The Fatal Shore. A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia 1787-1868.
by HUGHES, Robert;
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About This Item
London. The Folio Society. 1998 1st. Hardback. Size 10 x 7 inches. In illustrated orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front. With black hard card slipcase. In very good condition with very good slipcase. Some shelf wear to slipcase. 643pp. Maps to endpapers. Colour illustrations. Well researched history of the transportation of convicts to Australiaduring the latter half of the 18th Century and the first half of the 19th Century.
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- Title
- The Fatal Shore. A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia 1787-1868.
- Author
- HUGHES, Robert;
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London. The Folio Society. 1998 1st
- Keywords
- FOLIO SOCIETY publications HUGHES, Robert; The Fatal Shore, A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia 1787-1868, The Folio Society, slipcase, 1998 1st
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