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Auction: 13017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 772

READ, C. Rudston. What I Heard, Saw, And Did at the Australian Gold Fields. T. & W. Boone, London, 1853. Octavo, 336 pages, folding map at back plus illustrations in text. Original blind-embossed blue cloth, spine gilt. Marks and rubbing to cover, some staining, spotting and marking throughout, pages edges a little grubby. Frontispiece tint stained and torn at corner, now repaired, title-page torn at corner and stained. A very rare work and scarce in any condition.

An early picturesque and descriptive portrayal of daily life.

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Estimate
£300 to £400