Social History and Economics

A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia, 1787-1868, numerous b&w illustrations from photographs, paintings, portraits, lithographs, drawings and sketches, 9 pp section of maps, appendices, extensive notes, bibliography, index, xxviii & 688pp, light grey cloth in d/w, spine and edge of covers of d/w faded, very slight spotting to closed edges of pages, top and bottom edges of d/w very slightly creased, otherwise in very good condition, Collins Harvill 1987

23.4 x 15.2 cm, 1290g, ISBN 0 00217 361 1

See the description below from the dustwrapper flap. The book won the 1987 Duff Cooper Prize and the 1988 WH Smith Literary Award.

Still available, but only in paperback, at £9.96. We would have thought that a book of this size and weight would soon disintegrate in a paperback binding.

Beware – this is a large and heavy book and would cost a fortune to send abroad. If you are outside the U.K. and are thinking about buying it, please email us first on enquiries@monkshillbooks.co.uk and we will quote a price for postage.