Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences of Early Queensland

Brisbane: Watson, Ferguson & Co., 1904.
First Edition.

22cm x 14cm. xvi, 319 pages, [16] black and white plates, 1 folding map. Original green illustrated cloth.

Reminiscences of early Queensland dating from 1837 recorded by Tom Petrie’s daughter. Prefatory note by Walter E. Roth. This copy with the errata slip and the explanatory overlay for the photographic plate of Brisbane in 1858-9, from Windmill (Observatory) by John Watson.

Some flecking to cloth. Previous owner’s name and bookplate of Iain G. Herriot to front endpaper. Numerous straightened dog-ears. Very Good Condition.

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