Henry Harland — My Friend Prospero

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first UK edition of Henry Harland's Italian set romantic novel 'My Friend Prospero&apos. The first UK edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Henry Harland was an American novelist and founding editor of The Yellow Book. This was one of his later, more well-received works, which he wrote after his best-known work The Cardinal's Snuff-Box. It was first published in the USA in 1903. A romantic tale, largely set in Italy. With four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear, and a former onwer's stamp to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bump to back strip head and tail, with small closed tear to back strip head. Rear hinge strained, but firmly held. Former owner's stamp to front pastedown, with pencil mark to front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good . Ill.: None. Good .