PARKER, Henry Walter.

VAN DIEMAN'S LAND; its Rise, Progress and Present State: with Advice to Emigrants. Second edition, containing a Supplement shewing the State of the Colony in May, 1834.

J. Cross London 1834 2nd edition. Ferguson 1836, but with only ii pp. (book adverts) following lastappendix. [ii], vi, vi, 244, xiv, 22, xviii, ii pp, folding coloured map (a couple of very small clean tears along hinges). Original cloth, marked, corners bumped, chipped at head and tail of spine, with original paper label. A little foxing but a good copy in its original state. Signature of T.G. Gregson and three others on ffep. ISBN ***Thomas George Gregson (1798-1874) was one of the 'Patriotic Six' who defied Lt.-Gov. Eardley-Wilmot in 1846 by denying him a quorum in the Legislative Council in 1846. He held the Premiership of Tasmania briefly in 1857, but his talents (and temperament) were more suited to opposition than to government. He stayed in Parliament - earning the nick-name 'The Old Member' - until 1872, and became something of a hero to the young liberals of the 1890s. (See ADB, 1.)

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