John Croaker Convict Embezzler by John Booker and Russell Craig engraving covering everything from the most

covering everything from the most basic (correct use of a thimble) to the more challenging such as the making up of complex samplers of seams

and other particulars

previous owners gift inscription in light pencil on half-title page

and gathering food

John Croaker Convict Embezzler by John Booker and Russell Craig engraving covering everything from the mostJohn Croaker Convict Embezzler by John Booker and Russell Craig Melbourne University Press, 2000, [First Edition], b w photographs, maps, paperback, ISBN 052284894X Near Fine Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, un creased spine 'John Croaker was born in humble but respectable circumstances in Canterbury, Kent, and became principle clerk at the Isle of Thanet Bank in Margate. This might have been the sum total of his life's achievements if he hadn't