Author: Matt. J. Fox; Phillip Champion de Crespigny; Ernest Sando Emerson; Andrew Grant; G. G. Swann
Title: The History of Queensland: Its People and Industries (3 Volumes)
Description: States Publishing Company, Brisbane, 1919-23. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 28cm x 21cm. xvi, 978, [xii], 940, [xii], 872 pages, 3 volumes, black and white illustrations. Original leather boards, rebacked in black leather retaining the original spinebacks. A full set of the monumental Fox's History of Queensland: An Historical and Commercial Review, Descriptive and Biographical Facts, Figures and Illustrations: An Epitome of Progress. Published in 3 volumes in 1919, 1921, and 1923, it is the largest historical work on Queensland and its colonial settler families ever produced. Despite known colloquially as Fox's History of Queensland, and with the second and third volumes crediting him as the compiler, the first volume was edited by Phillip Champion de Crespigny and Ernest Sando Emerson, the second by Andrew Grant, and the third by G. G. Swann, together with countless unnamed writers and with contributions from various photographers. Rare as a complete set and with the original leather almost always worn and cracked, this set rebacked preserving the original boards and spinebacks. Small loss to the original spines. Original boards refurbished. Vol. 1 frontispiece tissue guard torn, else vols. 1 and 2 with very clean interiors and only minor foxing to edges. Vol. 3 with dampstain to upper crown fore-edge corner from front to about page 75, front endpaper with some rubs to edges. Shipped Weight: 13.7 kilos.

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