277 pages, indexed and illustrated. The back cover has a crease at the tail's outer edge and pp 57 to 60 are dog eared at the head's outer edge, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. ""The Launceston Female Factory opened in 1834 as the first purpose-built institution for convict women in Van Diemen's Land... The lives of women are retold in poignant narratives in this, the third volume in the series 'Convict Lives'. The authors provide rich historical details about how the women who entered through the grim gates of the Launceston Female Factory negotiated their lives as convicts during the assignment and probation systems in Van Diemen's Land" (Back cover.)