Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia during the years 1828 1829 1830 and 1831: With Observations on the Soil Climate and General Resources of the Colony of New South Wales. ... 2 vols.

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

London: Smith Elder and Co. 1833. 8vo. Brown half calf with marbled boards and vellum corners. Spines with raised bands and gilt. New endpapers. With two b/w lithographed frontispieces 2 maps of which 1 is folding 4 hand-coloured bird plates and 7 full-page engraved plates. Vol. I is presentation copy from publisher to Editor to Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine with inscription on half title-page. Small tears to folding map. Slight foxing to preliminary pages and end-pages otherwise a good complete copy. First edition. NOTE: "(A)n important book recounting discoveries of the highest consequence & being the 1st publication by one of Australia's most heroic explorers... is scarce & sought after." (Wantrup 118a). The first full-scale publication of an explorer's journal since the publication of John Oxley's book thirteen years earlier. This handsome two volume book contains Sturt's observations and illustrations from his expedition down the banks of the Macquarie River in 1828 and 1829 as well as his expedition down the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers in 1829 1830 and 1831.