Explorers of Australia and Their Life-Work

Favenc, Ernest

Published by Whitcombe and Tombs (1908), Christchurch, 1908

About this Item

One text leaf, pp,175-6, with loss to outer blank margin, without loss of text. Dust-jacket with tears and chips. 60 x 45mm loss to corner of rear panel of dust-jacket. 35mm loss at tail of dust-jacket spine. 20mm loss at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover. ; xiv, [2], 303, [1] pages. Frontispiece and 54 illustrations (13 full page) within the pagination. 9 maps (8 full page) within the pagination. Brown cloth boards. Red panels and gilt lettering and decoration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 220 x 143mm. Title on front panel of dust-jacket: "Explorers of East, Centre and West of Australia". Series: Makers of Australia. [Reference: This 1908 dust-jacket is one of the earliest New Zealand printed dust-jackets. It is preceded as an early New Zealand printed dust-jacket by the 1907 "Emerald Hours in New Zealand" by Alys Lowth [Bagnall A100] and possibly some other titles published in 1907 by Whitcombe and Tombs. Another New Zealand jacket printed in 1908 is: "John Rutherford : The White Chief" edited by James Drummond [Bagnall D646] [Reference: University of Otago Special Collections exhibition, December 2004 - March 2005 "Straight Jackets: The Art of the Book Jacket" online, accessed May 2024].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Explorers of Australia and Their Life-Work
• Publisher: Whitcombe and Tombs (1908), Christchurch
• Publication Date: 1908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
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