Callaghan & Batman Van Diemen's Land 1825
(Adelaide): Sullivan's Cove, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Tall 4to. Edition limited to 500 copies, of which this is number 315. Foreword by "E. F." Blue cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on spine. In a printed dust jacket. Old tag from a Melbourne bookseller on front pastedown, else a handsome, desirable copy of this well-produced publication. Near Fine / Fine. Item #737
From the dust jacket flap: "Was the convict woman Eliza Callaghan hidden at Ben Lomond by Batman in 1825? This volume gives the police evidence. Here also is the evidence given at her Old Bailey trial, and additionally the statements made at the inquest that followed her murder at Geelong in 1852." A fascinating look at one convict's ill-fated life, via primary documents.
Price: $40.00