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FROST, JOHN, The Horrors of Convict Life.
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$60 - $80
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FROST, JOHN
The Horrors of Convict Life.
Hobart: Sullivans Cove 1973, No 12 of 150 numbered copies, initialled S.C. 65p, Book plate of Rodney Davidson on endpaper. 185mm, red buckram with paper title label, fine. 2. Life of John Broxup. Late Convict at Van Diemen's Land. Sullivan's Cove, Hobart, 1973. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies, initialled by the publisher. 20 p, [2](colophon, verso blank); 190mm, red stiff paper wrappers, sewn. fine. Originally published in 1850. 'The author was convicted on a charge of receiving stolen goods and sentenced to seven years' transportation. He recounts the awful experiences of the convicts in Van Diemen's Land. He received many floggings and was condemned to the chain gang' [Ferguson 5303]. After his sentence expired, Broxup worked as a labourer in Hobart Town for four years, before returning to England to be reunited with his family and publishing this convict narrative.
All printed by Nag's Head Press Christchurch.
The Horrors of Convict Life.
Hobart: Sullivans Cove 1973, No 12 of 150 numbered copies, initialled S.C. 65p, Book plate of Rodney Davidson on endpaper. 185mm, red buckram with paper title label, fine. 2. Life of John Broxup. Late Convict at Van Diemen's Land. Sullivan's Cove, Hobart, 1973. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies, initialled by the publisher. 20 p, [2](colophon, verso blank); 190mm, red stiff paper wrappers, sewn. fine. Originally published in 1850. 'The author was convicted on a charge of receiving stolen goods and sentenced to seven years' transportation. He recounts the awful experiences of the convicts in Van Diemen's Land. He received many floggings and was condemned to the chain gang' [Ferguson 5303]. After his sentence expired, Broxup worked as a labourer in Hobart Town for four years, before returning to England to be reunited with his family and publishing this convict narrative.
All printed by Nag's Head Press Christchurch.
