The convicted gunsmiths of New South Wales: A definitive history, 1788-1850 by R. C. Solomon ISBN 13: 9780646003429

Sydney, Rockdale: R. C. Solomon, 1990. Hardback small quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white text-photos & drawings, little foxing front endpaper & top edge, bottom edge front cover bumped, minor edgewear. 220 pp. Ron Solomon, a past president of the Antique Arms Collectors Society of Australia, has compiled a learned study of the lives of convict artisans (English gunsmiths transported to Australia for petty crimes) and their fate in the harsh environment of the penal colony. (Unnumbered copy of a limited edition of 1100 copies. Unnumbered pages.).

R.C. Solomon, 1990-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Hard cover in pictorial boards� Clean text -- NO writing, NO highlighting to text.� Bumped at head and foot of spine. Tight binding. Limited and numbered edition, #278/1000. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. VG-