A Merciless Place: The Lost Story of Britain's Convict Disaster in Africa and How It Led to the Settlement of Australia Tapa blanda - 2010

Allen & Unwin, 2010. Cancelled, Ex-Library copy. Softcover (16 x 24 cm), 448 pages, b&w and colour illustrations and photographs, with notes pages, bibliography and index. ISBN: 9781742372273. Good condition. The wraps are covered in a permanent, clear archival book laminate. Creased, most notably at corners. Pages tanning. There is a library sticker and stamp on the top corner of the front free (half-title) page and a library stamp along page fore edge. Weight: (before packaging): 630g

Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2010. Softcover. Very Good +. In this book, the author has found the 'missing link' between the American Revolution and The Fatal Shore, and tells the extraordinary story - lost for two centuries - of how a failed British attempt to establish a penal colony in West Africa led to their eventual decision to abandon their African plans and establish a new colony in the recently discovered colony known as New South Wales.448 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., maps ; 24 cm. #070122 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Very Good +

Sydney; Allen & Unwin; 2010. paperback in very good condition, pages tanned. 448 pages, colour illusts