The History of Margaret Catchpole a Suffolk girl. 3 vols. (complete).

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

London: Henry Colburn 1845. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spines gilt titled (slightly discoloured & rubbed). With 3 frontispieces and 5 full-page engrv. plates each with protective tissue-guard. Fine and complete. The rare 1st edition of one of the best known stories of convicts transported to New South Wales subsequently reprinted many times and featured in a film entitled "Margaret Catchpole" produced in Australia in 1911 by Spencer and Longford with Lottie Lyall in the title-role. Ferguson 4009.