An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales by Barrington, George - 1984

Folding map, colour plates, index; vi+476pp. 8vo orig. leather gilt, a.e.g.,

Time- Life Books, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. The boards are fine.Internally clean.Leather bound?[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Time-Life Books. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1984. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. 0705415104 . Faux leather padded covers, with all edges gilt, and marbled end papers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 472 pages .

Amsterdam: Time-Life Books, 1984. Facsimile of the 1810 edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), [iv], 472pp + index. Frontispiece, coloured plates, folding map. Original padded brown faux-leather boards with a red title panel to the spine, all edges gilt. This copy is in very good condition. ISBN 0705415104

(Amsterdam: Time-Life Books, 1984) 705415104. "Classics of Exploration" series, text facsimile of the 1810 2nd edition. 8vo; original padded leatherette blocked in red and gilt; a.e.g.; marbled endpapers; pp. (viii) + 472 + (iv); several plates in colours; silk marker; folding map. Fine condition. An account of the life of celebrity Irish pickpocket George Barrington, his transportation to Australia, and elevation to a position of responsibility in the penal colony, before succumbing to insanity, which is euphemistically referred to as 'infirmity' in the book. The work is now known to have been ghostwritten by someone other than Barrington, and includes substantial elements of plagiarism, borrowing particularly from John Hunter's 'Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island'. .

Paperback / softback. New.

Time-Life, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Time-Life maintains the binding is leather - dubious. Very slight wear. One ex libris plate.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Amsterdam: Time-Life Books. 1984. Facsimile edition, 8vo, pp. 476, Index, b/w frontis portrait, colour plates, b/w folded map, decorated endpapers, latter leaves lightly yellowed, all edges gilt, original boards, nr fine. Facsimile of the second edition, 1810. Facsimile Edition. Boards.

Time Life, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The boards are slightly rubbed. Minor rippling to the ffep. One small nick. Soundly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Amsterdam: Time Life, 1984. A facsimilie of the original 1810 edition, one in the Classics Of Exploration series, all edges gilt, in clean, bright condition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.