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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Full-Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. Hardcover. An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales by George Barrington (Superintendant of the Convicts) to Which is Prefixed a Detail of His Life, Trials, Speeches &c. &c. Enriched With Beautiful Coloured Prints. Illustrations, maps. Brown leather red and gilt decorated Leather-bound, all edges gilt. Beautifully-produced complete facsimile of the 1810 first edition. Illustrated. 472 pp.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).

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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Explanatory insert included. Contains maps and illustrations. Facsimile of the 1810 edition, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark, marbled endpapers. CONDITION: Like new.

Spiral bound. Zustand: Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 252 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [4], 799, [1], 157, [5] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Tables. Folding charts. Index of Names. Index to Subjects. Cover has wear and soiling. Endpapers soiled. This was the Report: [To accompany bill H. R. 12291.] The Select Committee to Inquire into the Importation of Contract Laborers, Convicts, Paupers, Etc., having completed their investigation, respectfully report. The two principal acts regulating immigration were those of 1882 and 1885. The committee held hearings/sessions in New York City, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Detroit. A great may witnesses were sworn and a large amount of testimony was taken, which was submitted with the Report. The great majority of immigrants were received at the port of New York. During the fiscal year 1888 the number of immigrants landing at the different sea-ports of the United States was 546,889. 418,423 (about 76 per cent) came via the port of New York. It was shown that many criminals had been sent to the United States by officials of the European Governments. The investigation showed that a number of paupers had been admitted to the United States. The enforcement of provisions of law against the importation of contract laborers was proving difficult. The members of the committee, including those presenting the views of the minority, "agrees with the majority of the committee in reaching the conclusion that some law should be enacted which would, more effectually than the present laws, restrict and if possible stop entirely the influx into the United States of all such persons who, instead of benefiting out country, as the large majority of immigrants undoubtedly, are a direct source of evil in many ways." The minority thought 'that a large number of people who now fill our poor-houses, insane asylums, hospitals, and other charitable institutions, as well as the horse of the most ignorant, most wretched, and lease desirable people of certain parts of Europe, who now crowd some of our largest cities, and whose presence enables selfish employers of labor to force and keep down the wages of American laborers, both native and adopted, should never have been admitted to land in the United States.".

Zustand: Good + condition. Newspaper article by recent immigrant to Australia titled "New South Wales", by William Smith, concerning Smith's views on education, the voyage to Australia, escaped convicts and New South Wales. Smith was the first teacher in the New York Free School to introduce the "Lancastrian system" of education to the New York City school system and to Australia. He emigrated in 1818 to New South Wales via Hobart. He notes the ship 'Discovery' in Sydney Harbor, as well as French and Russian ships, and the ship 'Gen. Gates' under Captain Riggs. Riggs inadvertently left Sydney with 10 stow away escaped convicts, and later incurred a large fine. The Smith article at p3, 12 column inches. With a period manuscript note, "W. Lee", likely for Washington & Lee University. Folio, 4pp, 13 x 21", period fold. Overall toning, center fold cracking.

Zustand: Very good condition. News of New South Wales and New Zealand on the front page of a London newspaper, including an account of the taking and retaking of the brig "Hawies" in the Bay of Islands by New Zealanders, and the rescue of Atkins (second mate), and the release of regimental prisoners from Moreton Bay. Concerning the Moreton Bay penal colony (founded 1825 near the Brisbane River), Lt. Col. H. Snodgrass reports (in General Orders) on the release of 2 prisoners (both privates in the 57th Regiment), Patrick Thomson and David Wright, both of whom were returned to their regiment. This release of prisoners occurred during the tenure of the sadistic commander of the prison, Captain Patrick Logan; Moreton Bay's death rate was higher than any other penal settlement in Australia due to disease, malnutrition, and the infection of wounds from severe flogging. Nine column inches on New South Wales, 7 column inches on New Zealand. Folio, 13 x 21 1/4". 4 pp, tax stamp bottom of p 2. Period fold flattened, short split at right edge center fold. OCLC: 1006242762 records only one copy of the newspaper series, at the University of London. Not found in Trove.

Ephemera. Zustand: Very good overall. First printing. A listing of the results of the court session on 27th April 1819, but with fewer defendants than the John Muir printing of the same court session, but with more detail on the crimes. Listings include the full name and description of their supposed crime, some more and some less detailed, obviously printed by a different (unknown) printer. Not recorded on LibHub; National Library of Scotland, Trove, OCLC. This broadside is headed by John Buchanan, accused of "murder of a girl in Bridgegate-street." and Ann Robertson, "vending Forged Notes, on the Aberdeen Commercial Bank." Six of the tried were transported to New South Wales on board the Eliza which set out on 22nd September 1819. They include: James Robertson, Duncan Campbell & Peter Vaughan, b. 31 Dec 1801, (theft) John Ballantyne (shopbreaking), sentence 14 years. Matthew Gillespie (shopbreaking). Born 31 Dec. 1802. Occupation:coppersmith/brazier. crime: shopbreaking and theft. Sentence: 14 years. John Yates (shopbreaking and theft). Born 31 Dec. 1803, death 31 Dec 1843. Crime house breaking and theft and being habit and reputed a thief. Sentence 14 years. Ann Robertson was sentenced to 7 years, transported 23 Oct. 1819 aboard the Janus, arrived 3 May 1820, NSW, although some of the women were then shipped to VDL aboard the Princess Charlotte. Text 24.5 x 7.5 cm on tissue 26 x 8 cm, backed on 38 x 11 cm. Evenly tanned.

Ephemera. Zustand: Very good overall. First printing. A broadside that reviews the sentences of several prisoners in September and October of 1823. The fate of the four men in the headline was death. In a similar style to a court calendar, the broadside reviews the sentences of several prisoners, some of them not guilty. Another prisoner, Susan Courtney alias Elizabeth Jones, born 1 January 1796, originally transported June 1817 on the "Friendship" for 14 years for the crime of "coining". She was again transported Sep. 1824 on the "Grenada" to serve a life sentence for "returning from transportation." convictrecords dot com au (see the 4th paragraph). Broadside, 13-1/2" x 8-3/4", text in two columns below headline and large woodcut vignette. Main text followed by six stanzas of verse titled "A Mournful Copy of Verses, On the Occasion." Slt. toned, faint horizontal fold line, otherwise vgc. No copies located on OCLC, Library Hub or Trove.

Ephemera. Zustand: Very good overall. First printing. A list of 49 prisoners sentenced at Maidstone Kent, spelled "Lent" in the title. Six prisoners were sentenced to transportation for 7 years; Joseph Pinniter, Richard Reynolds, William Howe, Thomas Maloy, Elizabeth Brown & Robert Marshall. William Howe, Thomas Maloy and Robert Marshall were amongst 272 convicts transported on the Perseus and Coromandel, sailed Jan 1802, arrived 14th August, 1802 at New South Wales. Both Howe and Maloy were tried in 1798, yet they were not transported until 1802, spending the interim in prison or on a prison hulk. Elizabeth Brown (alias Sarah Brown) was transported on the Speedy, a ship loaded with female convicts, in October 1799. We were unable to locate records for Joseph Pinniter and Richard Reynolds. (Source convict records australia dot com). Along with the charge, each entry lists the prisoner's age, the person who committed them, and the date of arrest. For a range of crimes including theft, murder, counterfeiting and rape, sentences included imprisonment, usually of 6 or 12 months, and death, although most of the death sentences were reprieved. Not in the English Short-Title Catalogue. No copies listed on OCLC or Library Hub. The SLNSW holds one for March 11th, 1776, but this issue not recorded there. 4pp, 16-1/4" x 10", print docket to verso. Horizontal and vertical fold lines, light soiling and edgewear, light foxing in a few places, portion of lower left margin excised, brief annotation on one of the prisoners.

Ephemera - Broadside. Zustand: Very good overall. First printing. A broadside issued for the court in Dumfries & Ayr in Scotland for the session held April 19 [1819] and Ayr April 22. This broadside is held by the SLNSW. It is not located on OCLC, Jisc LibHub or National Library of Scotland. OCLC: 181717771 cites a slightly later "Criminal trial" in Glasgow, 27th of April, 1819, held by the Univ of Glasgow and the SLNSW. The date is not printed, but the date "on Friday the 28th May" is a Friday in 1819. The printing is also consistent with other similar broadsides we have handled. Dumfries: Henry McNish (sentence 14 years; transported 29 Mar 1820 on the Mangles to NSW); John Brown and James Brown (no transportation record near 1820); Samuel Ferguson and Mary Bunton (housebreaking and theft) - Sentence 14 years; he is transported July 1821 on the Lord Hungerford arriving in Tasmania in July 1821; no record for Bunton; Margaret Kerr (theft) imprisonment for 12 months; Peter Finlay & W. Donnel (theft, housebreaking, hanged) Ayr: John McNeil, Joseph McNeil (housebreaking, theft) - hanged. Three weavers were accused of 5 acts of highway robbery. Theyt were Arthur McCan alias M. Keand, John Killan alias Kelly, and John Stott. There was an Arthur McCann, b. 1781, weaver "Irish rebel", departed 21 Jun 1822, arrived NSW 8 Nov 1822 on the ship Mangles. John Killan alias Kelly was apprehended (the other two either escaped or were never caught) pled not guilty but confessed to being with the other two, and brought authorities to the place where event took place and where a watch was hidden. Witnesses could not identify Killan. Though pronounced guilty, because of his youth and honesty, he was recommended unanimously to be given mercy. "Lord Pitmilly. pronounced, in a manner awfully impressive, . the sentence. the prisoner to be executed at Dumfries on Wednesday the 26th of May. The prisoner, who, during the trial, conducted himself with great propriety, now fainted, and was carried out of Court in that state." However, it appears his sentence was commuted to 99 years, departed 29 Mar 1820 on the ship Mangles, arriving 7 Aug 1820. (Reference Convict Records Australia.) Text 4 x 13.5", slt. soiled at bottom edge, uneven margin on the lower left side.

Ephemera - Broadside. Zustand: Very good overall. First printing. A broadside issued for the court in Glasgow for the session held 27th April 1819. Not recorded on OCLC, Trove, National Library of Scotland, but possibly held by the University of Glasgow, cited on Jisc Library Hub (without detail). This broadside is more abbreviated than the other report of this session. Of the two women mentioned in the other (Mary Kelly & Anne Robertson) only Kelly appears on this record, paired with Thomas Marshall (his wife). Eight of those tried at Glasgow & Renfrewshire were transported to NSW, Australia on board the Eliza which sailed on 22nd September 1819. They include: James Robertson, Duncan Campbell & Peter Vaughan (b. 31 Dec. 1801) - sentenced 14 years for house breaking and theft. John Ballantine/Ballantyne - sentenced 14 years for house breaking and theft. John Morrison & William Maxwell - sentenced 14 years for theft & reset of theft. Matthew Gillespie (b. 31 Dec. 1802)(house breaking and theft), Occupation: coppersmith/brazier. Sentence 14 years. John Yates (Yeates) (house breaking and theft, and being habit and reputed a thief). Born 31 Dec 1803, death 31 Dec 1843. Sentence 14 years. Text 26 x 8 cm on tissue 28.5 x 11 cm, backed on 38.5 x 15 cm. Evenly tanned.

Pamphlet. Zustand: Very good condition. First printing. James Backhouse and George Walker were Quaker missionaries who traveled in 1831 to Australia establishing Quaker meeting houses and to evangelize to convicts and settlers. While touring prisons and penal colonies, they were appalled by what they saw. They interceded for prisoners and advocated temperance and thrift throughout Australia for the next 6 years. According to Smith's "Catalog of Friends' Books" their plea was first published in York England in 1837. That same year an anonymous response was written, entitled "A Letter Addressed to James Backhouse by a Convict Confined on Goat Island." This letter is a published response thanking them for their ministering from a Port Jackson convict, who signs himself "WM. ****". The present pamphlet is an American reprint of the convict's "Letter." It was written in support of Backhouse's plea, and of the religious life. Although the tone is religious, a few details leak through about his own tribulations and the situation on Goat Island, closing, "The prisoners on Goat Island are principally employed in quarrying stone and in building a Powder Magazine, &c." It is a rare pamphlet. Worldcat shows 4 libraries holding copies, only one of which is in America. 12mo, 11pp, printed paper wrappers, sewn as issued. Printed half title as front cover, title-page, text and blank back wrapper. Slt. fox spotting throughout. F 2465a. OCLC: 24732628.

Carton. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo. 19pp. Within a protective cardboard. A very rare early satire on French politics and English colonization (Ferguson). Likening those who fled Revolutionary France to the English convicts transported to Australia, the author petitions them to join the future king of France in the newly established penal colony at Botany Bay: The Comte continues, explaining that in the Antipodes the laws are very different and virtue and vice are often upended. This pamphlet appeared in the very first years of the English colonization of Australia, at a time when France had its own interests in the region, and its own problems at home. La Perouse, commanding the l'Astrolabe and La Boussole, arrived at Botany Bay on 24 January, 1788, just as Arthur Phillip was moving the English settlement to Port Jackson. They spent six weeks in Australia before moving on. A second edition was published in 1799. Ferguson, 78a.

Single parchment sheet, 330 x 200 mm; manuscript in ink, densely written on 1 page, the entries covering the period January 1838 to April 1844, written in several different hands and in different locations in Van Diemen's Land; the prisoner's physical description and background are entered in the upper margin recto; light staining and rubbing in sections, but for the most part legible; three original horizontal folds, the outer side annotated with the file name1060 John Jones. The official convict record of John Jones, a cabinetmaker from Manchester who was given a life sentence for stealing a cow. Jones was aged 21 at the time of his transportation to VDL. He was convicted at the Lancaster Quarter Session on 3 July 1837 (this document records the year 1836, in error). He arrived in VDL per transport Neptune, on 19 January 1838. The following incidents are extracted from his convict record: July 1838. For "taking improper liberties with his master's female child": to be employed on probation at Green Ponds for 12 months. 5 September 1838. "Absent from his station all night and making away with a pair of slop shoes issued to him on the 19th inst.": 25 lashes and 7 days solitary confinement on bread and water. 18 September 1838. Absconding: 12 months hard labour in chains, Perth chain gang; conduct to be reported. 13 November 1838. Perth chain gang. Disobedience of orders: 7 days solitary confinement 5 December 1838. Perth chain gang. "Misconduct in having a blanket on his person concealed, property of Govt.": 10 days solitary confinement. 21 January 1839. Perth chain gang. Disobedience of orders: 25 lashes 4 May 1839. Perth chain gang. "Discovered making away with [?].": 3 months hard labour in chains in exterior. 5 June 1840. "Bell foundry. Hard labour on the T. Wheel" [treadwheel]. 2 March 1841. Bell foundry. Misconduct: Cell 10 nights, doing his work by day. 2 December 1841. Bell foundry. Being in a Public House & telling a falsehood: 14 days hard labour. January 1844. Absconding: 10 days hard labour on the Treadwheel. April 12 1844."1 Class" [i.e. Conditional Pardon, 1st Class] Provenance: Maggs Bros., London (c. 1978).