FLINDERSLAND AND STURTLAND; or, The Inside and Outside of Australia
London: Richard Bentley, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Important account of tourist travels in Australia in the late 1850s and early '60s. "Jessop records in interesting and accurate detail an early expedition of Ernest Giles whom the author met at Wilpena where Giles had stopped on his homeward trip from the north. This expedition, in the company of a Mr Mole, was from Adelaide to the northward in search of new pastoral land. It does not appear to be elsewhere recorded and dates at least ten years before Giles's career became a matter of public record. Jessop supplies no precise date, but from the context it is clear that the expedition took place in the first half of 1859" (Jonathan Wantrup, Australian Rare Books, 1788-1900). Octavo, two volumes: viii, 289, [1, blank] pp. + x, 322 pp. In full brown calf bindings by Zaehnsdorf, with morocco spine labels, gilt-stamped titling, borders, and ornamentation, blind-stamped dentelles, and marbled endpapers and edges. Period ink gift inscription from one Eton student to another on a prefarory blank leaf in the first volume. Period bookseller's ticket to each rear pastedown. Some mild scuffing and wear to the leather; otherwise very good. Very good. Item #79646
Price: $550.00