Merriman, Henry Seaton [ Scott, Hugh Stowell ] — The Slave Of The Lamp

Smith, Elder & Co 1909 reprint. Cloth, G+. xviii+327pp, cloth a little rubbed at the corners, gilt decoration to the spine bright, very small amount of water staining to the top edge of the endpapers, a nice copy. Partially illegible booksellers stamp ( of a bookseller from Lahore ) to the endpaper. Volume I of the 'Thin Paper Edition' of the author's works. A fast paced, Ouidaesque novel concerning a newspaper reporter - Christian Vellacott - who is caught up in the swirl of underground European politics in Paris. The novel was serialised in The Cornhill Magazine and thus Scott's literary career really took off.