Author: Boothby, Guy; Austin, Henry (illustrator).
Title: A Bid for Freedom.
Description: London Ward Lock & Co., Limited, 1904. 1st ed. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, dark blue boards (gilt title & design embossed on front cover & spine), four black & white illustrations includes frontispiece with tissue guide, publisher adverts at rear, pages lightly toned, edges foxed & toned, minimal foxing endpapers & title page, spine ends little creased, front & rear hinge lightly split (pages firm), one plate is slightly loose, few page corners creased, small edge tears few pages, some edgewear cover corners, small embossed bookshop stamp, owner written name front pastedown, removable archival plastic glassine jacket. 348 pp. First edition. This crime fiction novel is set in Gibraltar. It involves the abduction of a Duke's daughter to become the wife of the cruel Sultan of Madrapore. Written by Australian writer born at Glen Osmond South Australia in 1867. He lived mainly in England. He died in 1905 at Boscombe UK. He is best known for His Dr Nikola novels.

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