The Sirius Letters: the Complete Letters of Newton Fowell 1786-1790
Author: Newton Fowell and Nance Irvine (Editor)
ISBN #: 1862900000
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Fairfax Library
Publisher Location: Sydney, NSW
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1988
ISBN #: 1862900000
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Fairfax Library
Publisher Location: Sydney, NSW
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1988
Lightest shelf wear to the book and jacket; gift note glued to the first blank page. First printing, no others noted. HMS Sirius was the flagship of the historic eleven ship First Fleet which carried the first convict--settlers to Australia in 1787. Fowell who departed England as a midshipman in 1786 was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and, after HMS Sirius was shipwrecked in March 1790, he was sent to Batavia in 1790 on HMS Supply to obtain supplies for the colony. He died at sea on 25 August 1790 after contracting a fever.[ Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!