A Burglar's Life or, The Stirring Adventures of the Great English Burglar Mark Jeffrey : A Thrilling History of the Dark Days of Convictism in Australia

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y A Burglar's Life or, The Stirring Adventures of the Great English Burglar Mark Jeffrey : A Thrilling History of the Dark Days of Convictism in Australia single work autobiography

Author:agent Mark Jeffrey

Issue Details: First known date: 1893... 1893 A Burglar's Life or, The Stirring Adventures of the Great English Burglar Mark Jeffrey : A Thrilling History of the Dark Days of Convictism in Australia

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Authorship uncertain. Editors of the 1968 edition, W. and J. E. Hiener, regarded James Lester Burke as the probable author.

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1968 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Introduction [To a Burglar's Life], Wilhelm Hiener , J. E. Hiener , single work biography (p. vii-xxi)

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Publisher: The Examiner Office

Launceston, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: The Examiner Office , 1893 .

Extent: 137 p., [1] leaf of platep.
Description: illus., port.

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Ferguson, 10919
Publisher: Alexander McCubbin

Melbourne, Victoria,: Alexander McCubbin , y ca. 1900 .

Alternative title: Tales of the Early Days

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Extent: 124p.

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"Includes his experiences, many of which are related in fictitious form, in New South Wales, Norfolk Island, and Tasmania" (Miller, Australian Literature, 1940, ii.645).
Publisher: J. Walch

Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: J. Walch , y ca. 1900 .

Extent: 124 p., [2] leaves of platesp.
Edition info: New ed.
Description: illus.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1968 .

Extent: xxi; 194p.
Description: illus., port.

Note/s:

Edited with an introduction by W. and J. E. Hiener.

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Publisher: J. Walch

Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: J. Walch , 1969 .

Extent: 185p.

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A Burglar's Life, by Mark Jeffrey Kenna Rushbrook , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: The Realist , summer no. 34 1969; (p. 77-78)
— Review of A Burglar's Life or, The Stirring Adventures of the Great English Burglar Mark Jeffrey : A Thrilling History of the Dark Days of Convictism in Australia Mark Jeffrey , 1893 single work autobiography