02129 W. K. Thomas & Co. printers Adelaide 1914 Small 8vo. 154 pp., 27 photographic plates. Orig. brown wrappers. Wrappers only minimally chipped, and with 1 crease at front, small stain on rear cover, bottom corner of text block a little dusty, internally a very good clean copy. With label of Adelaide bookseller James Dally. Reprinted from 'The Register'. "From the age of 16 (White) made his first extensive birdwatching expeditions, along the Murray River and to Western Australia. [.] White's most. important work as a naturalist occurred when he collaborated with G. M. Mathews on The Birds of Australia (London, 1910-27). To this end, White mounted major collecting expeditions, often accompanied by his wife." (cf. ADB). In 1913 "they hired camels and Aboriginal help in Oodnadatta, and set off on a 1300-mile journey. [.] This trip was the source of. "Into the Dead Heart", which established him in the popular imagination as South Australia's leading scientific explorer." (cf. Robin, Libby: The flight of the Emu, pp. 35-36)- Very scarce. $220.00AUD
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