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Hope, Anthony.
The Prisoner of Zenda.
Publisher: J.W. Arrowsmith & Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Bristol & London;
Date of Publication: 1894
Stock Code: 14338
First Edition, second issue (with this work in the list of 18 works in publisher's ad at end). Octavo, pp., 310, plus 2 pages of publisher’s advertisements to end. Publisher’s russet red cloth, title gilt to upper board and spine. Upper hinge cracked but holding well, slight shelf-wear to boards. Top edge dusty, very slight occasional scattered foxing to edges of contents only. A good copy. Number 18 in the Arrowsmith 3/6 series. A charismatic and influential work of English adventure fiction, which spawned ‘Ruritarian romance’ genre. The novel has since been adapted many times, and is perhaps best known for inspiring George Macdonald Fraser’s second Flashman novel, ‘Royal Flash’. £225.00