John Graham, Convict, 1824 by Gibbings, Robert - 1957

A. S. Barnes, 1957. Very Good/No Dustjacket. A vivid historical narrative dealing with transportation and early convict life in Australia.

New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine. Olive cloth gilt, DW, xi, 129 pages, 40 wood engravings by the author. Small bookplate to front pastedown, else a near fine copy in a lightly soiled, very good DW, in archival mylar.

London : J. M. Dent & Sons, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. 129 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean. Boards are bowed. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

A S Barnes, New York 1957. 21.0 x 14.0cms, 132pp, b/w illusts. very good hardback (no dustwrapper) Gibling presents this' historical narrative' as the history of John Graham, Irish born, and Eliza Anne Fraser, Orkney Islands, who met at Morton Bay / Brisbane. He writes: no event of any importance has been mentioned without authentic evidence, and if there is any error in the story it is that of understatement'.

hardback. Very Good. Illustrated. Reprint. London (Dent) 1956. Bookplate inside front cover. Book is somewhat racked. Still a very good copy.

London, J.M. Dent 1956.. 130pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy.. Illustrated with 40 engravings by the author.

London: White Lion Publishers Limited, 1975. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good. Robert Gibbings. Small 8vo. Pp. 129. Frontis. woodcut. Illustrated with the author's woodcuts. Black cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine: top edge lightly foxed, else bright and crisp with tight binding. In the color illustrated dust jacket with price £2.75 intact on the front flap, print date 1/75: light foxing to the edges, small stain near the head of the spine. Reprint of Gibbings' 1937 reconstruction of happenings in Australia where an escaped convict rescues a shipwrecked woman from aboriginal captivity. Accompanied by the master woodcut illustrator's work. Dust jacket preserved now in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

A.S. Barnes, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Binding is strong and all signatures are intact. Text block is free of markings and highlighting. All leaves are intact; no dog-ears. Boards have light scuffing and age-toning but gilt is still bright and shiny; corners are bumped. 129 pp. with many woodcuts by the author. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

1 . Hardbound. Fine. First American edition. New York (Barnes) 1957. A fine copy.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1956. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8 1//2 x 5 1/2 inches. First Printing thus. Bound in full light green cloth with gold embossed illustration to cover and spine. With title information to spine in gold. 129 pages with appendix. With 40 black/white engravings by the author. FINE. All corners pointed. Binding firm and square. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. Not marked and very clean and bright. Dust jacket GOOD. With tearing to top edge and sunning to spine. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed.