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[Australia] Barrington, George. Memoirs of George Barrington; from His Birth in MDCCLV to His Last Conviction at the Old Bailey, 1790. A New Edition. London: M. Smith, 1790. Modern quarter leather, marbled sides, morocco title label. Engraved frontispiece of Barrington picking the pocket of Prince Orlow. 8vo. 91pp., [1] ads. Light spotting and soiling, minor offsetting to title. Scarce. Ferguson 67. Published shortly after his trial at Old Bailey, where the notorious pickpocket was given the lenient sentence of seven years transportation. He was sent to Australia and based on his “irreproachable conduct” eventually earned an absolute pardon (Australian Dict. of Biography, 1966).