The Life and Adventures of Edward Snell

The Illustrated Diary of an Artist, Engineer and Adventurer in the Australian Colonies 1849 to 1859

Edited and Introduced by Tom Griffiths

assistance from Alan Platt

Angus & Robertson, 1988, [First Edition], ISBN 0207155291, colour and black and white illustrations in text, black and white illustrated frontispiece, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and covers, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, bumping, chipping (see photographs)

“Edward Snell was an engineer, surveyor, artist and adventurer, but above all he was a diarist.  The part of his life that was least public is the reason he will be remembered.  He kept two diaries – one in England from 1842 to 1849 and one in Australia from 1849 to 1859.  They are both literary and artistic delights, the repositories of Snell’s humour, reflections and tales of his life in tow hemispheres.”