353 pages. Special Edition for sale only in India and the British Colonies. The board's edges are chipped, shelf stained and the spine rubbed, though the gilt print remains sharp; the end papers and paste downs are very, very lightly foxed and lightly dust stained. There a very small, typed ownership strip glued to the front paste down and another one written directly on the front end paper.The fore-edge, head and tail are all dust stained, and a hungry insect has chewed a tiny hole on the back end paper and onthe blank outer edge of page 143. The body of the book is clean, unmarked and solid apart from minute foxing in a couple of pages. A very good copy in fair boards. "Rosa Campbell Praed (née Murray-Prior; 26 March 1851 - 10 April 1935), often credited as Mrs. Campbell Praed (and also known as Rosa Caroline Praed), was an Australian novelist in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Her large bibliography covered multiple genres, and books for children as well as adults. She has been described as the first Australian novelist to achieve a significant international reputation" (wikipedia)