Bushrangers, Bandits and Bastards. An illustrated history of Colonial Crime - 1850 -1900.

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

(Katoomba, NSW: Tranter Enterprises, 1994). Sm. 4to. Orig. illust. boards. (xiv, 166pp.). With numerous illusts. Limited edition of 1500 copies and signed by the author. Fine. NOTE: Bringing to life the turbulence of colonial life, popular author-historian, Edgar Penzig, describes 'the days of the bush settler and storekeeper, the gold fields and the mounted trooper, and the criminals ... who inhabited our colonies during the years known as our wild colonial days'.