David Kent Norma Townsend (35 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A fascinating first-hand account of Joseph Mason's experiences as an assigned convict in colonial New South Wales. Mason's narrative offers a valuable personal perspective on convict life, work and the realities of early colonial society. An important contribution to Australian convict history, this work will appeal to readers and collectors interested in transportation, colonial New South Wales, Australian social history and first-hand historical accounts. Hard covers wrapped in dust jacket, very clean throughout.…

Paperback. Condition: New. 3rd ed. This book focuses on the men of the convict transport Eleanor who arrived in NSW in 1831. They were all from the counties of Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire and were transported for their part in the Swing riots - the great agricultural uprising of 1830-31. This episode which touched thirty counties and has been called 'the last peasants' revolt' led to more than 480 people being sent to Australia ('the largest single group in the history of transportation' (George Rude). The men on the Eleanor who made up 30% of the Swing transportees. Part I of the book deals with the men of the Eleanor in their English setting, Part II with their experiences as convicts and free men in New South Wales. The chapter headings below give a clear indication of the contents of each chapter and the focus of the book on ruined and then reconstructed lives Written with full academic apparatus but with that elusive being the general reader in mind, this theme will appeal to that large readership in England which is interested in rural social history and popular protest.In Australia there is a large and enthusiatic readership for books on colonial history, convictism and works which provide a context for family history. This book also has the advantage of being focussed on Hardy's Wessex and is thus, to some extent, a contribution to the regional history of southern England. The Swing Riots are a topic which features in the history syllabuses of most examination boards in southern England.…

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Previous owner's blindstamp to half-title page. Maps to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 182 pages. A vivid description of life on the Australian frontier. A first person account of the convict experience.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. In English.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 3rd edition. 320 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. x, 305pp., maps, appendices, bibliography, index. Light foxing to top edge. Otherwise excellent tight clean copy. GL 05/25.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New. pp. 180.

Hard Cover. First Edition. F/F-. 8vo. original green boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. viii (last blank), 182, with illustrations + endpaper map. A fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Edited by David Kent & Norma Townsend. Introduction & epilogue by David Kent. Includes endnotes. From inner front flap of dustjacket: "Joseph Mason: Assigned Convict is a fresh and unique first-person account of the convict experience - a new and invaluable addition to the primary sources of Australian colonial history". Printed in Malaysia. Bound in original grey boards with bright gilt lettering to spine, map endpapers, in publisher's unclipped pictorial dustjacket. A very nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. The dustjacket is now protected in a removable clear mylar cover. vii + 182pp. SB-43.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 180 pages. 7.50x5.20x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near Fine in a like jacket PP 182, endpaper maps.

Condition: New. In English.

paperback in very good condition; 305 pages.

Condition: New. pp. 180.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. 1st Edition. Very Good Pp 305 Index.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New small octavo vii + 182pp., ep maps, notes, This is the recently recovered first-person account of the convict experience in Parramatta & Campbelltown. He discusses the Aboriginal peoples, flora & fauna, the Australian bush & farming methods.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Convicts of the Eleanor adds new dimensions to both the history of rural protest in Wessex and the little understood workings of the convict system in New South Wales.

Paperback. Condition: New. 3rd ed. This book focuses on the men of the convict transport Eleanor who arrived in NSW in 1831. They were all from the counties of Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire and were transported for their part in the Swing riots - the great agricultural uprising of 1830-31. This episode which touched thirty counties and has been called 'the last peasants' revolt' led to more than 480 people being sent to Australia ('the largest single group in the history of transportation' (George Rude). The men on the Eleanor who made up 30% of the Swing transportees. Part I of the book deals with the men of the Eleanor in their English setting, Part II with their experiences as convicts and free men in New South Wales. The chapter headings below give a clear indication of the contents of each chapter and the focus of the book on ruined and then reconstructed lives Written with full academic apparatus but with that elusive being the general reader in mind, this theme will appeal to that large readership in England which is interested in rural social history and popular protest.In Australia there is a large and enthusiatic readership for books on colonial history, convictism and works which provide a context for family history. This book also has the advantage of being focussed on Hardy's Wessex and is thus, to some extent, a contribution to the regional history of southern England. The Swing Riots are a topic which features in the history syllabuses of most examination boards in southern England.…