The Convicted Gunsmiths of New South Wales: A Definitive History 1788 - 1850.
by Solomon, R. C
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0646003429
- ISBN 13
- 9780646003429
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About This Item
Sydney, Rockdale: R. C. Solomon, 1990. Hardback small quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white text-photos & drawings, little foxing front endpaper & top edge, bottom edge front cover bumped, minor edgewear. 220 pp. Ron Solomon, a past president of the Antique Arms Collectors Society of Australia, has compiled a learned study of the lives of convict artisans (English gunsmiths transported to Australia for petty crimes) and their fate in the harsh environment of the penal colony. (Unnumbered copy of a limited edition of 1100 copies. Unnumbered pages.).
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13361
- Title
- The Convicted Gunsmiths of New South Wales: A Definitive History 1788 - 1850.
- Author
- Solomon, R. C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0646003429
- ISBN 13
- 9780646003429
- Publisher
- R. C. Solomon
- Place of Publication
- Sydney, Rockdale
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- australian biography, australian history, criminology, technology, weapons, gunsmiths, new south wales (nsw), limited edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN HISTORY;
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