1896 The Wizard

Description

Decorative Binding, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

The first American edition of this work, published in 1896. First published in 1896.

With beautiful decorative binding and nineteen monochrome plates, including tissue guarded frontispiece, illustrated by British artist C.H.M. Kerr. Collated complete.

This work includes sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear.

The work is a thrilling novel predominantly set in South Africa, and follows the protagonist Reverend Thomas Owen as he tries to prove the presence of God by undergoing a series of dangerous trials. Sir Henry Rider Haggard was a British writer specialising in romantic adventure novels often set in exotic settings, predominantly Africa, and is considered the father of the 'lost world' literary genre.