Col. Richard Henry Savage — An Exile from London

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1897. Hardback. The first UK edition of Savage"s Anglo-American mining adventure, preserved in its original pictorial yellowback binding. In the publisher's original pictorial paper-covered boards, a smart example of the Victorian yellowback, with publisher"s advertisements to the endpapers. The scarce first UK edition, issued as part of Routledge"s Railway Library, following the first edition published in New York by the Home Publishing Company in 1896.  An Anglo-American adventure romance in which the corrupt lawyer, Moses Dalman, conspires with New York financiers to seize control of the valuable Condor Mine in Arizona, drawing the Yorkshire heiress Lisbeth Leigh and her brother Cyril into the plot.  Richard Henry Savage (1846-1903) was an American soldier, engineer, lawyer and novelist. Drawing frequently upon his travels and military experiences, he wrote more than forty works, of which My Official Wife (1891) was the most celebrated.   In the publisher's original pictorial paper-covered boards. Externally, generally smart. Light soiling to paper boards, heavier to perimeters. Slight damp staining to upper perimeter and corner of rear board. Spine slightly faded and rubbed. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in minor loss to paper, more so to tail of spine. Front hinge slightly strained with small split to upper portion of advertisement endpapers. Slight offsetting to endpapers; light damp staining to perimeters of rear endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages characteristically age toned, more so to fore edge, with one or two spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .