Across the World for a Wife
London, Ward, Lock, 1898.
Octavo, 378, 4 (publisher's advertisements) pages plus 7 plates.
Gilt-decorated cloth slightly rubbed; rear cover a trifle marked; extremities slightly bumped, frayed and worn; spine a little darkened; endpapers offset; inner hinges split and cracked but sound; contemporary ownership signature; a very good copy.
'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 #76849
Price (AUD):
$55.00