Mathews Iola Hack (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Covers & Spine: front and back showing light scuffing otherwise undamaged, only minor wear at edges and corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, very clean throughout. PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing less than 500g, postage cost for international orders (i.e. not Australian) will be less than what is shown here. Please email me if you require an exact quote. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.…

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. SIGNED & briefly INSCRIBED by co-author Iola Hack Mathews in black ink on title page: "Bette & Hugh, with love and best wishes, Iola". Journalist & author Iola Hack Mathews is John Barton Hack's great-great granddaughter. Illustrated in colour and b&w. With family tree at front. Includes appendix, notes, plus index. From rear cover: "Chequered Lives is the fascinating story of a Quaker family from England who camped on the beach in 1837 before the City of Adelaide was created, but rose to owning a 3000-acre estate in the Adelaide Hills". Printed in Australia. A very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. ix + 291pp. Scarce signed copy. SB-17. Signed by Author(s). …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Chequered Lives is a fascinating story of a Quaker family from England who camped on the beach in1837 before the city of Adelaide was created, but rose to owning a 3000-acre estate in the Adelaide Hills. Barton Hack built his first house where the Adelaide railway station now stands, became a merchant who owned ships, a whaling station and the first vineyard in the Province, and was chairman of the first Chamber of Commerce in Australia. His younger brother Stephen became a grazier and explorer. After they lost everything in the crash of 1841-1843 their lives took a very different turn. Barton's great, great granddaughter Iola Mathews with Chris Durrant has written the family's story based on family letters, diaries and memoirs. Some photographs and plans. Paperback in good condition. The covers are clean with only very small creases to the corners. The binding is secure and pages are clean throughout. There is some slight marking to the lower edge of the pages. Copyright © Wakefield Press.…