THE ADVENTURES OF RALPH RASHLEIGH. A Penal Exile in Australia, 1825-1844.
With an Introduction by The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Birkenhead. Pp. 350+[4](advertisements, last blank), frontispiece, plus 4 plates; post 8vo; red & black patterned cloth, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device in blind at centre of lower board, the boards faintly scuffed, spine slightly darkened; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, two of the advertisement pages quite browned, outer leaves and edges foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1929. *A novel of convict life, originally published under the pseudonym Giacomo di Rosenberg. James Tucker (c. 1808-1888?), who was transported to Botany Bay in 1827 was later suggested as the author. 'Ralph Rashleigh was re-edited in 1952 by Colin Roderick, whose claim for Tucker's authorship has not been conclusively proved' [Australian Dictionary of Biography]. Item #182847
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