Settlers and Convicts, or Recollections of Sixteen Years' Labour in the Australian Backwoods Availability: 1 in stock SKU: 012802 £14.60 Qty: Add to cart Custom wishlist OK Add to wishlist Add to compare list Email a friend xxviii, 246pp. Maroon cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends; lightly bumped corners and bottom edges . Text block edges tanning, starting to affect page margins. Lender's ex-libris label etc on endpapers, stamps and shelf number on copyright page. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun faded, has shelf wear, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. Foreword by Professor C M H Clark. First published in 1842, it is perhaps the most lively and down-to-earth record of early colonial life, as seen by the ordinary man with neither official position nor power.
