The Ten Pound Fare

Penguin, UK, 1988. Advance Review Copy. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 174 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, UK, 1988. Advance Review Copy. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Experiences of British people who emigrated to Australia in the 1950's. Includes… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Viking, 1988. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper much sunned at the spine and lightly rubbed at the top corners with a short, closed but untidy, tear to the head of the lower panel. The contents lightly toned with age.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (yellow boards… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, Viking reprint edition - h/c in d.j. The assisted passage scheme, also known as the 'Ten Pound Fare', was introduced in 1947 and continued until the early 1970s, providing almost free passages to Australia for would-be migrants who fulfilled the immigration requirements. From 1945 to 1966 2.55 million immigrants arrived. Of these 1.36 million were British - all have… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Viking. 1988. Octavo Size [appox 15.5x22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ spine lightly sunned. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 175 pages. From 1945 to 1966 some 2.5 million immigrants arrived in Australia. Of these, 1.36 million were British and of these 1.26 million made use… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hardback. Very Good.

Viking, London, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Map of Australia, acknowledgements, list of plates, foreword by Michael Browne, introduction by Norman Hoffman and index. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs between pages 70 and 71. Pale yellow coloured boards with red coloured titles to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Viking Penguin 1998. Ex library, super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardback. Good.

Viking, 1988-08-15. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Viking Melbourne 1988 . Very Good, Yellowing Pages Med 8vo, 176pp, b/w Illusts Very Good Sunned Spine Hard Cover Ex -Library, Stamps The 1.36 million 'Ten Pound Poms' left Britain for Australia between 1945-1966. This book covers their ticket to a new life; the voyage out; their arrival; settling in; going home