ARNOLD Edwin Lester
The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician

Imprint: London, Chatto & Windus, 1893
Edition: New edition
Binding:

8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Fascinating fantasy novel about an immortal man's reincarnation in Britain through the Celts to Roman Britain on thru and past 'King Alfred' and the Vikings and his multiple reincarnations. Blue cloth gilt design of fetaher fan and title to cover gilt dulled, decorative gilt spine also dulled, joints rubbed, spine ends frayed, corner bruised, front hinge cracked and loosened, old pencil to fep frontis with tissue guard and 9 plates by H M Paget. intro by Sir Edwin Arnold, authors father. viii, 347 +32 pp catalogue at rear, signatures loosening, fore edge untrimmed, some age browning and soiling to pages. Scarce work said to have influenced Edgar Rice Burroughs in his youth and cited as a source for the John Carter tales ( QV Lupoff; Edgar Rice Burroughs Master of Adventure). Two leaves have corners torn off, loss of text to one leaf only though.. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Decorative Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket

Stock number: 000799.

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