Porter davey (12 Ergebnisse)

Hard Back. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Very good clean copy in a complete wrapper.

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. book has slight shelf wear, otherwise nearly new shape.

Cloth. With Jacket. First Edition. Near Fine in a very good jacket with a couple of minor spots on the front cover . PP 116, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. With Jacket. First Edition. Near Fine in a like jacket. PP 116, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Reprint ed. Paperback octavo (with flaps), very good plus condition, single-colour drawings, minimal edgewear. 118 pp. This memoir was written on Norfolk Island in 1842 by convict James Porter, who was sent to the Island prison from Van Diemens Land after a sentence of death (later set aside) which was incurred for the piracy of the ship Frederick from Macquarie Harbour in 1834 (ten escaped convicts sailed the ship to Chile). This story is about the mastermind of the Frederick mutineers, scallywag and swashbuckling romancer James (Jimmy) Porter, whose desire for freedom takes him around the world. Prepared for publication by Richard Innes Davey, from a manuscript in the Dixson Library, State Library of NSW, Sydney. Afterword by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart. (Originally published, September 2003, by Round Earth Company. Hardback and paperback have the same ISBN. This copy is the 2014 paperback reprint with new cover design.).…

Card Cover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket as Issued. First Edition. Fine PP 116, signed by the author on the title page Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Zustand: New. Print on Demand.

First edition. Hardcover. Fine in like dustjacket. A convict memoir written on Norfolk Island in 1842, recounting sailing and prison adventures in Australia, England and South America in the first half of the 19th Century. Illustrated with b/w drawings by various artists who sketched in the same places as Porter, at the same time. The hardcover issue of this edition is considerably less common than the paperback version. With an Afterword by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. x, 116pp, notes, few monochrome ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. Memoir of Van Diemens Land and Norfolk Island convict Jimmy Porter. In 1834 he was one on 10 convict shipwrights who stole the last ship constructed at Sarah Island and made their way to Chile. In 1842 he is serving a life sentence on Norfolk Island and is given the chance to write his life story. Size: 8vo.…

118 pp, coloured end-papers, tinted illustrations, fine copy in like, illustrated d/j.

Paperback / softback. Zustand: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

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