Sir Joseph Banks: The "Father Of Australia" Banks, Joseph; Maiden, J. H. Australiana

Pp. xxiv+244, numerous illustrations (several full page), 4 folding charts (the two largest at end), two-page folding facsimile letter, index; demy 8vo; pictorial red cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt with two portrait busts of Banks within a banksia design on the upper board, the cloth slightly flecked and a trifle marked, edges lightly rubbed, small damp spot to lower board, spine slightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, short closed tear to bottom margin of first page of the facsimile letter, longer closed tear from bottom edge of last panel of the third map tape repaired on reverse, the outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Government Printer, Sydney, 1909. First edition. *The author was Government Botanist of New South Wales and Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney.