Nordhoff, Charles and Hall, Norman James. BOTANY BAY (Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1941) First Edition 8vo, publisherÕs original gilt decorated cloth, housed in the original pictorially decorated dustjacket. 374. A very fine copy. Nordhoff and Hall are best known for their collaborations in writing historical fiction, such as the best selling MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY and the series of "Bounty" books which followed it. Here they write of the penal settlement that was Australia's first colony. A strange and colourful chapter of eighteenth-century history, it is here vividly chronicled through the eyes of Hugh Tallant, the hero of the story sentenced to life in Australia for his part in a highway robbery. Price: USD 395.00 other currencies   order no. 12576    inquire

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