History of Australasia: Discovery to Self-Government
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Blair, David 'The History of Australasia from the first dawn of Discovery in the Southern Ocean to the Establishment of Self-Government in the various Colonies. Comprising the settlement and History of New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. Together with some account of Fiji and New Guinea.' Full leather binding with gilt embossed decoration to front, gilt titles and tooling to five band raised spine. 1st Edition. xxvi, 711 pages. Frontispiece, additional illustrated engraved title-page, 14 full-page plates, and 8 coloured maps (all present).
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