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Issue Details: First known date: 1842... 1842 Tales of the Colonies, or, the Adventures of an Emigrant
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First known date: 1842
Serialised by: British Queen and Statesman 1841 newspaper
Notes:
Tales of the Colonies was first serialised in The British Queen and Statesman (London) from no. 473 (8 October 1842) to no. 510 (24 June 1843).
The serialisation was discontinued with vol. 3, chapter 7 of the Saunders & Otley edition. The issue of 24 June 1843 began to advertise the published novel, and the issues of 1 July 1843, 5 August 1843, and 19 August 1843 reprinted reviews of the novel. (Elaine Zinkhan, 'Charles Rowcroft: Information, Corrections, Additions.')
Alternative title: Die Abenteuer eines Auswanderers : Erzahlungen aus den Colonien von Van-Diemens-Land
Language: German
    • Leipzig,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Wigand ,       1845 .
      Extent: 3v.p.
Alternative title: Die Abenteuer eines Auswanderers in den Colonieen von Vandiemensland
Language: German
Alternative title: Le colon de Van Diemen, ou, Aventures d'un emigrant contes des colonies
Language: French
Alternative title: En nybyggares oden, eller Lifvet i Van Diemens Land
Language: Swedish
Notes:
English translation of title: The Fortunes of a Settler, or Life in Van Diemen's Land
Alternative title: Au pays des kanguroos : souvenirs d'un colon
Language: French
    • Limoges,
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      France,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Eugene Ardant & Cie ,       ca. 1850-1870 .
      Extent: 304p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 1929
      Note/s:
      • "2me série in 4o"--Half t.p
      • Imité de l'anglais de Charles Rowcroft par André Talmont.
Alternative title: De Landverhuizers : Tafereelen uit de kolonien
Language: Dutch
Alternative title: The Australian Crusoes, or, The Adventures of an English Settler and his Family in the Wilds of Australia
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Willis P. Hazard ,       1853 .
      image of person or book cover 2335857981449853458.png
      Extent: 512p.
      Description: illus., woodcut plates.
      Reprinted: 1856
      Note/s:
      • From the 6th London ed.
      • Ferguson 15138
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       J. W. Bradley ,       1859 .
      Extent: 512p.
      Description: ills.
      Reprinted: 1860
      Note/s:
      • From the 6th London ed.
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Davis, Porter & Co. ,       1865 .
      Extent: 512p.
      Description: illus., front.
      Note/s:
      • From the 6th London ed.
      • Ferguson 15139
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Allen Brothers ,       1869 .
      Extent: 512p.
      Description: illus.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       World Publishing House ,       1875 .
      Extent: 512 p.[3] leaves of platesp.
      Reprinted: 1877
      Note/s:
      • With The Wolf Boy of China / William Dalton.
      • From the 6th London ed.
    • Boston, Massachusetts,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Lee & Shepard ,       1884 .
      Extent: iii, 512 p.[3] leaves of platesp.
      Description: illus., plates.
      Note/s:
      • Bound in gold cloth boards; with pictorial cover design in black.
      • From the 6th London ed.
    • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: J. Walch , 1890-1899 .
      image of person or book cover 3304452147709852573.png
      Alternative title: Tales of Tasmania : Adventures of an Emigrant
      Extent: 192p.
      Note/s:
      • Abridged version of Rowcroft's Tales of the Colonies.
      • Described in Ferguson 15142; copyright 1890
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       J. and R. Maxwell ,       1890-1899 .
      Alternative title: Tales of Australia, or, Adventures of an Emigrant
      Extent: 192p.
      Note/s:
      • Described in: Ferguson 15141; copyright 1890.
Alternative title: The Perils and Adventures of Mr. William Thornley : One of the Pioneer Settlers of Van Diemen's Land, 1817-1830
Alternative title: Life and Adventures of William Thornley in Old Van Diemen's Land 1817-1820 [Cover title]
    • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: J. Walch , 1890-1899 .
      Extent: 192p.
      Note/s:
      • Abridged version of Rowcroft's Tales of the Colonies: 'Much that appeared in the original work ... relating to emigration and the process of settling in a new country has been omitted, but the narrative portion has been preserved.' (Preface)
      • The cover subtitles describe the fictional William Thornley: 'An emigrant to Van Diemen's Land in 1817 who took up land in the Bothwell District. His early struggles and adventures with blacks and bushrangers.'
      • Walch's Shilling Series of Old Tasmanian Books, no. IV.
      • By Charles Rowcroft, a Magistrate of the Colony
      • Ferguson 15140
Alternative title: The Adventures of an Emigrant in Van Diemen's Land : William Thornley
    • Adelaide, South Australia,: Rigby , 1973 .
      Extent: 171p.
      Description: illus., plates.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Robert Hale ,       1973 .
      Extent: 171p.
      ISBN: 070914332X
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1975 .
      Alternative title: Van Diemen Desperados
      Extent: 171p.
      ISBN: 020713295X
      Series: Arkon Paperbacks Angus and Robertson (publisher), 1972 series - publisher Arkon is a paperback reprint imprint of the Australian publisher Angus and Robertson. The series was launched in 1972 to be merchandised in connection with T. V. series and involved the cartoonist Patrick Cook.
Settings:
  • Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania,
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