Readings in Melbourne; with an essay on the resources and prospects of Victoria, for the emigrant and uneasy classes.

London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1879. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth, edges lightly rubbed and foxed, hinges cracked, upper free endpaper with a membership roster of members of a circulating Book Club, ownership name inscribed of E. A. Balderstone, pp. xvi; 328; 32 (publisher’s catalogue), edges foxed, internally clean, a very good copy.

A rich and vivid account of life in colonial Melbourne addressed to the prospective emigrant, including an appendix with ‘practical hints’ for the emigrant.