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THOMES, WILLIAM H. The Gold Hunter's Adventures; or, Life in Australia. Illustrated by Champney. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1864. 1st ed. 8vo. 564 pp. Orig. cloth, worn & soiled. Front endpaper lacking. $175.00

 

Wright II, 2464. Not in Hamilton. "About 1860 he became a member of Elliott and Thomes, publishers of the American Union, a weekly magazine. For this he wrote The Gold Hunters' Adventures...a long tale of lurid adventure. Its success encouraged him to its sequel, The Bushrangers..." --DAB.