c1890-c1910 A Collection of Seventeen Novels by G. A. Henty

Description

Colour Plates, Decorative Binding, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

A pleasing selection of seventeen works from prolific English novelist G. A. Henty. 

Comprising a mixture of first editions (stated as such) and new undated impressions. These undated copies have been dated either from Jisc or the the years aligning with the changes in the publisher's address (hence the use of circa). 

Henty is best known for his historical and adventure novels, notably The Dragon and The Raven, For the Temple and In Freedom's Cause. Noted for his thorough research (and sometimes first-hand experience) in the events he set his stories within, Henty was the most popular Boy's author of his day, inspiring other other writers to attempt writing juvenile adventure stories in his style, including Herbert Strang, Percy F. Westerman and Henry Everett McNeil. 

In the publisher's original cloth bindings. 

The entirety of this set includes the following titles: 

Captain Bayley’s Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California (c1890) - Illustrated with a frontispiece and elven plates. 

A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia (c1890) - Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. 

The Dash for Khartoum: A New Tale of the Nile Expedition (1892) - First edition - Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. 

In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado (1895) - First edition - Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. 

Held Fast for England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) - (c1895) - Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates and one in-text view. 

In Freedom’s Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce (c1895) - Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates. 

The Curse of Carne’s Hold: A Tale of Adventure (1895) - Illustrated with a frontispiece. 

Beric the Briton: A Story of the Roman Invasion (c1895) - Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates. 

In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy (c1895) - Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. 

No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee (1900) - First edition - Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. 

Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden (c1900) - Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates. 

A Roving Commission or Through the Black Insurrection of Hayti (1900) - First edition - Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates. 

Redskin and Cowboy: A Tale of the Western Plains (c1900) - Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates.

With Roberts to Pretoria: A Tale of the South African War (1902) - First edition - Illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven plates and a map. 

With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman (1903) - First edition - Illustrated with a frontispiece, nine plates and three maps. 

The Young Franc-Tireurs and their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War (1910) - New Edition - Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and five colour plates.  

The Dragon and the Raven: Or, the Days of King Alfred (c1910) - Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and four monochrome plates. 

Collated, complete.