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St. Lucia, UQP 1975.. xxxvi+300pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. A very good copy.

St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1975. xxxvi, 300 pages, appendix: background to the stories, notes. Or green cloth in jacket. Spine sunned, shadow on front from original price sticker, light foxing to top edge. Obsessed with the inhuman monstrosities of the convict system, Astley took the outlines of history and coloured them with melodrama and farce to shock, delight, and sometimes disgust the reader. These seventeen stories reflect an attitude of the time -- that the convict was more sinned against than sinning. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Brisbane: St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP), 1975. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, covers lightly scratched, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 300 pp. Semi-fictional stories that were originally published in 'The Bulletin' magazine, 1892. Obsessed with the inhuman monstrosities of Australia's convict system, William Astley (writing as 'Price Warung') took the outlines of history and coloured them with melodrama and farce to shock, delight, and sometimes disgust his many readers. These 17 stories reflect an attitude of the time: the convict was more sinned against than sinning. Edited by B. G. Andrews.

Uni of Queensland, Queensland, 1975. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Here is early Australia at its most extreme - cruel, sprawling, & utterly irreverent - a picture that captured the imagination of Bulletin readers in the energetic & legendary 1890s. In fact William Astley ("Price Warung") was then a more profilic contributor than his now famous contemporaries of Henry Lawson & "Banjo" Paterson..." Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 300 pages. Spine has a reading crease. Covers have some shelf-wear, a few marks, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Australia; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0702209368. ISBN/EAN: 9780702209369. Inventory No: 50521. . 9780702209369

University Queensland Press 1975. 1975. 8vo Hardcover in d/w, both very good. 300pp. Abbreviatons, Background to Stories, Notes. Stories include Henry Porcher Bolter, Muster Master Stoneman Earned his Breakfast, Scourger James, Absolom Day's Promotion, Governor Arthur, Parson Ford's Confessional, Liberation of the First Three, Mr. Slyde's Auction, Liberation of the Other Three, Secret Society of the Ring, The Pure Merinoes' Ball, Evolution of Convict Hendy, whale boat Plot, Marie Antoinette's Fandango, The Bullet of the Fated Ten, The Ross Gang Yarner Ship, Mr Pounce's Obnoxious Client. .