Tales About America And Australia
By Peter Parley
A New Edition Brought Down To The Present Time
Revised by The Rev. T. Wilson
Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin: London 1862
Tasteful Rebind With Both Colour Maps Present
"Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia offers an engaging mid-Victorian narrative guide to the history, geography and exploration of two vast and rapidly developing regions. Written in Parley's characteristic storytelling voice and expanded in this 1862 revised edition by the Rev. T. Wilson, the work moves between accounts of early European exploration, encounters with Indigenous cultures, major voyages of discovery, and the transformation of the New World through settlement and expansion. The text blends moral instruction with accessible historical anecdotes, making it an important example of nineteenth-century educational literature aimed at younger readers and general family audiences.
This edition includes two attractive colour maps—North and South America at the front, and Australia with surrounding regions at page 181—both printed in soft pastel tones characteristic of Cassell productions of the period. The volume has been tastefully rebound in a patterned cloth binding that retains a Victorian aesthetic while ensuring durability. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings, it remains a charming and informative work for collectors of early travel narratives, enthusiasts of Australian and American exploration history, and admirers of mid-nineteenth-century instructional literature.
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Scarce title. Tasteful rebind retaining cloth and with replaced endpapers. Both colour maps present. Pages clean and well presented. An excellent copy in good to very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
