Quintus Servinton

• A Tale founded upon Incidents of Real Occurrence

by Henry Savery

edited, with a biological introduction, by Cecil H Hadgraft

Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1962 hb, 392pp, no dj, illustrated boards.

GOOD USED crease on spine, shelf wear, minor marks / wear

DESCRIPTION: First published, anonymously, 1830-31 in three volumes in Hobart, this was the first novel published in Australasia. The author, Savery, was a convict transported to Tasmania for fraud in 1825. The novel is largely autobiographical.

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