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RASHLEIGH, Ralph.
The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh A Penal Exile in Australia 1825-1844. With an Introduction by the Rt. Hon. Earl of Birkenhead.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). First edition.
Tall 8vo., cloth, (350), (2)pp.ads.
Near fine in the d/w with a piece out at the top of the spine but still very good.
".....relates the real adventures of a man transported to Australia at the beginning of the last century. It reveals, through the sufferings and vicissitudes of a single convict transported to New South Wales for burglary, a clear and vivid picture of the conditions under which the penal code was administered less than one hundred years ago....."
$85 CAD
RASHLEIGH, Ralph.The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh A Penal Exile in Australia 1825-1844. With an Introduction by the Rt. Hon. Earl of Birkenhead.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). First edition.
Tall 8vo., cloth, (350), (2)pp.ads.
Near fine in the d/w with a piece out at the top of the spine but still very good.
".....relates the real adventures of a man transported to Australia at the beginning of the last century. It reveals, through the sufferings and vicissitudes of a single convict transported to New South Wales for burglary, a clear and vivid picture of the conditions under which the penal code was administered less than one hundred years ago....."
$85 CAD
