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xlviii+160pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A fine copy. First edition.

xxxii+263pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A fine copy.

xxii+202pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Partial date due slip on inside page is now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Minor wear to book edges and corners. Dust jacket is in fair condition with tears to top edge. Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective covering. Body text and binding are still very good. Richard Lane was one of three brothers who founded Penguin Books in 1935. After sailing to Adelaide in 1922, Richard began work as a boy migrant - a farm apprentice living in rural South Australia as part of the 'Barwell Boys' scheme. Richard's diaries capture his life vividly and his loves; the characters he met; the land he worked; the families he depended on; and his coming of age in a new land. A remarkable social record and one of the best first-hand accounts of the child migrant experience, the diaries also capture the ideas and the entrepreneurship that led to the founding of the twentieth century's most famous publishing house.…