Australians : A Historical Library Limited Edition – FAIRFAX, SYME & WELDON 1987
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Australians : A Historical Library Limited Edition - FAIRFAX, SYME & WELDON 1987
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 75 of 250 copies
11 volume set in deluxe mid-brown leather binding blocked in gilt and dark brown.
Light brown slipcase for each volume.
Green endpapers printed in white with a design, different for each volume.
Yellow ribbon page marker.
10 volumes measure 28.7x21.5cm.
Atlas volume measures 40.5x28.4cm.
Details of the 11 volumes are:
• v.1 Australians to 1788 476 pages
• v.2 Australians 1838 474 pages
• v.3 Australians 1888 474 pages
• v.4 Australians 1938 474 pages
• v.5 Australians from 1939 474 pages
• v.6 Australians a historical atlas 290 page
• v.7 Australians, a guide to sources 473 pages
• v.8 Australians, events and places 476 pages
• v. 9 Australians a historical dictionary 462 pages
• v.10 Australians, historical statistics 470 pages
• v.11 Australians, the guide and index 83 pages
Prominent scholars and historians in their specialist fields were commissioned by the publishers to produce this set in commemoration of the 1988 Bicentenary of European settlement. A massive and profusely illustrated work, a must for any collector of Australian history. All volumes of much Aboriginal interest. Basically, everything you would ever want to know about Australia before 1987.
Deluxe set is a limited edition of 250 sets hand bound in Australian leather. Cover design by John Bull reflecting the patterns of the Australian bush.
Price on issue A$2000
This set warrants inclusion in the Fine Book Forum because of its beautiful, and very Australian, blocked leather binding with patterns of the Australian bush.
The First volume and Atlas have been chosen for review.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 75 of 250 copies
11 volume set in deluxe mid-brown leather binding blocked in gilt and dark brown.
Light brown slipcase for each volume.
Green endpapers printed in white with a design, different for each volume.
Yellow ribbon page marker.
10 volumes measure 28.7x21.5cm.
Atlas volume measures 40.5x28.4cm.
Details of the 11 volumes are:
• v.1 Australians to 1788 476 pages
• v.2 Australians 1838 474 pages
• v.3 Australians 1888 474 pages
• v.4 Australians 1938 474 pages
• v.5 Australians from 1939 474 pages
• v.6 Australians a historical atlas 290 page
• v.7 Australians, a guide to sources 473 pages
• v.8 Australians, events and places 476 pages
• v. 9 Australians a historical dictionary 462 pages
• v.10 Australians, historical statistics 470 pages
• v.11 Australians, the guide and index 83 pages
Prominent scholars and historians in their specialist fields were commissioned by the publishers to produce this set in commemoration of the 1988 Bicentenary of European settlement. A massive and profusely illustrated work, a must for any collector of Australian history. All volumes of much Aboriginal interest. Basically, everything you would ever want to know about Australia before 1987.
Deluxe set is a limited edition of 250 sets hand bound in Australian leather. Cover design by John Bull reflecting the patterns of the Australian bush.
Price on issue A$2000
This set warrants inclusion in the Fine Book Forum because of its beautiful, and very Australian, blocked leather binding with patterns of the Australian bush.
The First volume and Atlas have been chosen for review.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
