SECOND EDITION 1863, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by ROGER THERRY to SIR GEORGE MACLEAY, Australian explorer and politician, ex library copy, 8vo, approximately 215 x 135 mm, 8½ x 5¼ inches, large folding map at rear, pages: xiv, 1-522, library rebind in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, new yellow endpapers, the original free endpaper retained at front with the inscription. Binding slightly rubbed, inner hinges neatly strengthened with cloth by binder, 2 tiny repairs to original endpaper, library number to tail of spine rubbed away leaving small mark, small oval blind library stamp to top corner of title page and 1 other within, hardly noticeable, no other library marks, a few very light fingermarks to margins, small crease to to some lower blank corners, folding map has folds neatly repaired on blank side, no loss of image or text, otherwise a good sturdy copy, no loose pages. Published the same year as the first edition with corrections and additions including the map. On the original front endpaper the author has written: "To George Macleay - from an old sincere & attached friend - the Author R. Therry". Therry born and educated in Ireland (1800-1874) was posted to Sydney in 1829 and in 1846 was appointed judge of the supreme court of New South Wales. In this work he describes Sydney, colonial society, convicts, circuit duty, the plight of Catholics, education, the criminal court and the judicial system, Sir Geo. Gipps's administration, the affairs of New Zealand and Tahiti, discovery of gold, colonial products, the massacre of aborigines. In November 1829. George Macleay accompanied Charles Sturt on his expedition to the Murrumbidgee and the Murray. Charles Sturt named the Rufus River in south-western New South Wales in Macleay's honour. See: John Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia, Volume VII, page 609, No. 16989. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy book which may require extra postage.
