H. Rider Haggard — Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch

London; New York; Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of this popular historical novel from H. Rider Haggard, containing the illustrations of G. P. Jacomb Hood. First U.K. edition. In the publisher's original navy cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-five further plates by George Percy Jacomb-Hood, a prolific English artist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Collated, complete. Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch is a historical novel set in the Netherlands during the era of William the Silent. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English novelist, best known for his works of adventure fiction, including She and King Solomon's Mines. The majority of his works have exotic settings, primarily in Africa. An extremely prolific writer, producing over fifty novels, among further short story collections, non-fiction works and frequent contributions to periodicals, his works have been adapted for screen many times. In the publisher's original navy cloth binding. Discreet plate of Labey & Blampied to the front paste down. Contemporary inscription of the previous owner to the first page, dated 1903. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, resulting in minimal loss of cloth to the extemities. Light marking to the boards. Hinges marginally delicate. Internally, generally firmly bound, with slight periodical weakness, namely around pages 64, 128, 208 and 256. Bright and clean with the occasional spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: G. P. Jacomb Hood. Very Good .