Report From The Select Committee On Transportation. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed, 10 July 1812 [Parliamentary Paper 341]

[Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons] George Eden (1784-1849) (Chairman)

Published by The House of Commons, [London], 1812

About this Item

Binding poor. Front board detached. Spine leather worn with 75mm loss, and 65mm piece of spine detached and loose. Text block very good. Ex-library, General Assembly Library New Zealand. Gilt library stamps on spine and front board. Library bookplate on front endpaper, with rubber stamp "Withdrawn from Parliamentary Library". Rubber stamp on title page "General Assembly Library APR 1899". ; 117, [1 (blank)] pages. Half morocco binding, with front board detached and spine poor. Folio. Page dimensions: 333 x 202mm. Without original blue wrappers. Page edges sprinkled red. [References: Wantrup 38, pp. 108-9 - "The first important document from the Macquarie era is a Parliamentary Paper of major significance in the early history of Australia. [. . .] In its 118 foolscap folio pages this report includes a transcript of the evidence given by many notable witnesses. Among them were ex-Governor Hunter, ex-Governor Bligh, his deposer the now plain Mr George Johnston, the famous navigator Matthew Flinders, the first fleet chaplain Reverend Richard Johnson, and many other colonial officials."; Ferguson 543].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Report From The Select Committee On Transportation. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed, 10 July 1812 [Parliamentary Paper 341]
• Publisher: The House of Commons, [London]
• Publication Date: 1812
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued
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