Narrative of the Expedition of the Australian Squadron to the South-East Coast of New Guinea October to December 1884.

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Sydney 1885. (Facsimile ed. Sydney: Robert Brown & Assoc. 1984). Folio. Orig. full blue morocco. Gilt. E.g. In slip-case. With 3 full-page col. lithographs fold. map and 35 photographic plates most of which are full-page. Edition lim. to 1000 numbered copies this being number 111. Mint condition copy. NOTE: This faithful facsimile was produced to commemorate the official opening on Aug. 7 1984 of P.N.G.'s Parliament House by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; and also to mark the centenary year since the Proclamation of British New Guinea.