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C1839
Reconnoitering Voyages and Travels withh in South Australia
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<P> <DIV align=center><FONT size3><IMG src="http://www.antiqueprintroom.com/image?3807b23d9779252f1273b19995bcc98e"> <DIV align=center><FONT size3><IMG src="http://www.antiqueprintroom.com/image?9581061ea87a311e034a3cce05de6d71"> <DIV align=center><FONT size3><IMG src="http://www.antiqueprintroom.com/image?21352ad9b79ca2e7a8e0f5073c20173b"> <DIV align=center><FONT size3><IMG src="http://www.antiqueprintroom.com/image?19ab4a2d52cb9abe44189841b12e06a6"> <P> <P> <DIV id=EBdescription> <TABLE cellSpacing=28 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2><FONT size=2> <P align=center><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>Offered is the rare first edition … Read Full Description
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Reconnoitering Voyages and Travels withh in South Australia
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C1839
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1839
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<P> <DIV align=center><FONT size3><IMG src="http://www.antiqueprintroom.com/image?3807b23d9779252f1273b19995bcc98e"> <DIV align=center><FONT size3><IMG src="http://www.antiqueprintroom.com/image?9581061ea87a311e034a3cce05de6d71"> <DIV align=center><FONT size3><IMG src="http://www.antiqueprintroom.com/image?21352ad9b79ca2e7a8e0f5073c20173b"> <DIV align=center><FONT size3><IMG src="http://www.antiqueprintroom.com/image?19ab4a2d52cb9abe44189841b12e06a6"> <P> <P> <DIV id=EBdescription> <TABLE cellSpacing=28 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2><FONT size=2> <P align=center><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>Offered is the rare first edition of this early account of SA, Sydney &amp Islands in the Indian Ocean 1839</STRONG></FONT></P> <P align=center><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp</P> <P align=center><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><STRONG>Title :</STRONG> Reconnoitering Voyages and Travels with Adventures in the Colonies of South Australia A Particular Description of The Town of &nbspAdelaide, and Kangaroo Island and account&nbspof the Present State of Sydney and it’s Parts Adjacent, including visits to Nicobar and other islands in the Indian Seas, Calcutta, the Cape of Good Hope, and St Helena, during the years 1836, 1837, 1838 by W.H.Leigh esq Late Surgeon of the Australian Company’s Ship "South Australia".</FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><STRONG>Author&nbsp:</STRONG> W.H. Leigh </FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><STRONG>Description:</STRONG> Lond.: 1839. 8vo.Original brown cloth&nbsp(XVI,292,24pp.). With lithographed frontispiece, lithographed title-page with vignette and 6 full-page lithographed plates. At the end a 24 page publisher’s catalogue, dated May 1839. 1st ed.&nbsp </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Ferguson 2786.&nbsp &nbsp</P></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana> <P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Book size:&nbsp&nbsp&nbspOctavo&nbsp 225mm x 150mm </STRONG></FONT></P> <P><STRONG>Condition:&nbsp&nbsp</STRONG>Binding somewhat rubbed, top of spines and edges chipped, corners bumped and worn. Spine has cracked at top. Most plates with foxing as is often found, text mainly free of foxing and in good condition, see photos. A tight copy of this rare account.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Comments:&nbsp&nbsp </STRONG>Leigh travelled to South Australia as a ship’s surgeon and went ashore on Kangaroo Island thereafter he described early&nbspsettler survival struggles, living costs, murders, a whale feast, bush skills, bravery and humour. From Adelaide he moves onto Sydney NSW. <FONT face=Verdana>A rare oppportunity to own one of the earliest accounts of early colonial life in Kangaroo Island and Adelaide. This book also contains one of the earliest images of inland Kangaroo Island.</FONT></FONT></P> <P><STRONG>Online price comparisons:&nbsp</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>Bookseller:<BR></STRONG><SPAN id=vendor-name>Berkelouw Books</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN><STRONG>Price:<BR></STRONG><SPAN id=vendor-name>$AUS 917.85</SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Guarantee<EM>. </EM></STRONG></P> <P></FONT>We fully guarantee the authenticity of all our offerings and if you find&nbspour descriptions to be incorrect we will provide a full refund of Final Ebay Listing price. </FONT><FONT size=2></P> <P><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></P></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT> <DIV align=left><FONT size=3><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT>&nbsp</DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=3><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT>&nbsp</DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=3><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>SHIPPING<EM>. </EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <P align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2><U>All items sent by insured well packed trackable post</U></FONT></P> <P align=left></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana>AUSTRALIA&nbsp-&nbsp $15&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana>International $30</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp</P> <P align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT face=Verdana size=2><U>Terms and Conditions</U></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT face=Verdana><FONT face=Verdana size=2>All items must be paid for in 7 days. </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Verdana size=2><U>Payment Options</U></FONT></P> <P></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Direct credit, money orders, Paypal.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY> <DIV></DIV></FONT> <DIV></DIV></FONT> <DIV></DIV></FONT> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <P> <P><!– Begin Honesty Counter–> <P> <CENTER><A href="http://showcount.vendio.com/cgi-bin/ebay-referer.cgi?ebaycounter=no"><IMG src="http://ctr.vendio.com/cgi-bin/honesty-counter.cgi?df=270270642238&ampsite=1" border=0></A>&nbsp<BR></CENTER><!– End Honesty Counter –> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV></FONT> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
