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Withers, William Bramwell.
The History of Ballarat, from the first Pastoral Settlement to the Present Time.
Publisher: Printed by F. W. Niven and Co., 40 Sturt Street, Ballarat;
Date of Publication: 1887
Stock Code: 15498
Second edition, after the first of 1870. Octavo, pp., xx, 362, large, folding, colour-printed view to front; large, folding, colour-printed map to end; 26 plates. Collated and complete. Publisher’s original emerald-green cloth; titled to black-and-gilt mining elevator vignette on spine; elaborate panel vignettes in black and gilt to upper cover; vignette stamped in black to lower board; white end-papers. Corners rubbed; shelf-wear to spine-tips; binding a touch cocked; top edge dusty; light rubbing to gilt. View backed with card (bound after the prelims, as is often the case); map repaired with tape to one joint; occasional light scattered foxing. A very good copy. The history of gold-rush era Victoria, Australia. Superbly illustrated with a large view of the town, and plan of the gold mines bound to end. £200.00