A History of Australia. 6 vols. (Complete and all published).

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Melbourne U.P. (1962-1987). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spines gilt. Dustjackets (some spines faded). With frontispieces 120 plates of which many full-page and 27 maps. Some foxing in the volumes. All vols. are 1st editions. Previous owner's name on front endpaper of volume 2. A good set COLLATION: Vol. I: From the Earliest Times to the Age of Macquarie; Vol. II: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land 1822-1838; Vol. III: The Beginning of an Australian Civilization 1824-1851; Vol. IV: The Earth Abideth for Ever 1851-1888; Vol. V: The People Make Laws 1888-1915; Vol. VI: 'The Old Dead Tree and the Young Tree Green' 1916-1935 With an Epilogue.