MEMORANDUM OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF A VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND TO BOTANY BAY, 1787 - 1793. A First Fleet Journal by EASTY, John

Sydney; The Trustees Of The Public Library of New South Wales in Association with Angus and Robertson; 1965.. First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. x, 182, (iv); illustrated frontispiece, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, chipped dustjacket, otherwise a very good copy. Easty was a private marine, with very little education. By no means a model soldier, but one who drinks and disobeys with the rest of them, and receives his share of floggings. With unpracticed hand, he scrawls and splashes his way across the page, noting down the trivia and tragedy of day-to-day existence in the new settlement. The printed text conforms as closely as possible to the original manuscript, preserving the author's peculiarities of spelling and punctuation, and the corrections and alterations which he made.

NSW Public Library & Angus and Robertson 1965. hardback super octavo with 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

Sydney: Trustees of Public Library of NSW/Angus and Robertson. 1965. 1st ed., 4to, pp. x, 182, b/w frontis, few small marks latter blank leaves, minor foxing edges, original cloth boards, botom edge slightly discoloured and rubbed, in d.j. edges and spine yellowed, head spine chipped with minor loss, edges rubbed. Account of life in the new colony of Australia. Easty was a private mariner, uneducated but capturing some of the day-to-day experiences of the newly founded colony, both the trivial and the tragic. 1st edition. Cloth Boards.

Sydney: Trustees of Public Library of NSW/Angus and Robertson. 1965. 1st ed., 4to, pp. x, 182, b/w frontis, few small marks latter blank leaves, minor foxing edges, original cloth boards, bottom edge slightly discoloured and rubbed, in d.j. edges and spine yellowed, chipped with minor loss, edges rubbed, good condn. Account of life in the new colony of Australia. Easty was a private mariner, uneducated but capturing some of the day-to-day experiences of the newly founded colony, both the trivial and the tragic. 1st edition. cloth boards in d.j..

Sydney: The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales in association with Angus and Robertson, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Sydney, The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales in association with Angus and Robertson, 1965. Quarto, x, 186 pages plus a frontispiece. Cloth slightly bumped and rubbed; top and leading edges slightly tanned; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper sunned and slightly creased, chipped and torn. 'Easty is a private marine, with very little education ... who drinks and disobeys with the rest of them, and receives his share of floggings ... now published for the first time' (dustwrapper). The William Dixson Foundation Publication Number 4.

Sydney, Public Library of NSW/ Angus and Robertson, 1965.. x+182pp. 4to. Original cloth in slightly worn dustwrapper. A few light spots on edges, otherwise a very good copy. . First edition.

The Trustees of the Public Library of NSW in Association with Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1965.. 4to, 182pp. In neat d/w, now protected; text in ex cond. A journal from The First Fleet written by a largely uneducated private marine, published for the first time.

Sydney, NSW, Australia: The Trustees of The Public Library of New South Wales in Association with Angus and Robertson. Bright red cloth with gilt spine titles. The William Dixson Foundation publication number 4. Clean and unmarked. Frontispiece is copy of original journal page. . Hardcover. First Thus. 1965.