FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE ON THE SUBJECT OF CONVICT DISCIPLINE AND TRANSPORTATION
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255pp. Folio. Rebound in card covers. British Parliamentary Paper. . A clean copy. Much on Western Australia, Arrival of Irish convicts. Condition & treatment of convicts. Seller Inventory # 166346
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Publication Date: 1852
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1. Australian colonies : convict discipline and transportation : further correspondence on the subject of convict discipline and transportation : (in continuation of papers presented 2 June 1856) / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 21 March 1857 (1857) [Leatherbound]
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Book Description Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1857 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 244 Language: English Pages: 244. Seller Inventory # LB100155206638
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2. Western Australia. Australian Colonies. Convict Discipline and Transportation. Further Correspondence on the subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation (In continuance of papers presented 25th. August 1857).
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. pp.viii+224. c.32.5cm. (additional page numbers added in ink to top margin of rectos only). Extracted from a bound volume with recent blue paper wrappers with a printed paper label to upper cover.Spine cocked. Slight marking and creasing but generally clean throughout. (Largely Western Australia with despatches from Governor Kennedy and from the Secretary of State, including many abstracts of Returns, in what work engaged, number of prisoners at the various stations, expenditure, and more. The final 35 pages devoted to Tasmania). Seller Inventory # 25864
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3. Further Correspondence on the subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation. . Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty August 4 1851.
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Book Description London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons 1851. Foolscap folio. Clolth bound with gilt title along spine. (VIII 164pp.). Uncut. NOTE: Papers refer to V.D.L. Western Australia N.S.W. and New Zealand. Mostly dealing with discipline but there are many statements for and against transportation. Seller Inventory # 185464
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4. Further Correspondence on the subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation: Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of her majesty 15 April, 1847.
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Book Description First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. 16; original slab sewn, chipped on edges, good copy. The first section concerns New South Wales and includes despatches from Fitzroy, official reports and petitions from Sydney residents on the revival of transportation to the colony. The second section concerns the state of discipline of the Probation gangs at Oyster Cove. Seller Inventory # 107759
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5. Convict Discipline and Transportation. Further Correspondence on the subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation. (In continuation of Papers presented 25th August 1857). Presented to both Houses of Parliament .
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Book Description London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1859. F'scap folio. Orig. printed blue paper wrapper (spine extremities lightly chipped). (viii 224pp.). Fine. Seller Inventory # 235967
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6. Further Correspondence on the subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation. (In continuation of Papers presented February and July 1849). Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty 31st January 1850.
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Book Description London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons 1850. F'scap folio. Artificial (Mackaness) morocco (slightly rubbed). (viii 138pp.). Uncut. F. 5371. Slightly water-stained on preliminary pages otherwise a good complete copy dealing with the opposition of the settlers at Port Phillip to the introduction of convicts but those settlers at Moreton Bay seeking to have the convicts sent there. Seller Inventory # 222308
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7. Convict Discipline and Transportation. 1848. Correspondence on the subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation. 1849. Further correspondence on the subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Two very rare government reports relating to convicts, date 1848 and July 1849 with superb large coloured lithographs. One of the reports includes a description of the notorious penal treadmill invented by the British engineer Sir William Cubitt (17851861) in 1818. Cubitt intended it as a means of usefully occupying convicts in the prisons at Bury St Edmunds and Brixton but was soon used as a form of punishment. Prisoners sentenced to hard labour walked the treadmill for at least six hours daily with 12 minutes rest for every 60 minutes of climbing. 1848 Report. On convict discipline and transportation. London: Houses of Parliament, 144pp. Folio. Blue paper wrappers. British Parliamentary Paper. Seven folding coloured lithographed plans by Arrowsmith: 1. Ground Plan of Prisoners Barracks and Trinity Chapel, Hobart Town - 270mm x 405mm. 2. Plan of dormitories - 280mm x 400mm. 3. Elevation of the Tread Wheel - 280mm x 420mm. 4. Elevation of the Wheel as Proposed to be Divided into Separate Boxes - 280mm x 420mm. 5. Plan of Mill Room and Wheel Shewing the Proposed Improvements - 280mm x 410mm 6. Section of Stone Cells. Plan of Stone Cells. - 270mm x 470mm 7. Plan of the Chapel. - 290mm x 403mm 1849 Report. London: House of Commons, 262pp. Folio. Blue paper wrappers. British Parliamentary Paper. July 1849. Report on the removal of convicts from New South Wales. Reports of passage of convicts to Moreton Bay and Port Phillip. Report on discipline at Port Arthur. Introduction of convicts to Western Australia. Dr Gaunt reports existence of unnatural crime in VDL. Coloured lithograph: 1. Arrowsmith, Moveable station for the accommodation of detached working parties. Van Diemens Land. 350mm x 530mm (Horse drawn waggon with sectional building, together with all bedding etc for 32 prisoners & their overseer.) References: Ferguson no. 4777 & 5050 Collections: National Library of Australia: Bib ID2270420 (Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK722) State Library of NSW: Reference code (AuSN)b33529036-61slnsw_inst (1848 report) Reference code (AuSN)b2010019x-61slnsw_inst (1849 report) Image Size: 215mm x 340mm (8.4" x 13.4"). Condition: Chipping to blue paper covers, otherwise in good condition. Technique: Soft bound blue paper covers. Seller Inventory # BK CDAT 0101
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