In Strange Company
London, Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
Octavo, viii, 300, 10 (publisher's advertisements) pages plus 4 plates.
Cloth slightly rubbed and marked; bottom edge slightly frayed; spine slightly darkened; tissue-guard over frontispiece not fully bound in (a production flaw); first 20 leaves with a very slight indentation to the gutter; last leaf of text torn at top corner with slight loss not affecting text; ownership signature; a very good copy.
One of Ward, Lock and Bowden's Colonial Library. 'Guy Boothby was born in Adelaide in 1867, and after education there and in London, returned and became private secretary to the Mayor of Adelaide... About 1894 he went to live in London, and began his career as a highly successful popular novelist' (Miller and Macartney). He died at the height of his popularity in 1905.
Item #76854
Price (AUD):
$100.00