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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. hardback, small 8vo, a very good clean and tightly bound copy of the 1861 edition in facsimile, a very good dust jacket that is slightly rubbed to extremities, 272pp.

facsimile).Octavo,272 pp.,book plate, fine copy in torn dustwrapper. Horace William Wheelwright (1815-1865), writing under the nom de plume "An Old Bushman", was a qualified attorney who migrated from England to Australia in 1852. He came in search of gold, was unsuccessful, and decided to put his love of field sports into practice by becoming a professional shooter of game. He supplied the Melbourne market with duck, quail, pigeon and kangaroo before leaving for Europe in 1859. An account of his Scandinavian experiences was published posthumously in 1866. He died in 1865 from injuries sustained from a fall in a London street. His account is one of the most informative and readable narratives of early bush life in the colony.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. pp.xvi+272. 18.5cm. Index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Decorated boards. Light wear to the jacket. A good clean copy Wheelwright, hunter, naturalist and writer, migrated to Australia in 1852. Unsuccessful at the Diggings he made a living in the bush . . Facsimile reprint of the original edition of 1861. [384g].

Barre, 1973. 102 pp. Ills. Stiff softcover.

2nd edition. 8vo. viii + 407pp. 6 colour plates. Small library inkstamp to title page ans small bookplate to front pastedown. Pages browned. One plate slightly frayed to fore-edge. Hinges detached with several pages being unprofessionally restubbed. Frayed and worn original red cloth with gilt device to upper board and gilt lettering to spine. Lower joint split with tear extending across spine. With all faults. With the signature of Ann Savours Shirley. US$74.

first edition).Duodecimo,272 pp.Publisher's blindstamped blue cloth, a very good copy. The first edition was issued without plates, the second edition has sixteen uncoloured plates. The first edition does not have plates, they appeared with the second edition. Horace William Wheelwright (1815-1865) was a qualified attorney who migrated from England to Australia in 1852. He came in search of gold, was unsuccessful, and decided to put his love of field sports into practice by becoming a professional shooter of game. He supplied the Melbourne market with duck, quail, pigeon and kangaroo before leaving for Europe in 1859. An account of his Scandavian experiences was published posthumously in 1866. He died in 1865 from injuries sustained from a fall in a London street. His account is one of the most informative and readable narratives of early bush life in the colony.

first edition).Octavo,272 pp.Publisher's mauve cloth, lightly sunned and hinges cracked, a very good copy. Signed by the author on the dedication page. The first edition does not have plates, they appeared with the second edition. Horace William Wheelwright (1815-1865), writing under the nom de plume "An Old Bushman", was a qualified attorney who migrated from England to Australia in 1852. He came in search of gold, was unsuccessful, and decided to put his love of field sports into practice by becoming a professional shooter of game. He supplied the Melbourne market with duck, quail, pigeon and kangaroo before leaving for Europe in 1859. An account of his Scandinavian experiences was published posthumously in 1866. He died in 1865 from injuries sustained from a fall in a London street. His account is one of the most informative and readable narratives of early bush life in the colony.

second edition).Duodecimo,304 pp.,16 uncoloured plates. Publisher's later issue cloth, the signature and stamp of F. G. A. Barnard, a few stains otherwise a very good copy. Originally titled 'Bush wanderings of a naturalist; or, notes on the field sports and fauna of Australia Felix. By an old bushman' and first published in 1861, without plates. The second edition, with uncoloured plates was first published in 1865 and there were a number of later iterations, including this copy which has the change of title. Horace William Wheelwright (1815-1865), writing under the nom de plume "An Old Bushman", was a qualified attorney who migrated from England to Australia in 1852. He came in search of gold, was unsuccessful, and decided to put his love of field sports into practice by becoming a professional shooter of game. He supplied the Melbourne market with duck, quail, pigeon and kangaroo before leaving for Europe in 1859. An account of his Scandinavian experiences was published posthumously in 1866. He died in 1865 from injuries sustained from a fall in a London street. His account is one of the most informative and readable narratives of early bush life in the colony. PROVENANCE: Francis George Allman Barnard (1857-1932) was a Kew pharmacist, author of a History of Kew, a foundation member of the Field Naturalist club of Victoria and a past president.

first edition).Octavo,272 pp.Publisher's mauve cloth, Lengthy insciption "H. W. Wheelright to his old friend Caspar Lexow", then presented through other hands and ulitmately to Dr R. Soderberg. The first edition does not have plates, they appeared with the second edition. Horace William Wheelwright (1815-1865), writing under the nom de plume "An Old Bushman", was a qualified attorney who migrated from England to Australia in 1852. He came in search of gold, was unsuccessful, and decided to put his love of field sports into practice by becoming a professional shooter of game. He supplied the Melbourne market with duck, quail, pigeon and kangaroo before leaving for Europe in 1859. An account of his Scandinavian experiences was published posthumously in 1866. He died in 1865 from injuries sustained from a fall in a London street. His account is one of the most informative and readable narratives of early bush life in the colony. Horace William Wheelwright (1815-1865), writing under the nom de plume "An Old Bushman", was a qualified attorney who migrated from England to Australia in 1852. He came in search of gold, was unsuccessful, and decided to put his love of field sports into practice by becoming a professional shooter of game. He supplied the Melbourne market with duck, quail, pigeon and kangaroo before leaving for Europe in 1859. An account of his Scandinavian experiences was published posthumously in 1866. He died in 1865 from injuries sustained from a fall in a London street. His account is one of the most informative and readable narratives of early bush life in the colony.

Zustand: Gut. Der Einband stellenweise berieben und beschabt / bestossen. Einige Seiten leicht fleckig. Hinterer Deckel und die letzten Seiten im unteren Bereich fleckig. Fronitspiz, XV, 272 S. Mit 15 Tafeln. Deutsch 400g Kl.8°. Ledereinband d. Zeit reichhaltiger Rücken- und Deckelvergoldung sowie Innenkantenvergoldung und Goldschnitt.

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1865. Royal8vo. Orig. full cloth. Spine and frontcover gilt. Professionally rebacked preserving orig. spine. Light edgewear. Small stamps on verso of title-page and on foot of last leaf. XVI,592 pp. + Publisher's catatalogue. Internally fine and clean. First edition.