Life and Death in the Age of Sail : The Passage to Australia
by Robin Haines
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0868405493
- ISBN 13
- 9780868405490
- Seller
-
Picton, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
University of NSW, Sydney, 2003. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. This wonderfully rich and moving book provides new insight into the lives of those who migrated from the United Kingdom during the nineteenth century. Evocatively describing the experiences of emigrants in steerage on their passage to Australia, and of those charged with their care, we hear from the migrant's letters and diaries as they write about everyday life on board and their hopes for the future, as they weep over children buried at sea. Extremities of dust jacket have some waviness Size: 180mm - 250mm. 365 pages. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Edges have a few marks. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Ships & the Sea. ISBN: 0868405493. ISBN/EAN: 9780868405490. Inventory No: 51913. . 9780868405490
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Bong Bong Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51913
- Title
- Life and Death in the Age of Sail : The Passage to Australia
- Author
- Robin Haines
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- ISBN 10
- 0868405493
- ISBN 13
- 9780868405490
- Publisher
- University of NSW
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- BZDB3 History; Ships & the Sea. Unbranded ISBN: 0868405493 EAN: 9780868405490 Robin Haines Life and Death in the Age of Sail : The Passage to Australia
Terms of Sale
Bong Bong Books
I will happily accept returns if book is not as described. Please Note - Internet stock not kept at Book Shop. If coming to shop to by a book viewed on the internet, please email or phone and I will arrange to have book taken to the shop for viewing.
About the Seller
Bong Bong Books
Biblio member since 2005
Picton, New South Wales
About Bong Bong Books
Mainly Paperback. With a distinct leaning toward Fantasy and Science Fiction
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...