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Adelaide: C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1891. Quarto, 22 pages plus numerous ruled interleaves (with easily visible large SA Government watermarks). Flush-cut quarter cloth and papered boards; spine and rear cover a little unevenly sunned; front and rear covers lightly marked; an excellent copy. Printed at the head of the first page is the following: '29/6/91. Draft of a Bill as adopted by the National Australasian Convention, 9th April, 1891. Henry Parkes, President. F.W. Webb, Secretary'. Provenance: Sir John William Downer (1843-1915), one of the South Australian delegates at the Convention, with the printed paper name-label 'Sir J.W. Downer' on the front cover. We purchased this item from the public auction of material from the estate of his son, Sir Alexander Downer (1910-1981). We have previously sold another copy of this draft bill from the same source; it carried a slightly earlier printed date…
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Adelaide: C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1897. Foolscap folio, 29 pages with numerous ruled interleaves. Half red roan and red stippled cloth with a printed paper title label on the front cover; leather a little rubbed at the extremities, with slight surface loss to the corner pieces; cloth a little flecked and marked; light crease to the blank bottom corner of most leaves; a very good copy (internally excellent). Printed at the head of the first page is the following: 'Copy of Federal Constitution under the Crown, framed and approved by the Australasian Federal Convention, at Adelaide, South Australia, 22nd March to 23rd April, 1897. E.G. Blackmore, Clerk. C.C. Kingston, President'. The signature of Sir John William Downer (1843-1915), one of the South Australian delegates at the Convention, is writ large on the front pastedown ('The Honble. Sir J.W. Downer K.C.M.G.'). He has hand-printed much the same in ink on the printed paper title label on the front cover.
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- Fecha de publicación 1897
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Draft of a Bill to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia
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