The story of the work of British convicts, transported to Australia, who inscribed cartwheel pennies, sanding off the King's head on one side and Britannia on the other and engraved their keepsakes with a variety of hopes, fears, predictions and messages of love.
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The story of the work of British convicts, transported to Australia, who inscribed cartwheel pennies, sanding off the King's head on one side and Britannia on the other and engraved their keepsakes with a variety of hopes, fears, predictions and messages of love.
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Add this copy of Convict Love Tokens: the Leaden Hearts the Convicts to cart. $81.09, very good condition, Sold by Seagull Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hove, EAST SUSSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1998 by Wakefield Press.
Add this copy of Convict Love Tokens: the Leaden Hearts the Convicts to cart. $85.75, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Wakefield Press.
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Seller's Description:
VG+ A glossy softcover book with the title printed in yellow down a black spine. Pages: (7), 2-120, (2). Profusely illustrated with black-and-white images. Contents are as follows: Introduction / Michele Field--Leaden hearts / Timothy Millett--Dickensian characters: real and imagined / Michael Flynn--Last dying speech and confession / Tom Gretton--Convict tattoos: tales of freedom and coercion / Hamish Maxwell-Stewart and James Bradley--'A bracelet of bright haire': memory and tokens of love / Paul Donnelly--Known convict tokens / complied by Timothy Millett and Peter Lane--List of names on tokens.
Add this copy of Convict Love Tokens: The Leaden Hearts the Convicts to cart. $118.02, very good condition, Sold by MYBOOKSNME rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from MIAMI GARDENS, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Wakefield Press.
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Seller's Description:
Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 120 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. (Office 112314)FOLLOWING SPECIAL DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY: This sale is for a Soft Cover Book: This book Contains No Marking, Highlight, Answers for most Questions, Notes, Names, Marker s Marks, and/Under-lining. Back and front cover (wrinkled & creased), Stem s binding (Good), Water damaged (NONE), wrinkled pages (yes). You will be at most 65% satisfied with this item or your money back guarantee.
