Hope (Anthony) Rupert of Hentzau
£325
…Being the Sequel to a story by the same writer entitled The Prisoner of Zenda
Bristol & London, J.W. Arrowsmith, [1898].
First edition, first impression. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt.
The sequel to Hope’s famous The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), continuing the swashbuckling adventures in the fictional land of Ruritania. Rare signed/inscribed, here with the author’s full name Anthony Hope Hawkins.
In stock
Ex-libris bookplate and bookseller’s small sticker to front pastedown; cloth slightly rubbed at edges.
Frontispiece and plates by Charles Dana Gibson.
Provenance: A.W. Lublin (presentation inscription from the author and bookplate).
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