A Geographical Dictionary; or Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies: Their Physical and Political Geography together with a brief notice of all the Capitals Principal Towns and Villages;

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Also of rivers bays gulfs mountains population and general statistics. Sydney: W. & F. Ford 1848. Royal 8vo. Cloth rebacked retaining orig. spine strip (heavily shelf-soiled). Printed map laid down on front cover. Uncut. (xvi 438 16pp.). With list of books consulted by the author a poem entitled 'Australia' by S.P. Hill and a list of subscribers. Illustrated by a folding hand-col. map of Australia 22 full-page county maps hand-col. in outline 4 full-page engrv. views (foxed with one crudely repaired) of which one depicts 'Bay Whaling off the Boyd Town Light House Twofold Bay N.S.W.' and interesting adverts including two of Henry Parkes Ivory and Bone Toy Manufacturer at 20 Hunter Street Sydney. New endpapers. Slight foxing on prelim. pages and last couple of pages. Pencil annotations light offsetting throughout otherwise a very good complete copy. Ferguson 4949.