1888 [1887] For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

The very scarce first edition of this work, correctly dated 1888 to the title page. Newbolt 35.1, a blue cloth variant.

First published on 19 August, 1887, as stated by Newbolt.

Illustrated with a frontispiece, a double page colour map of Jerusalem, and ten further plates by Solomon J. Solomon.

Collated, complete.

Henty's novel follows John of Gamala, a brave and patriotic young Jewish man who becomes involved in the fight against Roman occupation, in a work which culminates in the siege and destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans.

With a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue to the rear.