Description
The limited edition of The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope.
Small quarto, xi, [5], 188, [2]pp. Quarter burgundy calf over ivory cloth boards, title in gilt on spine, gilt medallion on front cover. Introduction by S.C. Roberts, with color frontispiece, full-page color plates, and illustrations by Donald Spencer. Housed in the publisher’s red slipcase, fine condition. Includes paperwork from The Limited Editions Club.
Limited to 1500 numbered copies, this being number 85, signed by Spencer on the limitation page.
(Newman, 378)
First published in 1894, Hope’s best-known novel established the Ruritanian adventure romance and follows Rudolf Rassendyll, an English gentleman drawn into impersonating the kidnapped king of the fictional kingdom of Ruritania.
