Rowcroft, Charles; Dalton, William. The Australian Crusoes; or, The Adventures of An English Settler and his Family in the Wilds of Australia bound with The Wolf Boy of China. New York: The World Publishing House, 1877. From the Sixth London Edition. [12529]
Terracotta publisher's cloth decorated in black & gilt, slight edge-wear with no damage, 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches, tight. Frontispiece wood engraving of a dismounted rider fighting off a wild boar with a knife, with tissue guard. Title page tattered at the long edge. 512 clean pp. with 3 additional plates. The second title has frontispiece, 3 additional plates, and 339 clean pp. All pages with black borders. Very good. Hardcover.
Two rollicking adventure stories.
Charles Rowcroft (1798-1856), b. London, England; d. at sea sailing from New York to England. Educated at Eton College, in 1821 he was one of the first free European settlers near Bothwell, Australia. He became a justice of the peace there, but soon returned to London (1826), where he published several novels about life in Australia.
William Dalton (1821-1875), English author, editor of the London Daily Telegraph. He wrote books of adventure set in exotic places such as China, Japan, and Peru.
