Author: Anthony Hope
Title: Tristram of Blent: An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House
Description: London, John Murray, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Anthony Hope's novel centred around legitimacy and family secrets. A first edition of Anthony Hope's novel. Predominantly remembered for his late nineteenth century works The Prisoner of Zenda and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau, Hope spawned a genre of known as Ruritanian Romance in which the ruling classes embarked on swashbuckling adventures in fictional countries. In this novel, an elderly gentleman editing a memoir discovers that Harry Tristram may be an illegitimate child. Prior owner's pencil inscription to the front pastedown, 'R. Chamberlain&apos. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards, more so to the spine which is discoloured. The spine is missing a little cloth to the head and at the rear joint. There is a small tear in the cloth at the rear joint to the tail, which is bumped. A little bumped to the extremities. The front hinge is starting, but firm. Internally, firmly bound, with light to moderate foxing throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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