ISBN: 9780522839623 - come wind, come weather (5 resultados)

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. xi, 348pp, index, references, appendices, bw ills, maps. Red cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with darkened spine, 1 short tear to top front, light toning to page edges. Alfred Howitt visited Victoria with his father during the gold rushes and stayed to become one of the most vigorous and interesting Australians of his time. He was the bushman who found the disastrous Burke and Wills expedition and rescued its sole survivor. As explorer and geologist he mapped north Gippsland. Also an anthropologist, naturalist, farmer and police magistrate he was honored by Cambridge for his scientific accomplishments, and rewarded with high administrative posts in government for his practical capabilites. Size: 8vo.…

Hardback. Come Wind, Come Weather is a detailed biography documenting the life of Alfred Howitt, a pioneering 19th-century explorer, naturalist, and anthropologist who mapped Central Australia and conducted vital early studies on Indigenous cultures. 1971, First edition. A fine copy in a very good d/w with sun tanning of the spine. Scans available if required.…

8vo. XI, 348 S. OLn. mit OSchU sowie transparenter Schutzfolie. Umschlag und Buchblock leicht berieben, sonst guter Zustand.

Condición: Very Good. 8vo. hardcover. 348pp. index, b/w frontis. Very good+. / Very good d/w with sunned spine.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. First Edition. Signed by the author. Dust jackets are a little discoloured, edges a little bit edge worn. There is some dampspotting within, over the first and last few pages. Text is good. Side of the text block is a little spotted.…