252 pages. The jacket is rubbed, chipped, creased, badly at the back; the edges also suffering from minor loss as does the head and tail of the spine strip. The front end paper has an ownership inscription, else clean, unmarked and solid, though obviously used. Glued to the back of the title page is a very neat, hand written folded piece of paper which shows a detailed family tree of the Montforts. First published in1928, this is a revised edition. "From the 'unfortunate' union with the French actress, Mademoiselle du Remy des Baux through their arrival in Australia during the turbulent days of the goldrush, the Montforts are a family struggling to maintain formidable upper-class traditions."