Historical and Descriptive Account of South Australia, founded on the Experience of a Three Years' Residence in that Colony
London, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1843.
Duodecimo, 152 pages.
Early half calf and cloth a little rubbed at the extremities; endpapers a little offset, and heavily tanned around the edges by the leather turn-ins; all edges uncut, with upwards of a centimetre variation in the height and width of the leaves; some edges dusty, with one leading edge lightly chipped; trifling signs of age and use; a very good copy.
The author lived in South Australia from March 1839 to March 1842. Chapters include 'Sketch of Adelaide and Surrounding Villages - Colonial Life and Manners', 'The Native Inhabitants', and 'Information for Emigrants', plus an appendix bringing the information up to date to the end of 1842. Provenance: 'R. Kyffin Thomas | 1902' is written in ink on the front flyleaf. Sir Robert Kyffin Thomas (1851-1910), the grandson of Robert Thomas, who arrived on the 'Africaine' at Holdfast Bay in 1836 with a printing press, was himself an influential newspaperman in the state. Ferguson 3566.
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