Buy this book on-line Vaux, James Hardy : Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux Written By Himself, Volume I only of IIW. Clowes, London, 1819
8vo. 248pp, binding copy without covers, half-title dust-soiled, occasional foxing noted at final few pages, text otherwise clean and bright, edges untrimmed, text block tight. An account of an Englishman who was transported to the colony of Australia three times between 1801 and 1829 for criminal behavior. The book was written by Vaux during his confinement at Newcastle. It is generally held to be amongst the best early accounts of Sydney, and also the first full-length autobiography written in Australia as well as the first dictionary written in Australia. It was reprinted with a variant title by Hunt and Clarke, London, 1827, and also Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, London, 1829, and 1830. A modern reprint was issued by William Heinemann, London, 1964. The present item is volume I of the rare first edition. See Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia, Volume I, #1305, and Spence, A Bibliography of Selected Early Books and Pamphlets Relating to Australia, 1610-1880, page 77.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Vaux, James Hardy : Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux Written By Himself, Volume I only of II. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, atlases, incunabula, used books and collectables. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |