COLEBATCH, Sir Hal. A Story of a Hundred Years. Western Australia 1829 -1929. Perth, W.A.: Fred. Wm. Simpson, Government Printer, 1929.
8vo. Publisher's cloth, Swan tooled in blind to upper cover, gilt lettering to spine; pp. x + 476; numerous full page colour illustrations and black and white illustrations in text, folding panorama of the Swan River, maps to text; minor discolouration to boards, else a very good copy of a beautiful book production, which would have been impossible after Black Friday of 1929.
First edition, very uncommon outside Australia. Comprehensive description of Western Australia, covering all conceivable aspects. This copy presented by the Agent General in London to a Mr. Dawe with an accomapnying letter to that effect and a newspaper clipping of a press review.
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