Australian rare books 1788 – 1900 (deluxe edition)

Sydney : Hordern House, 1987. Two volumes, octavo, gilt-lettered cloth, slipcase, vol. 1 pp. x; 168; vol. 2 pp. 32; a fine set. The deluxe edition, each volume limited to 125 copies signed by the author.

The deluxe edition is specially bound in slipcase, and includes the additional volume ‘First news from Botany Bay : the ‘London Chronicle’ account of the foundation of Australia in 1788′.