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

Hobart: Blubber Head Press, 1990. Hardback small thick quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), red brown cloth cover (gilt lettering & vignette), black & white drawings, colour frontispiece drawing, maps, spine little faded jacket as common. 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 The previously unpublished journal of Leichhardt's second expedition, an unsuccessful attempt to cross the continent from the East coast to the Swan River on the West coast.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 times sake! Dan Sprod.")