Angus and Robertson, 1987. NSW Australia. During the first eighty years of the settlement of the penal colony of New South Wales, the prisoners were forced by sheer necessity to connive, prostitute, thieve and general scrounge a living - all whilst under the watchfull eye of corrupt guards and whilst trying to establish a new Colony. With black & white, & colour illustrations. Grey cloth covered end boards. Pictorial dust wrapper. Slight shelf wear to lower edges otherwise near fine. 219pp 266 x 175mm