BUTLER EARP, G. The gold colonies of Australia: comprising their history, territorial divisions, produce, and capabilities; also, ample notices on the gold mines, and how to get to them, with every advice to emigrants. London, G. Routledge, 1852. 8vo. Contemp. half calf. Folding frontispiece map of Australia. VIII, 216 pp. Together with:
(2) LECTURES delivered before the early closing association, Melbourne, 1869-70. Melbourne, Samuel Mullen, 1870. 8vo. Orig. red cloth. (4), 24; 32; 32; 19 (1 blank); 23 (1 blank); 19 (1); 24; 24 pp. (3) GERLAND, Georg. Über das Aussterben der Naturvölker. Leipzig, Friedrich Fleischer, 1868. 8vo. Contemp. half cloth. X, 145 (1) pp.- And 3 others,, of which one with 2 works in 1 vol.
Ad 1: First edition of this history of the gold colonies in Australia, with at the end a series of extracts from letters describing events at the gold fields and personal experiences. Ad 2: Second series of lectures under the auspices of the Early Closing Association in Melbourne, with i.a. contributions by Henry John Wrixon, Professor M'Coy, and A.M. Henderson. Ad 3: One of the first works grasping the extinction of the Tasmanian race.
Ad 1: Good copy.- (Front hinge loosening and map and title loose). Ad 2: Good copy.- (Upper right pat of title lacking). Ad 3: Good copy.- (Binding sl. dam).
Ferguson 9355 (1), 18909, 11891, 10362, 9415, 7466, 18911, 15842, 7468 (2).