Judith Anketell – Walker in the Wilderness

1998. First edition. Hesperian Press. Carlisle. Australia. Bound with dustjacket, 180 p. Illustr with 7 maps and black & white foto’s. Appendix – Index. In fine condition.

This edition is limited to 500 casebound copies, of which this is number 342. 

NB: ‘We built no heroes, but we left no bones.’ This remark, said by a colleague, sums up the meticulous planning and execution of the expeditions led by Richard John Anketell. In Walker in the Wilderness the exploits of this engineer/surveyor are traced as he opened up large tracts of Australia…