The gold-finder of Australia; how he went, how he fared, and how he made his fortune.

Illustrated with forty-eight magnificent engravings, from authentic sketches taken in the Colony. London : Clarke, Beeton & Co., [1853]. Octavo (227 x 145 mm), contemporary blind-blocked green cloth (scattered tiny paint spots, mostly confined to the lower board and spine), gilt-lettered spine (softened at ends); front pastedown with original owner’s initials JWB, engraved title page and title page both with his full name, title and place of residence ‘John Woods Beck, MD, Belfast’; pp. xii; 372, with numerous engraved illustrations after S. T. Gill and others; both hinges with short split at tail, contents with occasional light foxing.

Ferguson 15634; Wantrup 466b.