The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh by di Rosenberg, Giacomo (pseudonym for Tucker, James) - 1970: A Penal Exile in Australia 1825-1844

Sydney; Angus And Robertson; 1952.. Limited First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. xlxiv, 352; endpaper maps, 10 full-page plates, bibliography, appendix, bound in original red cloth, title label on spine, title lettered in gilt on spine, boards a little marked, good copy. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Now first Published from the original manuscript Edited with Introduction and Notes by Colin Roderick.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1952. Octavo, liv, 331 pages plus 10 plates and endpaper maps. Cloth slightly flecked and marked; spine lightly sunned; top edge foxed; a few mild signs of handling; a very good copy. One of 1,000 copies. James Tucker (1808-1888?) ''a convict, an architect by profession ... who had been transported for forgery' ... However, it had also been claimed that Tucker was merely a copyist of works originally composed by another and that the level of education required of the author of Ralph Rashleigh is not to be found in other examples of Tucker's hand, such as the blackmailing letter of 1826 and official Port Macquarie papers of 1846. Until further evidence is produced, the question of authorship is likely to remain in dispute' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography').

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Very Good. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Now published from the original manuscript, edited with introduction and notes by Colin Roderick, original edition of 1000 copies, xlix, [5], 332 pages followed by 20 pages of 10 full page of plates, map on endpapers, original red cloth soiled, binding solid, 280 x 180mm. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Sydney, Angus and Robertson 1952.. xlx+332pp. 4to. Original red buckram, a bit faded and flecked.. Black and white photographic plates, A very good copy.. First edition thus. Limited to 1000 copies.Signed and inscribed by the Editor

Now first published from the original manuscript. Edited with introduction and notes by Colin Roderick, M. A. Sydney and London : Angus and Robertson, 1952. Folio, gilt-lettered quarter crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London, gilt-decorated cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial map endpapers (signed Mayo), etched frontispiece titled 'Port Hunter, 1832' by Geoffrey Ingleton, signed by the artist, pp. l; [iv]; 331; 10 photographic plates. The deluxe edition, limited to 50 copies signed by the editor Colin Roderick, printed on rag paper at the Halstead Press, finely bound in London, with an original Ingleton etching. '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… Read More