Author: Anthony Hope
Title: A Young Man&Apos;S Year
Description: London, Methuen & Co. 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scarce coming-of-age novel by Anthony Hope. A first edition of this scarce coming-of-age novel by Anthony Hope. Predominantly remembered for his late nineteenth century works The Prisoner of Zenda and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau, Hope spawned a genre known as Ruritanian Romance in which the ruling classes embarked on swashbuckling adventures in fictional countries. bThis later novel is a coming-of-age story about young English lawyer Arthur Lisle. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. This volume is from the library of Richard Chamberlain. With a thirty one page catalogue of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards and the spine, a little more so to the joints. A little bumped and rubbed to the head and tail of the spine, with a small closed tear to the head. The front and rear hinges are starting, and are a little tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are foxed to the front and the rear of the volume, but are otherwise clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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