The Ten Pound Fare by Betka Zamoyska

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. 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 the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with pale yellow, orange and green coloured titles to the front panel and green and black coloured titles to the back strip. In 1947 Australia instituted the "assisted passage scheme" also known as Ten Pound Fare, so that people from England who fulfilled the immigration requirements could emigrate to Australia for almost nothing except for £10. This is a history of that scheme and some of the immigrants experiences. Rubbing of the book edges with tanning of the text block edges and pages. This is a review copy and has a sticker stating that attached to… Read More

London: Viking. 1988. Octavo Size [appox 15.5x22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made 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 of the assisted passage scheme. All the British immigrants - the 10 pound poms - have their own tales to tell. Some prospered and settled, some returned disillusioned, while others went home and then tried Australia again. This book charts the adventures of a number of Ten Pound Poms. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

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

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 a photo section. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Australiana; ISBN: 0670819638. ISBN/EAN: 9780670819638. Inventory No: 08020388.. 9780670819638

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 with red titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (0.9 kg); (xxv) 174pp; Index; Includes: Deck plans; Black & white profiles; Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Black & white drawings; Maps (1); ISBN: 0-6708-1963-8 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #197365|| Condition:

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 tales to tell: of success, homesickness, despair and happiness. 240 x 160mm., pp. xxvi, 175, b/w plates, index, contents slight spotting top & side edges, in d.j. VG/VG+ ISBN: 0670819638