Australian documents library (23 résultats)

4to, 401pp. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket.

86pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Previous owners stamps on ffe. a very good copy. First edition.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. pp.x+86. 21.5cm. Soft covers with slight edge wear. A good copy.

4to, 344pp. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket.

Hardback. 1980, First edition. A fine, unmarked copy in a near fine d/w with only a short, repaired tear at the head of the spine. {"length"=>["26"], "width"=>["19"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Hardback with tan linen, gold type to the spine; cream dust jacket with slight foxing and sunning. 401pp including index. B/W plates throughout. Philip Gidley King's journal does something no other First Fleet journal does; it gives a day-by-day account of a colony's struggle for survival.…

Hard Cover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition Thus. xix, 401pp, index, notes, appendices, bw ills, maps. Brown cloth in jacket. Some very small nibbles to top and bottom of front flap, otherwise an excellent copy. King's journal does something no other First Fleet journal does: it gives a day-by-day account of a colony's struggle for survival. While King writes of Norfolk Island, it is fair to say that the settlement at Sydney Cove faced similar struggles, but nobody in Sydney made such a detailed record. Size: 4to.…

Paperback large trade, good plus condition, top corner front cover & bottom corner rear cover creased, edges minimally foxed, pages lightly toned as common, some spinewear & edgewear. 84 pp. A first listing of the about 1350 men, women and children - convicts and seamen - who sailed to Sydney Cove on the eleven ships of the First Fleet, to found a colony there. Many Australians like to trace their origins to the First Fleet. Edited by Paul D. Fidlon and R. J. Ryan, from the files of the Australian Documents Library, with additional material from Joyce Cowell, from the Fellowship of First Fleeters.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good With Bumped Corners , Old Mylar Tape Stains On The Ep's And Small Spot On The Bottom Edge . In A Very Good Jacket With Bumped Corners And A Small Stains On The Bottom Spine Edges Pp 401 Index Illustratioins.

xx+196pp. 8vo. Original boards in d/w, b/w illustrations from original drawings. A near fine copy. Important journal of First Fleet surgeon published for the first time after 200 years.

Hard cover with D/J, 25x19cm, 344 pages, d/j has bumped edges and some light soiling to overall cover, hard cover has slightly bent corners all around, ledges have some slight foxing.

Or.bds. Dustjacket. xix,196pp. b/w ills. Sl foxing on foredge else Fine. 1st ed. The lady Penryhn carried more than one hundred female convicts from England to Sydney. All except on survive the eight-month voyage, exceptional for the times.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. pp.xx+401. 24cm. 17 black and white facsimile plates. Appendices. Index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Bookseller's label of Gaston Renard, Melbourne on front paste down. A very good clean copy Reproduces the 'private' journal of King with the description of day to day life in the new colony of Port Jackson, and Norfolk Island, as opposed to the 'official' journal. [1045g].…

HARDCOVER. 1980, First edition. A fine copy with a previous owners bookplate on the front pastedown. The d/w is good with some insect damage on the edges and light tanning of the spine.

Col.Ill.wrapps. 86pp. Wrapps with fading to spine. Lacks ffe. Name on half-title page. Good copy. 1st ed. The ships of the First Fleet were the HMS Sirius, Supply, Alexander, Charlotte, Friendship, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales, Scarborough, Borrowdale, Fishburn & Golde Grove. A list of who was on board.…

1st Ed. XX, 402 PP with 3 facsimiles of documents (plates O, P, Q), plus 14 b/w plates (A to N). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Light foxing on top outside page edge, and previous owner's personal blind stamp at top corner of title-page. An otherwise fine copy. 24.8 x 19.

Or.bds. Dustjacket. xix,196pp. b/w ills. Sl foxing on foredge else Fine. 1st ed. The lady Penrhyn carried more than one hundred female convicts from England to Sydney. All except on survive the eight-month voyage, exceptional for the times.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The cover has a bit of wear, with a few scuffs and marks. The page edges are evenly tanned. The front inside cover has a bookplate from a previous owner, 95 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 344 pp. Ralph Clark sailed from England in the 'Friendship' and remained in Sydney until his departure for Norfolk Island aboard HMS Sirius in March 1790. From there he returned to England and then embarked on the Sirius once more as part of the First Fleet. Clark's journal is a very personal document, clearly not intended for publication, and thus all the more interesting to modern historians.…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 11 small Ships comprised the First Fleet that carried the early Nation Builders to Australia, both Convict and Free. Names in alphabetical order. 83 Pages, 130g, 8 3/8" Tall. No inscriptions. Very small very light part crease at top corner of cover. ("The Second Fleet Convicts" also available, I'm happy to give a Discount on the 2.) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

4to. pp.xix + 196 with black & white illustrations. Tan cloth hardcover . Bookplate on the endpaper. in pictorial dust wrapper. A very good copy. Arthur Bowes Smyth sailed with the First Fleet from Portsmouth to Sydney in 1787-1788 as a surgeon .The ship was carrying over one hundred women convicts.All but one survived which proved his skill on the journey This Includes a list of the female convicts on the Lady Penrhyn.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Sydney, Australian Documents Library, 1980. Quarto, xx, 401 pages with a genealogical table plus 17 plates. Papered boards; corners slightly bumped (with a few tiny associated creases to the corner tips of a few early leaves); an excellent copy with the dustwrapper a little creased and the spine a little sunneD. This 'journal does something no other First Fleet journal does; it gives us a day-by-day account of a colony's struggle for survival' in Norfolk Island. Not least, King's Maori vocabulary. A major First Fleet journal, this is the second in the Australian Documents Library series. Edited by Paul G. Fidlon and R.J. Ryan.…

Hardcovers. Slight rubbing and some light marks to covers, otherwise good condition. No dj. B/W illus. 344pp. ISBN 0908219024.