Lasseter harold (7 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: New. Imprint Classics ed.

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Harold Bell Lasseter claimed to have found an immense reef of gold in Central Australia and he dissapeared while searching for the reef in 1930. Lasseter claims in his diary that he had rediscovered the reef and had pegged and claimed the area (but gave no date or no location); however, suffering from starvation and sandy blight he recorded his thoughts, what good a reef worth millions? I would give it all for a loaf of bread. The diary was found after his body was discovered, and further expeditions have failed to solve the mystery. This is the first time the diary has been fully transcribed and contains all of Lasster's own mud-maps. The diary was purchased by Ion Idriess from Lasseter's widow in 1931, and from it he wrote the best-seller Lasseter's Last Ride. Here is the transcription of the diary with its original mud-maps and drawings. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paper Wraps. Facsimile Edition. Small oblong, brown card wraps, b&w facsimile, b&w illus, unpag (approx 90 pp.)Very good condn. Facsimile of the original diary, which was purchased by Ion Idriess in 1931 and used in his book 'Lasseter's Last Ride'.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Sydney, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1986 [first edition]. Octavo (bound at the top edge), [i] (new preface), [94] (facsimile diary) pages with numerous illustrations. Flush-cut textured card covers slightly rubbed; minimal signs of use; an excellent copy. A facsimile edition of the field diary kept by Harold Lasseter, together with some fragments that 'appear to form letters' to his wife. The original material was 'purchased by Ion Idriess, who included a transcription in his book, "Lasseter's Last Ride", which was first published in 1931'. The original is now in the Mitchell Library. 'Lewis Hubert Lasseter (1880-1931), gold-seeker' is how his entry in the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' begins. In 1929 he 'claimed that eighteen years previously he had discovered "a vast gold bearing reef in Central Australia"' and in July 1930 he was able to mount an expedition to rediscover it. 'No trace of a reef was found and when accidents and rough terrain forced the party back in September, Lasseter carried on his search with Paul Johns, an English dogger, who had a string of camels. They quarrelled and parted company and Lasseter, after his two camels had bolted, lived for about sixteen weeks with Aboriginals and died apparently of starvation at Shaws Creek in the Petermann Ranges [around the end of January 1931]. Lasseter claimed in his diary, later recovered, that he had "rediscovered" his reef and pegged his claim', thus ensuring the myth persists to this day.…

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: New. Imprint Classics ed.