Isbn: 9780207143342 - history of tasmania (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Angus & Robertson Pub, London, 1981. Hard cover. Book condition : Very good, clean unmarked text. Appears little read. Superb photographs. Bookplate inside cover.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. **HARDBACK** In unclipped dustjacket No stamps or inscriptions.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 699 pages. Thick 8vo. As new copy of the 1981 edition. First published in 1852 and reissued in 1971 edited and annotated by Professor A.G.L. Shaw, incomparably the best history of the early development of Van Diemen's Land. Jeff Davies (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Some marks on foredges. Dust jacket has light wear and is now enclosed in a protective cover. Interior and binding are also very good. First published in 1852 and reissued in 1971, edited and annotated by A. G. L. Shaw, History of Tasmania remains incomparably the best history of the early development of Van Diemen's Land. That period of Tasmanian history from first settlement in 1803 to the middle 1800s saw two of the grimmest features of Australian colonisation - the treatment of convicts sent to the penal settlements of Tasmania and the persecution and extermination of the Tasmanian Aborigines. Though deeply sympathetic to the Aborigines and a great humanitarian, West's lively account strives to be fair and balanced. A. G. L. Shaw's introductory material, bibliography and his notes on the text bring to the work the benefits of hindsight and wide research, correcting and supplementing where necessary.…