ID12384 Friends of State Library of South Australia Adelaide [1838] Facsimile Edition Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition (New). With folding map. Standard edition. Deep green blind-stamped cloth boards, gilt title to face and spine. This edition limited to 600 copies. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 219. 295pages. Thomas James arrived in South Australia in early 1838 and he was not impressed. The passengers had to walk through mud when disembarknig the boat, and then probably walk to Adelaide as bullock carts were regularly unavailable. His account of his three-and-a-half-months in South Australia, expansively entitled Six months in South Australia, is a rambling, disorganised, jaunty and entertaining glimpse of the colonys tentative beginnings. Hardback $77.00AUD
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