1922, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND by William D. Boyce, HB 1st, G, AUTHOR SIGNED!

Description: FIRST EDITION, published by Rand McNally & Company in 1922. Overall in GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION, with the main wear issue being a small notch in the front board bottom edge. Green cloth boards with clear gilt decoration and titling front board and spine, unrubbed. Map endpapers, not cracked, ___ clean and solidly bound pages, no interior marks except for FLAT SIGNATURE OF AUTHOR WILLIAM D. BOYCE ON AN AUTHOR BOOKPLATE. There are other copies of this book using this bookplate and where William D. Boyce also signed, and all of them show a consistent but identical signature. NICE B&W PLATES THROUGHOUT! The author signed bookplate is made out to "Honorable Harry B. Hawes." This could be the Harry B. Hawes who was a Senator from Missouri and also a Congressman from Missouri when this book was published in 1922. Here is an overview from his Wikipedia entry: "Harry Bartow Hawes (November 15, 1869 – July 31, 1947) was an American lawyer, conservationist, and politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House and Senate from Missouri. Hawes is best known for the Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act, the first U.S. law granting independence to the Philippines, and for earlier work assisting the Republic of Hawaii become a U.S. territory." On the author William D. Boyce, from Wikipedia: "William Dickson Boyce (June 16, 1858 – June 11, 1929) was an American newspaper man, entrepreneur, magazine publisher, and explorer. He was the founder of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the short-lived Lone Scouts of America (LSA).[1] Born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, he acquired a love for the outdoors early in his life. After working as a schoolteacher and a coal miner, Boyce attended Wooster Academy in Ohio before moving to the Midwest and Canada. An astute businessman, Boyce successfully established several newspapers, such as The Commercial in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and the Lisbon Clipper in Lisbon, North Dakota.... ... By the early years of the 20th century, Boyce had become a multi-millionaire and had taken a step back from his businesses to pursue his interests in civic affairs, devoting more time to traveling and participating in expeditions. In 1909, he embarked on a two-month trip to Europe and a large photographic expedition to Africa with photographer George R. Lawrence and cartoonist John T. McCutcheon. Over the next two decades, Boyce led expeditions to South America, Europe, and North Africa, where he visited the newly discovered tomb of King Tutankhamun." This book describes his expedition to Australia and New Zealand. He also had an expedition to Hawaii, which may how he met Harry B. Hawes. In 1914, William D. Boyce authored, "Illustrated Hawaiian Islands and Porto Rico". B23

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