grey writing on the front panel and spine. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed on the top edge, with a 0.5 inch split at the top right-hand side of the rear panel, and fading on the spine. "This is the first of the projected series of three volumes surveying what remains… Leer más

Nelson, Melbourne, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1.2 kg; 304 pp., introduction by author, notes, bibliography,sources of illustrations, index illustrated endpapers, showing an idealised vision of an afternoon tea. Illustrated title page. Text illustrated with copious black and white illustrations, pictures, advertisements and drawings from Victorian age in Australia. Some of the illustrations are double page. Grey boards showing an illustration of convicts, with white writing on spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, based on J. B. Henderson's painting "Eureka Stockade Riot, Ballarat, 1854", with red, blue and grey writing on the front panel and spine. "This is the first of the projected series of three volumes surveying what remains from Australia's Victorian Age of relevance to our present-day society. The book concentrates lightly on immigration of people of widely differing types -- convicts, military men, merchants, squatters,… Leer más