Adventures of an Outlaw: The Memoirs of Ralph Rashleigh, A Penal Exile in Australia 1825-1844

Ralph Rashleigh, with introductory notes by Joseph Wood Krutch and the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Birkenhead

Published by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929

About this Item

Dark green cloth boards with gilt on spine. Interior is clean and unmarked; some foxing on pages. Top edge of text block dust stained. Copyright pages states ''Second Printing July 1929 (Before Publication)''. Dust jacket (''3rd Large Printing'' noted on front panel) is rubbed; shows light general soiling; some spotting on the rear panel; in an archival mylar sleeve. Eight full-page illustrations (including frontispiece) by Zhenya Gay. xxii, 349 pages. Considered to be the authentic memoirs of a British criminal, disguised by its author in the form of a novel. Our subject, alias Ralph Rashleigh, was convicted in London of burglary in the early 1800s and placed on a prison ship bound for the penal colony of New South Wales (Australia). He writes of the many terrible realities encountered.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adventures of an Outlaw: The Memoirs of Ralph Rashleigh, A Penal Exile in Australia 1825-1844
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith
• Publication Date: 1929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
• Weight: 2 ounces