Fugitive Anne by Praed, Mrs. Campbell - 1904

NY: R. F. Fenno and Company. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards heavily worn, front hinge cracked and . first gathering loose, many pages soiled from pressed flowers.. 1904. Later Printing. Hardcover. Five plates by Clare Angell, including color frontispiece. Decorative red cloth binding with design of turtle and sun rays stamped in black and gilt on front boards. Four pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. The Australian writer created this tale about Anne Bedo, who concocts a scheme to escape her loveless marriage with the help of her Aboriginal servant, Kombo. She fakes her own suicide and then escapes with Kombo into the Australian bush. The pair discover a lost Mayan civilization who worship giant tortoises. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 428 pages .