Britain's Austral Empire: Portraits of the Statesmen and Officials Concerned in the Work of Establishing the Commonwealth of Australia. ...

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

London: Sampson Low Marston and Company 1901. Folio. Two parts (text & plates) in orig. folding solander case. Orig. printed wrappers. Uncut. Title-page printed in red/black ink. Complete with 41 full-page plates drawn by Percy F. S. Spence title-vignette and dec. initials. Each plate is mounted and has an interleaved page of descriptive letterpress printed in red. Occasional foxing otherwise fine and complete. Rare. NOTE: Portrait subjects include Edmund Barton Joseph Chamberlain and Henry Parkes.