[Puseley, Daniel]. The Rise and Progress of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. In which will be found A Colonial Directory; increase and habits of population; ... commercial growth and present position of each dependency; intellectual, social & moral condition of the people, &c... By an Englishman. London: Saunders & Otley, 1857. First Edition, fifth thousand, very good in original embosed red cloth gilt though spine a little soiled; pp. xvi+496+(viii) (publisher’s catalogue)+(ii)+(20) (illustrated ads), with half-title. The Directory contained on pp.417-496. With London binder’s ticket on rear paste-down. Essentially an emigrants’ guide, compiled after a 6-month visit to the Antipodes in 1854 and with “generous quotations” from works such as “Chambers’s Papers for the People”. Puseley, who also published under the pseudonym of Frank Foster, returned briefly to Australia in 1854 and did not mince his words on that colony, calling it the “most objectionable of all British dependencies”. Bagnall comments that his “freedom of comment is marked by some balanced and encouraging advice”. Ferguson 14527. Bagnall 4734. Price: GBP 200.00 other currencies   order no. 1189    inquire

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