A Man about Town: The Letters of James Graham, Victorian Entrepreneur 1854-1864 Tapa dura - 1998

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1998 1st edition. hard cover, mauve cloth, dust jacket, 437pp including index, references, slight crease to top corner of dust jacket, light pencil notes at rear, otherwise all in very good condition in very good dust jacket.. ISBN 0522848214

Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 1998 F/F. 8vo. original mauve cloth gilt in dustwrapper; pp. xviii, 438 (last blank). Heavy item (1.2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F.

The Miegunyah Press At Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Australia, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. XVIII, 438 pages, last page blank, includes eight illustrations, family trees, references, index. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The book has no damage whatsoever. The letters, written to people who had left Melbourne but were interested in its progress, describe all kinds of social and political developments Victoria. When the recipients were friends or family members, Graham's comments develop a delightfully gossipy, personal tone. Historian Paul de Serville describes the correspondence as "a social history in miniature of Melbourne and the country districts written by an insider". The letters cover the period from 1854 to 1864, and follow on directly from those previously published in Pioneer Merchant. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.… Leer más

Melbourne, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges have some very faint foxing Boards have slight edge wear James Graham was one of the earliest pioneers to settle in Melbourne. He arrived in 1839 at the age of 20 and over a period of sixty years wrote an enormous number of letters which paint a picture of life in Melbourne and Victoria in the 1850s, B & W photos.

Melbourne University Press, 1998,. Hbk 438pp an unread copy excellent in sleeve-protected  dj as new.