Escaped from Siberia - The Adventures of Three Distressed Fugitives - Illustrated

George Routledge & Sons Ltd London, 1894. Illustrated cloth over bevelled boards. Boards in very tidy condition. Contents tight and clean with just a touch of foxing. Prize label from 1896 pasted to front e/p. Some of the text blocks are cracked at the spine and the rear hinge is cracked. Contents holding well. Small tear (about 1 inch) to rear e/p. Nice copy.

The narrative of the adventures of three fugitives from Siberia will appeal to all. The cruelties which probably still exist in the mines where so many wretched Russian convicts eke out their miserable existences, incite many of the toilers to attempt escape; but few succeed ...