Phillip Of Australia (Great Austraian Lives Series) by Eldershaw M. Barnard - 1972-01-01

Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1977 (first published 1938). 20.0 x 13.0cms, 366pp, b/w illusts, very good paperback & cover The chapters are: the voyage; settlement; the struggle for exitence; justice & the convicts; the church; parties of pleasure; natives; Norfolk Island; envoy.

(Sydney); Angus And Robertson; (1972).. Demy 8vo; pp. 367; frontispiece, 10 illustrations, bibliography, sources of quoted passages, index, bound in original grey cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. Includes interesting account of the transportation system, the voyage of the First Fleet, insights into several other officers including John Hunter, William Dawes, Ralph Clark, Philip Gidley King, Convicts, aboriginals, First Fleet, Norfolk Island, Rose Hill, Settlement and Sydney Cove.

Sydney, Cremorne: Angus & Robertson, 1972. New ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white illustrations including frontispiece, minimal edgewear jacket (reverse side foxed, corners trimmed, spine little faded), two stains bottom edge book, few foxed spots endpapers, edges toned (pages lightly toned), owner's written name partly rubbed out (scuff mark front free flyleaf). 366 pp. M. Barnard Eldershaw relates the story of Governor Phillip, but re-created against the social and political background of the first years of settlement at Sydney Cove. A very readable history that combines literary artistry with an imaginative reconstruction of the soundly based facts. The book has been written in the humanist tradition which has brought Phillip to life in the mixed-up world of the infant settlement's most difficult years. (New edition. Originally published, 1938.).

Penrith: The Discovery Press, 1972. 368pp. Blue boards (laminated). Book very firm and clean. Minor library markings title page and rear endpapers. In the Great Australian Lives series.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Ex-Library.

London, George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., (1938).. 8vo; pp. 367; portrait frontispiece, bibliography, sources of quoted passages, index; original brown cloth with minor silverfish marks to cloth, gilt title on spine, minor bumping to head and tail of spine, a good copy. Includes interesting account of the transportation system, the voyage of the First Fleet, insights into several other officers including John Hunter, William Dawes, Ralph Clark, Philip Gidley King, Convicts, aboriginals, First Fleet, Norfolk Island, Rose Hill, Settlement and Sydney Cove.

Penrith, The Discovery Press Great Australia Lives series - hard cover Phillip was a man of outstanding ability, an unusual man in his own or any day. He had that steadinrss of mind that can embrace the most trivial detail without losing sight of the main issues; he had imaginative grasp allied with the most uncompromising common sense; he was completely honest. 205 x 135mm., pp. frontis., 367, biblio., sources of Quoted Passages, index. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; blue simile leather covered boards, gold blocked front pattern & author/title etc on spine. FINE

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1972. 368pp. Grey boards. Gilt lettring spine. Book very firm, clean and unmarked. Black & white plates. Dustwrapper not clipped. Wrapper fresh with light edge crease and faint moisture mark. ISBN 0207125147. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo.

London, George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., (1938).. 8vo; pp. 367; portrait frontispiece, bibliography, sources of quoted passages, index; original brown cloth, gilt title on spine, price clipped dustjacket, foxing to page edges; a good copy. Rare with dustjacket in this condition. Includes interesting account of the transportation system, the voyage of the First Fleet, insights into several other officers including John Hunter, William Dawes, Ralph Clark, Philip Gidley King, Convicts, aboriginals, First Fleet, Norfolk Island, Rose Hill, Settlement and Sydney Cove.

George G. Harrap, 1938-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. **HARDBACK**Discovery press 1972, No dust jacket, blue boards withg ilt design to front and titles on spine.No stamps or inscriptions; clean copy in very nice condition, only slight foxing to top of text block.