The Adventures Of Ralph Rashleigh: A Pemal Exile In Australia 1825-1844 by Ralph Rashleigh - 1929

Jonathan Cape, London, 1953. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. foreword by Colin Roderick. Illustrated end pages showing a map of Port Jackson and its environs approximately 1828. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. The story of a man transported to the colony of Botany Bay, and of the privations faced and punishments meted out, in short, a tale of survival under extreme conditions. The book is showing its age and use. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with bumping of the book corners – the underlying board is visible. Cocking of the spine. Sunning of the back strip and to the edges of the front panel. Rubs, stains and marks to the book panels. Uniform tanning of the text block edges and there is lighter tanning of the pages. Some marking of the text from a previous owner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 350 pages, two pages of advertisements in two pages blank,.… Read More

Jonathan Cape, 1929. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. This copy has been much owned. The decorated cover is worn and marked from handling, ownership and storage. Both the front and back covers and the spine have areas of discolouration and fading. There is wear to all extremities. The head and foot of the spine have much wear. The front and end papers have been "decorated" by a childish hand. The front page has a previous owner inscription and a gift inscription (again in a childlike script). The binding is secure but is loosened at intervals. The pages are clean and clear, they are firmly affixed to the binding and are all present. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London, Jonathan Cape, MCMXXIX (1929). . Reprint; 8vo; pp. 349, (ii); b/w frontispiece, 4 b/w plates, original cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, small emblem blind stamped onto rear board; spine bumped, spine and corners a little worn, page of advertising between pages 348 and 349; a good copy. One page of advertising between pages 348 and 349, otherwise correct and good copy.

London, Jonathan Cape, MCMXXIX (1929). . First Edition; 8vo; pp. 349, (ii); b/w frontispiece, 4 b/w plates; original cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, small emblem blind stamped onto rear board, spine slightly bumped, minor adhesion marks to front and rear board, browning to page edges, 1 page of advertising at rear, light foxing to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy.

London, Jonathan Cape, MCMXXIX (1929). . First Edition; 8vo; pp. 349, (ii); b/w frontispiece, 4 b/w plates; original cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, spine and corners bumped, browning to half-title page, previous owners name on front free endpaper, good copy.

London: London: Jonathan Cape, 1929, 1929. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. maroon patterned cloth a bit soiled on rear panel, slight foxing to blanks and edges, illustrated. Memoir, apparently genuine, of an English convict, transported for burglary. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Jonathan Cape. 1929 Jonathan Cape first edition hardback, no dj; Good, clean inside; red black-mottled boards have some edge wear; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardback. 1929.

London: Jonathan Cape (1929). (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 349pp. ills. Locale: Australia. (History--Pacific Area, Biography, Colonial, Memoirs).

1931. London, Jonathan Cape, 1931. 19 cm. 349 pages. Facsimile illustrations in black and white. Original hardcover. Poor condition with signs of external wear. There is noticeable wear and discolouration to spine, which has become half detached; an inside page has been cut/torn; and the back page is slightly faded and worn. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen - Translator Erik Haugaard. James Rosenberg Tucker (1808-1888) was an Australian convict and author from Bristol, England. Under the pseudonym Giacomo di Rosenberg, Tucker wrote his autobiographical Ralph Rashleigh; or, The Life of an Exile in 1844. It was published in a heavily edited form in 1929, and his original manuscript was published in 1952. Tucker was convicted at the Chelmsford Spring Assizes on 3 March 1826 of blackmailing his cousin, James Stanyford Tucker. He was tried before Sir William Alexander, C.B., "On an indictment for sending a threatening letter...accus[ing] of an infamous crime" and sentenced to… Read More