From Spear to Pearl-Shell : Somerset, Cape York Peninsula, 1864-1877
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From Spear to Pearl-Shell : Somerset, Cape York Peninsula, 1864-1877 (1988)
EN HC USISBN: 9780958979917 bzw. 095897991X, in Englisch, Boolarong Publications, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Terra Australis Books [872973], Daisy Hill, Australia.
Usual library marks. Illustrated laminated boards covered in clear contact. Some fading to spine. Contents very good. 207 pages with b/w illustrations. Somerset had the unusual distinction of being a settlement founded by Government for political reasons and its site determined by geographical reference and certainly without any knowledge of its local features. The initial party were shipped to a beach and from then on were left very much to their own devices. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Usual library marks. Illustrated laminated boards covered in clear contact. Some fading to spine. Contents very good. 207 pages with b/w illustrations. Somerset had the unusual distinction of being a settlement founded by Government for political reasons and its site determined by geographical reference and certainly without any knowledge of its local features. The initial party were shipped to a beach and from then on were left very much to their own devices. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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From Spear to Pearl Shell. Somerset, Cape York Peninsula 1864-1877. (1988)
EN HC USISBN: 9780958979917 bzw. 095897991X, in Englisch, Boolarong Press, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Australien, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lawrence Jones.
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 1988. xvi, 207pp, index, maps, tables, bw ills. Or pictorial laminated board. Some foxing to endpapers and page edges, triangle excised from front free endpaper. Somerset was a settlement founded by the government for political reasons, its site determined by geographical reference and without any knowledge of its local features. The initial party were shipped to a beach and then left to themselves. The surrounding country was inhabited by Aboriginal tribes of warlike habits and cannibalistic tastes. The closest NT cattle stations were hundreds of miles south and the nearest town 1000 iles distant. With Thursday Island headhunters, blackbirders, crocodiles, sharks and the spears of the local tribes the men, women and children of Somerset needed little inducement to remain within the confines of the settlement.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lawrence Jones.
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 1988. xvi, 207pp, index, maps, tables, bw ills. Or pictorial laminated board. Some foxing to endpapers and page edges, triangle excised from front free endpaper. Somerset was a settlement founded by the government for political reasons, its site determined by geographical reference and without any knowledge of its local features. The initial party were shipped to a beach and then left to themselves. The surrounding country was inhabited by Aboriginal tribes of warlike habits and cannibalistic tastes. The closest NT cattle stations were hundreds of miles south and the nearest town 1000 iles distant. With Thursday Island headhunters, blackbirders, crocodiles, sharks and the spears of the local tribes the men, women and children of Somerset needed little inducement to remain within the confines of the settlement.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.
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From Spear to Pearl Shell. Somerset, Cape York Peninsula 1864-1877. (1988)
EN HC US FEISBN: 9780958979917 bzw. 095897991X, in Englisch, Boolarong Press, Brisbane, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lawrence Jones Books [251740], Ashmore, Australia.
xvi, 207pp, index, maps, tables, bw ills. Or pictorial laminated board. Some foxing to endpapers and page edges, triangle excised from front free endpaper. Somerset was a settlement founded by the government for political reasons, its site determined by geographical reference and without any knowledge of its local features. The initial party were shipped to a beach and then left to themselves. The surrounding country was inhabited by Aboriginal tribes of warlike habits and cannibalistic tastes. The closest NT cattle stations were hundreds of miles south and the nearest town 1000 iles distant. With Thursday Island headhunters, blackbirders, crocodiles, sharks and the spears of the local tribes the men, women and children of Somerset needed little inducement to remain within the confines of the settlement. Size: 8vo.
xvi, 207pp, index, maps, tables, bw ills. Or pictorial laminated board. Some foxing to endpapers and page edges, triangle excised from front free endpaper. Somerset was a settlement founded by the government for political reasons, its site determined by geographical reference and without any knowledge of its local features. The initial party were shipped to a beach and then left to themselves. The surrounding country was inhabited by Aboriginal tribes of warlike habits and cannibalistic tastes. The closest NT cattle stations were hundreds of miles south and the nearest town 1000 iles distant. With Thursday Island headhunters, blackbirders, crocodiles, sharks and the spears of the local tribes the men, women and children of Somerset needed little inducement to remain within the confines of the settlement. Size: 8vo.
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From Spear to Pearl-Shell: Somerset, Cape York Peninsula, 1864-1877 (1988)
EN HC US FEISBN: 9780958979917 bzw. 095897991X, in Englisch, Boolarong Publications, Brisbane, Australia, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lectioz Books [50379531], Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Light wear to boards. Some foxing to pastedowns and feps plus pale yellow mark/foxing to bottom corner of pages. Otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 207pp Size: 165mm x 245mm.
Light wear to boards. Some foxing to pastedowns and feps plus pale yellow mark/foxing to bottom corner of pages. Otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 207pp Size: 165mm x 245mm.
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From Spear to Pearl Shell. Somerset, Cape York Peninsula 1864-1877 (1988)
EN HC US FEISBN: 9780958979917 bzw. 095897991X, in Englisch, Boolarong Press, Brisbane, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe.
Lieferung aus: Australien, plus shipping, Shipping area: INT.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lawrence Jones, QLD, Nobby Beach, [RE:5].
8vo. Hard Cover, First Edition.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lawrence Jones, QLD, Nobby Beach, [RE:5].
8vo. Hard Cover, First Edition.
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