Proud Intrepid Heart: Leichhardt's First Attempt to the Swan River 1846-1847 Tapa dura - 1990

Hobart: Blubber Head Press. 1990. 600 signed and numbered copies. Small 4to. 334pp, illustrated. Blue buckram with dustwrapper. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0908528191 ***With the previously unpublished journals of Leichhardt and his later critic Hovenden Hely, and 42 contemporary drawings by Conrad Martens, George Fairholme and expedition member John Mann. .

(Hobart: Blubber Head Press: 1989) First Edition. Edition of 600 copies numbered and signed by Dan Sprod, of which this is Number 412. ISBN 0 908528 19 1. Gilt pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. xx, 335 (252 x 190 mm) Illustrated. Maps. Notes and References. Bibliography. Index. From the library of the notable collector the late Brian J. Causby, with his bookplate on the recto of the frontispiece. First Edition. A small mark to the lower edge; a fine copy in like dust-jacket.

Australia: Blubber Head Press, 1989 Book in a good condition. D.J. shows wear from reading and storage. This edition for sale is limited to 600 copies, plus 25 copies bound in full leather. All books are numbered and signed by the author. This is Copy Number: 172 Outer extremities of leaves show mild tanning. Old bookshop sticker on front cover.

Hobart: Blubber Head Press, 1990. Hardback small thick quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), red brown cloth cover (gilt lettering), black & white drawings, colour frontispiece drawing, maps, spine little faded jacket. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 335 pp. The previously unpublished journal of Leichhardt's second expedition, an unsuccessful attempt to cross the continent from the East coast to the Swan River on the West coast. The party travelled only a few hundred miles through the Darling Downs and to the peak Range in Central Queensland. Edited with extensive commentary by Dan Sprod. Includes the critical journal of expedition member Hovenden Hely, and 42 contemporary drawings by Conrad Martens, George Fairholme and expedition member John Mann. (Out of series copy in a limited edition of 600 autographed copies. Autographed (written dedication): "Presentation for Pat & Vern Whittenburg, for old… Leer más