Jokai Maurus Text (1 results)

Midst the Wild Carpathians: A Novel
JOKAI, Maurus (text); R. Nisbet Bain (translation); J.W. Kennedy (illustrations)
Published by L. C. Page and Company, Boston, 1898
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerEarly Reprint of First English-language edition, Authorized Verison. Octavo (19cm); brown cloth-covered boards, with titling and illustrations stamped in black, red, and green on spine and front cover; [xvi],[1],2-263,[2],3-8pp; frontispiece illustration. Modest shelf-wear, with soil to covers and edges of textblock, light foxing to endpapers and pastedowns, and 1.5" tears to pp.247-250 (with slight effect to text); Good. First published in Hungarian as Erdely Aranykora, Bain's English translation of Jokai's historical fiction novel explores Transylvania, Romania during the late 17th-century. [88210].…