Guy Boothby — The Lust of Hate

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Guy Boothby's exciting adventure novel, illustrated with plates from Stanley L. Wood. The first edition. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood with a monochrome frontispiece and four monochrome plates. Lacking plate to pp. 264. Guy Newell Boothby (1867-1905) was a prolific Australian novelist of late nineteenth-century sensational fiction. 'The Lust of Hate', originally serialised in several Australian newspapers in 1897, is Boothby's third novel to feature his recurring character Dr Nikola. An adventurous novel concerning thieves, revenge, and shipwrecks. In the publisher's original gilt cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with light edge wear, minor fading to the spine with very small closed tears to the head and tail, and light marks to the boards. Bookplate of 'Ronald George Taylor' to the front pastedown, with front hinge tender. Internally generally firmly bound with frontispiece tender, light spotting throughout and generally bright with age toning to the front and rear. Very Good . Ill.: Stanley L. Wood. Very Good .