'Twixt Friend & Foe

Wackerbarth, M. A. [Mary Anne]

Verlag: London Remington and Co. 1880, 1880

Beschreibung

First edition. 2 vols, 344 & 334 pages. The books are bound in the publisher's brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and darker brown, the cloth is quite rubbed and marked with some small superficial splits and closed tears, the spines are slightly cocked and the extremities are bumped. The text blocks are quite foxed, age toned and marked, with some dog eared corners and damage to a few page edges affecting the margins, the rear endpaper of volume 2 has adhered to the top corner of the opposing pastedown at some point and been roughly detached, causing a ragged area of loss, though the missing paper is still present to the pastedown and could perhaps be freed and re-attached by a skilled conservator. The second of two novels published by Wackerbarth (circa 1851 1927), which falls at the more mellow end of Victorian sensation fiction, as an officer returns from service in India during the 1857-59 rebellion wounded, traumatised and surrounded by mystery, having come into vast wealth in the form of diamonds. There is a chapter recounting his experiences during the revolt, and frequent mentions of a more local ghost at home in Kent, seemingly a harbinger of doom. A sea voyage to the West Indies adds some nautical danger and tropical intrigue. While the novel is reasonably well represented in institutional holdings it is seldom seen in commerce. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6421

Bibliografische Details

Titel: 'Twixt Friend & Foe

Verlag: London Remington and Co. 1880

Erscheinungsdatum: 1880

Auflage: 1. Auflage