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HENTY**, G[eorge] A[lfred]: : A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes

LONDON.BLACKIE & SON LIMITED,[nd.}.

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UK,large Crown 8vo HB,new edn,1st thus,undated (nd.) reprint.[True UK,1st edn originally published by same publisher for the following year date,1896,although US edn bears the actual year date,1895,but followed the prior UK issue.This example, an undated,but early reprint.With Bombay included in the Publisher's address,this would date the book at the earliest,circa 1901 or onwards - as the publisher opened that office/address in that year,1901. The practice by the British Museum of dating all books when first catalogued was most helpful.But the loss of records and books in the 1941 London bombing air raids of WW2 (which also destroyed Blackie's "50 Old Bailey" so common on Henty title pages) was an irreparable misfortune and loss.] VG+.No owner inscrptn but a partially removed Prize Award bookplate dated 25th January 1914,pasted to clean plain grey front pastedown.Bright,crisp, and generally clean - with ubiquitous,but minimal bumping and rubbing to corners - publisher's original colour illustrated, decorated front bd+spine/backstrip,red cloth covered boards.Front board with colour printed decoration of a Knight of the White Cross with a shield,fending of a flight of arrows,illustrated by John Hassall,within a black ink printed bordered panel,with bright,crisp,blocked gilt title+author lettering above the illustration to top edge.Though generally bright and clean,the spine/backstrip is slightly sunned/faded,to a coloured, standing figure of a Knight with a shield, again within a black ink printed bordered panel,which has some minimal but missing/ worn colour printed ink spots to the illustration/decoration.Less crisp,bright stamped gilt title+author lettering, slightly faded but still discernible, similar brighter black ink printed publisher's name to foot of spine/ backstripRear board plain and without tooling,decoration or illustration. All edges olivine; contents generally bright,tight,clean - hardly any spotting/ foxing to body of text - solid and sound, hinges intact.The forward obliques,i.e. /,in the following title page description, are used to indicate a blank space or line(s) between the preceding and following written words.Title page: A KNIGHT/of the White Cross/A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes/By/G. A. Henty/Author of (list of titles - 5)/ILLUSTRATED BY RALPH PEACOCK/NEW EDITION/BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED/LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY. Contents: 5.3/8ths " x 7.1/2" (Large Crown 8vo HB),plain grey pastedowns and free endpapers,half-title page with Blackie's list of Henty titles to verso,monochrome illustrated frntis,title page(as above and already described),author's preface, separate contents and illustrations lists/ tables,8 illustrations and a double-page b/w Rhodes Fortress plan to pp48 (all called for/present) throughout the text and the book,5-vipp+11-392pp [paginated] comprising XXIII(23) chapters,and 16pp [paginated] publisher's catalogue to the rear. "Mr Henty is as vigorous as ever in the narrative of his heroes' exploits,and the valiant resistance of the Knights against the Sultan's great host.Boys will be fascinated with this vivid and lifelike picture of what we can only regard as one of the most striking features of mediaeval chivalry - the long and stubborn fight made by the successive defenders of Jerusalem,Acre,Rhodes,and finally Malta, against overwhelming odds." - Spectator. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! Please contact seller,for correct and possibly,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,large Crown 8vo HB,new edn,undated (nd.) reprint.
Not SIGNED.

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