The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope - 1898
This Second Edition copy of The Prisoner of Zenda, Being the History of Three Months in the Life of an English Gentleman, by Anthony Hope, with five full-page Illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson And a view and plan of the castle of Zenda by Howard Ince, was published in 1898 by Henry Holt and Company of New York. The book, which measures approximately 5 ¼ inches wide by 7 ½ inches tall by 1 inch thick, contains vii pages of preliminary material (Title page, frontispiece, contents, etc.) followed by 307 pages of text. The book is hard bound in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration on the front and gilt lettering on the spine. The book has a faded stamping on the front free end paper stating that the book was from the Library of E. G. Merrell. The covers show some minor effects of wear on the corners and upper and lower ends of the spine. The pages of the book are unblemished. The overall condition of the book is near fine.
For those unfamiliar with the story, the book contains an abbreviated version of a critic’s review of this New Illustrated Edition which reads “A glorious story...Perhaps not the least among its many good qualities is the fact that its chivalry is of the nineteenth, not the sixteenth century; that it is a tale of brave men and true, and of a fair woman of today. The Englishman who saves the King...is as interesting a knight as was Bayard...The story holds the reader’s attention from first to last.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the front covers, the Title page, the table of Contents, the list of Illustrations, and a typical 2-page spread of text and illustration.
This Second Edition copy of The Prisoner of Zenda, Being the History of Three Months in the Life of an English Gentleman, by Anthony Hope, with five full-page Illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson And a view and plan of the castle of Zenda by Howard Ince, was published in 1898 by Henry Holt and Company of New York. The book, which measures approximately 5 ¼ inches wide by 7 ½ inches tall by 1 inch thick, contains vii pages of preliminary material (Title page, frontispiece, contents, etc.) followed by 307 pages of text. The book is hard bound in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration on the front and gilt lettering on the spine. The book has a faded stamping on the front free end paper stating that the book was from the Library of E. G. Merrell. The covers show some minor effects of wear on the corners and upper and lower ends of the spine. The pages of the book are unblemished. The overall condition of the book is near fine.
For those unfamiliar with the story, the book contains an abbreviated version of a critic’s review of this New Illustrated Edition which reads “A glorious story...Perhaps not the least among its many good qualities is the fact that its chivalry is of the nineteenth, not the sixteenth century; that it is a tale of brave men and true, and of a fair woman of today. The Englishman who saves the King...is as interesting a knight as was Bayard...The story holds the reader’s attention from first to last.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the front covers, the Title page, the table of Contents, the list of Illustrations, and a typical 2-page spread of text and illustration.
This Second Edition copy of The Prisoner of Zenda, Being the History of Three Months in the Life of an English Gentleman, by Anthony Hope, with five full-page Illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson And a view and plan of the castle of Zenda by Howard Ince, was published in 1898 by Henry Holt and Company of New York. The book, which measures approximately 5 ¼ inches wide by 7 ½ inches tall by 1 inch thick, contains vii pages of preliminary material (Title page, frontispiece, contents, etc.) followed by 307 pages of text. The book is hard bound in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration on the front and gilt lettering on the spine. The book has a faded stamping on the front free end paper stating that the book was from the Library of E. G. Merrell. The covers show some minor effects of wear on the corners and upper and lower ends of the spine. The pages of the book are unblemished. The overall condition of the book is near fine.
For those unfamiliar with the story, the book contains an abbreviated version of a critic’s review of this New Illustrated Edition which reads “A glorious story...Perhaps not the least among its many good qualities is the fact that its chivalry is of the nineteenth, not the sixteenth century; that it is a tale of brave men and true, and of a fair woman of today. The Englishman who saves the King...is as interesting a knight as was Bayard...The story holds the reader’s attention from first to last.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the front covers, the Title page, the table of Contents, the list of Illustrations, and a typical 2-page spread of text and illustration.