Boy's Voyage Round the World; including a Residence in Victoria, and a journey by rail across North America

SMILES, Samuel (ed.)

Published by John Murray, London, 1872,

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SMILES, Samuel, (ed.). A Boy's Voyage Round the World; including a Residence in Victoria, and a journey by rail across North America. London : John Murray, 1872. Pp. 304, frontis., including illustrations. 8vo, half-calf withmarbled boards and marbled edges. Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia 15755 for 1877 edition. The story of the editor's son's voyage around the world, which was prescribed as a cure for a lung inflammation he had come down with at the age of sixteen. Includes a narrative of his voyage to Australiafrom England, his eighteen months spent living outside of Victoria in the colony, his crossing of the Pacific on a different vessel, and his journey by rail across North America. Moderately rubbed, cocked, , edgeworn, spotting to endpapers and initial and final leaves, occasional light foxing throughout, cracked between pp. 2-3, else very good. 100.00. Seller Inventory # 55524

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Title: Boy's Voyage Round the World; including a ...

Publisher: John Murray, London, 1872,

Binding: Hardcover