The Convict Ships 1787-1868 by Charles Bateson - 1985

Reed (A.H.& A.W.), 1976. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Australia 001 Bateson, Charles. The convict ships, 1787-1868. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1959, 355p, appendix, index, illus. Very nice copy of the book. The dust is very good too but has some rumpling to heel of spine, wear around edges, and a small darkened spot and small tear on the front cover panel. First edition, so stated. Interesting book. 52.50

Glasgow, Scotland: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Publishers, 1969. 2nd Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 421pp w endnotes, appendices and index. Unpaginated plates including frontis collated to index. Green cloth w white-gold lettering to spine. Tiny surface scuff to corners and tail, bumping to head. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean showing small tear to head and surface scuff to front panel affecting the illustration. As well, previous owner has neatly trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). DJ now preserved in mylar cover. Octavo: 227 x 170mm. Originally published 1959, this is the second edition, 1969, stated.

Glasgow: Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1959. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. cloth, gilt spine. xi, 355 pages [20] pages of plates : illustrations, Includes bibliographical references (pages v-vii) and index,in protective mylar jacket, light wear along top edge of dust jacket..

Library of Australian History, Sydney 2004 (1st Australian edition of the 2nd British edition, 1969). 21.0 x 14.0cms, 422pp, very good paperback & cover Chapter 1 covers: the contractors; the naval agent & the guard; the surgeons & surgeons-superintendent; the convicts,; the transports; the First Fleet;the voyages 1789-1800; the voyages 1801-1820; the voyages 1821-1840; the voyages 1841-1868. The appendices cover the convict ships to NSW, VanDimen's Land; Port Phillip; Norfolk Island; Moreton Bay; Western Australia: statistics of male & female convicts; convicts embarked & disembarked.

Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. Large, heavy book, DJ beneath heavier plastic, a color-illustration with light blue background on front, illustrations throughout, 421 pages. DJ and book, both Very Fine.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1969. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 421 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white plates. "Extensive appendices furnish a complete list of all the ships which carried prisoners to Australia, with the names of their masters and surgeons, their departure and arrival dates and the number of prisoners each carried. This work is accepted by historians and scholars as the standard work on its subject. Through the reading of over six hundred journals of surgeons employed in the convict ships to Australia, the author has been able to add much additional detail to this little-known field of maritime history. This greatly enlarged edition provides much new material." - dust jacket. Moderate wear to unmarked book. Moderate soiling to top and fore-edges. Binding tight. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival grade Brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating history..