Australia's First Lady: The Story of Elizabeth MacArthur Tapa dura - 1991

Allen & Unwin, 1991-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. ***please read*** no marks on text - ex-library markings - my shelf location 3-d-32*

Sydney: Allen & Unwin / A Susan Haynes Book, 1991. 1st ed.. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, frontispiece, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear jacket. 219 pp. Leonard Bickel explores the early life of pioneer Elizabeth Macarthur in a pretty Devon vicarage, the hardships she endured aboard the sailing ship Neptune enroute to Sydney. Then her arrival in Australia in 1790, and her role in running Elizabeth Farm and her husband John's other pastoral properties during his time in England in 1801, and again after his involvement in the Rum Rebellion between 1809 and 1817. The centre of her life was her husband and her children, but she became an astute businesswoman. This story of her long and remarkable life is based on a wealth of letters, documents and accounts. He pays tribute to her hard work, fortitude and integrity, and provides the reader with an insight on many aspects of Australian colonial life.

North Sydney, NSW: A Susan Haynes Book Allen and Unwin Australia, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The head of the spine and the top outer edge both have a small tear, else the books appears to have never been read. "Elizabeth Macarthur (14 August 1766 - 9 February 1850) was an Anglo-Australian pastoralist and merchant, and wife of John Macarthur.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 1991. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Previous owner's blindstamp to half-title page. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 219 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Allen & Unwin, 1991. Hardcover. Good.