Melbourne University Press, 1999, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First, Illustrated By: Various

500 g; XIV, 282 pages, last three pages blank, includes chapter notes, bibliography, index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Photographic illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket is of an annoying type, being beige paper without a protective coat, so that it picks up fingerprints rather easily. "This is an examination of what was at best a youthful indiscretion, at worst a willing participation in cold-blooded murder. The events described in this book mainly took place in the South Seas between June 1871 and May 1872. What led up to them is also described, as the repercussions of the Brig Carl's two blackbirding expeditions -- the most lasting of which was, perhaps, that the world gained an eminent scientist and surgeon in the person of Professor Archibald Watson, FRCS, etc etc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australiana; ISBN: 0522848532. ISBN/EAN: 9780522848533. Inventory No: 0218522.