Ludwig Becker: Artist & Naturalist with the Burke & Wills Expedition Tapa dura - 1979

Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press, on Behalf of the Library Council of Victoria , 1979. xiii, 224pp. Recto page colour and b/white art illustrations, sketches, maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm, blind-stamped cream title there-on. Previous owner's neatly penned forename and year ('79) to upper foredge corner of ffep., else leaves clean and unmarked. Blind-stamped cream title to front panel of undamaged original cloth boards. Illustrated dustjacket has a 5mm closed tear to upper edge of back panel, moderate edgewear/rubbing, and discoloration/sunning to spine (title clearly legible). From the jacket flap: "Ludwig Becker, though he went with Bourke and Wills in 1860, has almost been forgotten. He is remembered, if at all, as an artist and naturalist who left some sketches of the disastrous undertaking before he himself perished on the journey north. Yet his letters, reports and illustrations are of unique historical importance and antiquarian charm. His words and his pictures… Leer más

Melbourne University Press, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 235mm x 305mm. Jacket has moderate general wear, sunning to spine and a 3cm tear to top front adjacent to spine. Internally clean. Binding tight. 240pp.

Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two small closed tears to dj. In original glassine slipcase

Melbourne University Press on behalf of the Library Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illustrator: Ludwig Becker. XIV, 224 pages,. Bound in original cloth with blind stamped and filled titles to the spine and front board, prefaced by John Starke, acknowledgements (including acknowledgements of the assistance of a grant from Carlton and United breweries,) this catalogue lists the 1st 40 sketches, which was sent to Melbourne from Swan Hill, Balranald and Menindee, in chronological order. In total 71 full-page plates, most of which are in colour, and most of which are reproduced as near as possible to their original size. The illustrated dustwrapper has trivial rubbing on the front edge of the fold over crease. The original plastic slipcase is slightly chipped at the lower entrance. In a similar way to the Lionel Lindsay books of illustrations, prints from this book have turned up at public auction framed, and so the book has become scarcer with time.… Leer más