Reg Appleyard (6 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 168pp, index, further reading, map, references, bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Light foxing to top edge, small black dot on bottom edge otherwise near new. Between 1947 and 1973 a million and a half Britons paid the Australian government 10 pounds, sold up and took ship for Australian. Officially known as the Assisted Passage Scheme, it was the best organised migration scheme ever organised by two countries. At the time of publication about a quarter of all Australians had their roots in the scheme and as many as a quarter of the population of the UK have immediate relatives in Australia. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A very good copy with wear to base of spine and one lower cover edge. Signed by Reg Appleyard (to John Wood). Pp. ix, 306. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Very light foxing to top foredge. Dust jacket has light creasing to edges. Some sunning to top edge of book flaps. Interior and binding are still excellent. Copy numbered 199. This book outlines European exploration of the western coast of Australia since the early 17th century, with a particular focus on the area surrounding the Swan River. The purpose of James Stirling's 1827 visit is analysed in detail, as is the initial criticism of his report by British officials and Stirling's extraordinary conversion of these officials, which led to the establishment of the Swan River Colony.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition - Very good copy in dustwrapper - Illustrated - KAW0117 - 168pp. - Boxtree, London. 1988. Hardcover. . . . .

Condition: Very Good. First edition - Very good copy in dustwrapper - Illustrated - KAW0117 - 168pp. - Boxtree, London. 1988. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

HARDCOVER. UWAP, 2009. First edition. A fine copy with a previous owners bookplate on the front pastedown in a fine d/w.  This copy hase been inscribed and SIGNED by Reg Appleyard. Scans available if required.