[Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard]; Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard — The Chronicles of Don Q.

London, Chapman and Hall, Ld. 1904. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition of these rogue adventure stories - Hesketh-Prichard's very scarce first collection featuring Don Q, a Robin Hood-inspired Spaniard. An excellent first edition of this very scarce title. The first collected book edition of these tales featuring fictional rogue Don Quebranta Huesos.In the original cloth binding. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood with twelve monochrome plates. Collated, complete. These thrilling adventure stories follow the exploits of Don Q, a Spanish nobleman turned outlaw who robs the rich to help the poor. The character of Don Q was one of the last notable representatives of the popular Spanish villain exploited by English writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, debuting in an 1897 Badminton Magazine story called "The Parole of Gevil-Hay". From Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard, an international reporter and war correspondent, an explorer, conservationist and expert marksman. He also found the time to write many novels and magazine stories—several of them (including the Don Q chronicles) in collaboration with his mother, Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard, simply credited here as 'K&apos.Four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with minor fading and bumping to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a few scattered spots largely concentrated to the margins. Near Fine . Ill.: Stanley L. Wood. Near Fine .