The Diaries and Letters of G.T.W.B. Boyes Vol. 1: 1820-1832. Ed. by P. Chapman.

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Melbourne: O.U.P. (1985). Thick Royal 8vo. Original cloth. Dustjacket. (xxviii 692pp.). With portrait coloured plates b/w illusts. and endpaper maps. Fine. NOTE: Boyes a veteran of the Peninsular wars with an artistic talent was appointed auditor of Van Diemen's Land in 1826. The diary covering the period 1820-1832 gives an insight into the colony of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land during this time.