The State and Position of Western Australia ; Commonly Called The Swan-River Settlement
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co., London, 1835
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, AustraliaMuir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books]
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1st ed., octavo, pp vii, 143, i. Original cloth boards, spine rebacked with new paper spine label, corners bumped, markings to boards, small fishing holes to upper corners earlier pages, foxing and light staining to endpapers. Stamp of Henry Prinsep ("H.P.") to front and rear paste-downs with offsetting from stamp to end-papers. Contents generally clean. Very good condition. Irwin arrived in the Swan River Settlement in June 1829, as commandant of the military forces. His book was the first published account of the Colony and remained a valuable source. It includes a chapter on Aborigines. This book from the library of Henry Prinsep with his stamp (H.P.) to both boards. Prinsep was an early settler in Western Australia and had an interest in art and literature. Prinsep's 1875 and 1876 drawings of incidents in the explorations of Sir John Forrest and Ernest Giles were included in the published accounts of their expeditions.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The State and Position of Western Australia ; Commonly Called The Swan-River Settlement
- Author
- Irwin, Captain Frederick Chidley
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall & Co., London
- Publication year
- 1835
- Binding
- Boards
- Edition
- 1st edition.
Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books]
PERTH, WA, Australia
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Established in 1973, we are second generation booksellers located in Perth, Western Australia walking distance from the State Library of WA and the WA Museum. We deal in old, rare and out of print books as well as art, maps and globes, photographs, natural history specimens and curious objects. You are more than welcome to visit us at our bookshop or browse our great range of books and various items at our website: https://www.muirbooks.com Muir Books (Robert Muir Old & Rare Books) was founded by Robert and Helen Muir. and now owned and operated by Rob and Janet Muir with Tara Surry as researcher and cataloguer . We are one of the the larger booksellers in Western Australia with over 60,000 items in stock.…
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