Babes In The Bush by Rolf Boldrewood. (1900)

Babes In The Bush by Rolf Boldrewood.

Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1900. (First Colonial Edition).

This is a novel, also known as An Australian Squire, by the author best known for Robbery Under Arms. Hardback with no jacket, fair condition. Blue cloth boards are worn, marked, bumped, rubbed, wrinkled. Gilt titles to front and spine are worn in parts. Spine has slight lean. Bookseller's label inside front board. Pages tanned and foxed with marks. 420 pages with 12 pages of adverts.

Novel set in pioneer Australia. "Facing financial ruin, the Effingham family is desperate for a light at the end of the tunnel. When a letter arrives from a family friend promising untold riches in the untamed wilds of Australia, it seems like the answer they've been searching for, so they make the impetuous decision to leave behind their genteel life in England and pursue a fresh start in the faraway land."