WAYFARING NOTES (Second Series): A Holiday Tour Round The World
by Professor John Smith 1821-1885
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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Reprinted, from the Sydney Morning Herald, For Private Distribution. (Aberdeen: A. Brown: 1876) First Edition. Decorated cloth, bevelled boards (that is, hard covers) pp. x, 405. Errata leaf tipped in before the Authors Preface. Printed Presented by the Author at head of title-page which is in line with its being printed for private circulation. Edges uncut. For more on this prominent scientist and political/social figure in Australia see http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-john-4608 First Edition. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; a few small stains to cloth and to the edges, and a little foxing, mainly to the edges; rear inner hinge splitting; a very good copy.
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Clarence Park, South Australia
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I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
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