Author: [Alfred] William Howitt
Title: Land, Labour, and Gold; or, Two Years in Victoria: with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land
Description: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 1855. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition. 20.5cm x 12.5cm. xvi, 413, [1], [2 advertisements]; xii, 297, [1] pages, 6, 24 advertisments, 2 volumes. Original blind stamped green cloth, gilt lettering. The sought after first edition in original cloth of one of the classic Australian gold digger narratives. FERGUSON 10618, WANTRUP (2023) 415 with the Westley's binder's ticket, and the advertisments as identified in (a). Minor splitting to joints, a small chip to the backstrip of of Vol.1. Upper hinge of volume 1 cracked. Bookseller's stamp of R. Burge, Manchester. Minor tanning and wear to interior. Volume 1 recased, the joints frayed. Bookseller's stamp of R. Burge, Manchester. Minor tanning and wear to interior.. Shipped Weight: 1.13 kilos.

Keywords: BZDB407 History; Countries::Australia; Unbranded [Alfred] William Howitt Land, Labour, and Gold; or, Two Years in Victoria: with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land Countries::Australia


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