The History of Bendigo

George Mackay

Melbourne

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Fergusson & Mitchell for Mackay & Co, Bendigo

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1891

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First Edition.

22cm x 14.5cm. [viii], 196 pages, 11 illustrations, 2 of which are folding. Cloth, gilt lettering, blind decoration.

First edition of an important history of the gold mining town of Bendigo from its beginnings in 1851. FERGUSON 12031.

Slightly cocked. Chip to spine tail. Minor marks to cloth. Early previous owner names to front free endpaper, some minor marginalia in pencil. Frontispiece fold-out splitting at the centre fold, but overall the pages are clean and bright. Good Condition.