1896 A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Signed Binding

The first edition, first impression, as confirmed in P. Newbolt's bibliography (72.1).

Bound in signed half straight-grain morocco by Bickers & Son. Rebacked with the contemporary spine laid down. 

Illustrated with eleven monochrome plates by Ralph Peacock and a portrait of the author. Collated, lacking plate facing p. 262 and the double-page plan of the Fortress. 

G. A. Henty was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent, renowned for his historical adventure stories for young readers. This novel centres around a young man named Gervaise Tresham, who leaves England and the turmoil of the War of the Roses to become a Knight of St. John. 

This copy lacking the thirty-two page catalogue of advertisements to the rear.