Sydney, Australia: James Tegg, 1842. First Edition of the author’s first book; presentation copy; inscribed in Sydney by the author in 1843. Publisher’s boards with paper label; outer joints splitting; spine paper chipped; front free endpaper detached; interior clean and untrimmed; in a custom clamshell box. The author, born in England, became a prominent Australian politician. Revered as a founding father of the nation, his poetical efforts have been largely, but justly, ignored.

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