THE PASTORAL PATTERSONS. The history of Myles Patterson and his descendants, 1822 to 1976.
Pp 236+[6], coloured frontispiece portrait plus 32 black & white plates, 11 maps (7 folding), 3 documents loosely inserted in pocket at end, bibliography, index, errata slip loosely inserted; small cr. 4to; qr. brown morocco, contrasting green and dark brown gilt leather titling pieces, raised bands, brown cloth, upper board decorated in gilt (lightly rubbed); original glassine wrapper; top edge of leaves lightly soiled, bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown; Queensberry Hill Press, Melbourne, 1977. First edition, being one of 775 copies signed by the author. *One of the loose inserts is a facsimile of a previously unrecorded early printed pamphlet by John Hunter Patterson on the Australian aborigines. Item #045404
Price: $500.00