The History of Margaret Catchpole: A Suffolk Girl.

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

London: Thomas Hodgson 1855. Sm. 8vo. Orig. hf cf over marbled paper boards. Spine rebacked. Raised spine bands and morocco titling-label. (vi 368pp.). Fine. Our copy collates identically to the single copy listed by Ferguson 8398 except for the date which he cites as 1854 whereas the copy here offered is clearly dated 1855. NOTE: One of the best known stories of convicts transported to New South Wales subsequently featured in a film entitled 'Margaret Catchpole' produced in Australia in 1911 by Spencerland Longford with Lottie Lyall in the title role.