The Sirius Letters - signed The Complete Letters of Newton Fowell Midshipman & Lieutenant aboard the Sirius Flagship of the First Fleet on its Voyage to New South Wales

Fowell, Newton (Nance Irvine, ed.)

Published by The Fairfax Library, Sydney NSW,, 1988

About this Item

Quarto; hardcover, with gilt upper board and spine titling and decorative endpapers; 176pp., with many colour and monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; slightly shaken; softening to the spine extremities; a minor bump to the upper board; text block edges very lightly toned; previous owner's large ink inscription to the verso of the flyleaf; signed by the editor to the half-title page. Dustwrapper is rubbed and edgeworn; sunned along the spine panel; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Appendix consists of extracts from the writings of four other voyagers on the First Fleet: James Scott, John Easty, Phillip King and Arthur Bowes-Smyth.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sirius Letters - signed The Complete Letters of Newton Fowell Midshipman & Lieutenant aboard the Sirius Flagship of the First Fleet on its Voyage to New South Wales
• Publisher: The Fairfax Library, Sydney NSW,
• Publication Date: 1988