|
If you don't see what you want, please proceed to our Want List
and let us know what you're looking for.
Henty, G[eorge]. A[lfred]. IN THE REIGN OF TERROR: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy. With Eight Full-Page Illustrations by J. Schonberg. New York: Scribner and Welford, n.d. 24 pp undated ads. Original pictorial red cloth, beveled.
First American Edition, actually published and bound in England by Blackie -- one of only 485 copies. This is a boys' tale sited amidst the French Revolution. In 1886 Blackie sent over some copies of two Henty titles, with "Scribner and Welford" title pages post-dated 1887. Then in 1887, Blackie sent over (undated) copies of the seventeen other Henty titles they had published in England, including this one, in very small numbers (250 or fewer copies for thirteen of the seventeen) -- making these 1887 Scribner & Welford titles among the scarcest of Henty books. This is one of the two titles of which 485 copies were sent across the Atlantic.
This copy has the "1887-B" ad catalogue, with a seven-line description for THE SEVEN WISE SCHOLARS (no priority established). Condition is very good-plus (some speckling of the red cloth near the fore-edge of the front cover, endpapers cracked, minor wear along the joints -- but nonetheless quite clean and bright). Eastman pp 5-7.
If you don't see what you want, please proceed to our Want List
and let us know what you're looking for.
|
