Broome frederick napier (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 165pp. Green cloth boards w gilt title to spine and decorative rules to both panels. Lightly bumped at top and bottom of spine and slightly soiled. Front edge of front panel and to a lesser degree that of the back panel have minimal water damage and have faded in colour and warped v slightly. Brown eps. Title page has top 2cm missing. A good, sound copy.…

Paper Wraps. 1st Edition. First editions, folio, three parts published 1886 and 1887. Original buff-coloured printed wraps, laid over buff-coloured card with reinforcing tape to spine in the same colour, pp (i), 118, 7, (ii), 88. Lacks the top corner of the front cover, small chip at bottom edge (both restored). Water marks to the outside edge of the text block, not affecting text. Much fainter marks to the wraps. Chips to the edges of rear wrap with some loss and amateur restoration. Pages toned. Clean. Very good condition. RARE. Reports presented to the Legislative Council. They include official dispatches, return dispatches and supporting documents. Many of the documents are by or involve J.B. Gribble, who was vocal in his criticism of the treatment of Aborigines and published "Dark Deeds in a Sunny Land" also in 1886. The official papers arose during intense public and political debate over frontier violence, institutionalized imprisonment (including the deaths of Aboriginal prisoners at Rottnest), and conditions amounting to unfree labor or near-slavery in northern industries like pearling (Broome) and pastoral work. The "Papers respecting the treatment of Aboriginal natives" are very important documents in the history of Western Australia.…