Search Results: John Graham, Convict, 1824 by Robert Gibbings

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.

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'.

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.

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

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.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1956. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. chipped dust jacket 129pp., frontis., b/w ills., appendix, An historical narrative. With 40 engravings by the author. Ownership signature, browning to the dj o/w VG

London: White Lion, 1975. 1st edition thus. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 129pp., frontis., b/w ills., appendix, An historical narrative written and illustrated by Robert Gibbings

J. M. Dent, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. J. M. Dent 1956. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Includes a dust jacket, price unclipped, in near mint condition.

Faber and Faber, 1937T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. A clean, tight copy. Minor wear and tanning. Black and white prints throughout. Clothbound with no dust jacket.