Author: Austin, J. B.
Title: The Mines of South Australia, Including Also an Account of the Smelting Works in That Colony, Together with a Brief Description of the Country, and Incidents of Travel in the Bush [Australiana Facsimile Editions].
Description: Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA), 1968. Facsimile ed. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, light brown vinyl leather boards (gilt title spine), red card cover bound in, fold-out map at rear (partly detached, small tear repaired), minor edgewear, minor pencil annotation. 109 pp. A survey of mines in South Australia, by John Baptist Austin, originally published in 1863. Includes extra unnumbered 21 pages of period adverts at the rear. About the principal mines and smelters in South Australia in the1860s, and a brief description of each, as well as a small travel log and incidences that happen within his travels. SALE PRICE. (No 48 in this facsimile series.).

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