Letter to the Rt. Hon. Wm. Ewart Gladstone, M.P. Secretary of State of the Colonies, on the Extension of Steam Navigation from Singapore to Port Jackson, Australia
London: Smith, Elder and Company, 1846. Octavo, recent faux quarter calf, 56 pp. (last blank), folding map. Title page is browned and thumbed, otherwise an acceptable copy. A scarce pamphlet concerning the extension of steam navigation from Singapore to the Australian colonies, reflecting the enthusiasm for northern Australian settlement then..... More