Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploraing Expeditions Into and Through Central South Australia, and Western Australia from 1872 to 1876 - 2 Volumes de Giles, Ernest - 1889

London: Sampson Low, 1889. 1st edition in 2 volumes, 8vo, 320pp, 363pp, 6 fold-out maps, line illustrations, illustrated cloth depicting a train of camels wending through the wilderness; there is some mild but noticeable white speckling to the front board of volume one, some rubbing to the spine hinges and similarly to all extrems, some moderate darkening to spine with commensurate loss of brightness to the gilt lettering; nevertheless a most respectable, near VG Copy of this great Australian exploration classic. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.