Convicts, Transportation and Emigration

BARRINGTON, George.
The Genuine Life and Trial of George Barrington...
London, W. Clements & J. Sadler, 1791.

Octavo in fours, with wood-engraved frontispiece; frontispiece cropped by an early binder, title repaired, contemporary...

Very rare: the second issue of this scarce pamphlet celebrating the misdeeds and famous speeches from the dock of...

Ferguson, 98a.

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BLAKE, H.S.
A Back-Answer with all good wishes...
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, n.d. 1932.

Oblong octavo, handcoloured illustrations; fine in original wrappers.

Booklet of humorous verses, designed to be sent to the "Old Country" from new immigrants to Australia. This copy, sent...

Muir, 724.

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[BOTANY BAY] HEATH, William.
New Panorama. A Startling Interrogation.
London, T. McLean, 1829.

Handcoloured engraving, 300 x 410 mm.; in fine condition, framed.

A fine impression of the coloured issue of this rare cartoon, satirising the colony which at this time was desperately...

Reproduced (although not attributed, and misdated) by Jonathan King: 'The Other Side of the Coin: A Cartoon History of Australia', p. 23.

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BRANDRETH, Jeremiah.
The Trials of Jeremiah Brandreth...
London, Butterworth and Son, 1817.

Two volumes, octavo; uncut in the original grey boards with printed paper labels; slight wear to joints but a fine copy...

Rare original record of the High Treason trials that resulted from the last of the English peasant revolts - the...

Ferguson, 670aaa.

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COLQUHOUN, P.
A Treatise on the wealth, power, and resources of the British Empire...
London, Joseph Mawman, 1814.

Quarto, contemporary tree calf with gilt tooled flat spine and green calf label, boards scuffed, old repairs to front...

A detailed description of the state of the British Empire at the final stage of the war with Napoleon, complete with a...

James Ford Bell JCB; Ferguson, 574a.

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[CONVICTS] ANON.
Gen. Holt. The Leader of the Irish Rebels.
London, nd,., but c. 1840.

Engraving, 210mm x 142mm, in fine condition.

Transported to Botany Bay on the convict ship Minerva in 1799. Holt was part of the United Irishmen group who...

Nan Kivell and Spence, p. 150.

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CRUIKSHANK, George.
Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration.
London, Bogue, c. 1851.

Hancoloured etching; 144 x 393 mm., with original folds, in excellent condition, framed.

An excellent example of the well-known satirical print "Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration or Importing the...

Not in King.

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FOUINET, Ernest.
Allan le Jeune Déporté à Botany-Bay.
Paris, Desiree Eymery, 1836.

Octavo, frontispiece, title vignette and three full-page engravings, plates; contemporary prize label, final leaf with...

Rare: the first edition of one of the first children's books to be set in Australia. This is a most elegant production...

Ferguson, Addenda, 2123b; Muir, 2598.

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[FRY] CORDER, Susanna.
Life of Elizabeth Fry...
London, 1853.

Octavo; an excellent copy in contemporary polished calf gilt, covers slightly marked and corners bumped.

The standard contemporary biography of Elizabeth Fry - the charismatic Quaker minister and prison reformer. Her...

Ferguson, 9786.

Australian: $600 (Approx. US $541, Euro €416) Quote ref.

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[FRY] FRY, Katharine & Rachel CRESSWELL.
Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry.
London, John Hatchard, 1848.

Two volumes, octavo, frontispieces, manuscript inscription at front of each volume; very slight spotting, but an...

Second revised and enlarged edition of the life of the great Quaker reformer. Her interest in the deplorable plight of...

Ferguson, 4767.

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