AYESHA; The Return of She
London: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1905. Maurice Greiffenhagen. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Thick 8vo, blue gilt-decorated cloth with gold labyrinth on spine and cover & green inlaid lines on cover, illustrated B&W frontispiece and 31 plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen, 384 pages. Very Good +. Item #484
Continuation of the author's celebrated romance She of 1887. Recalls other novels of Shangri-La.
This copy has the gold labyrinth ornament on both the spine and the front cover, though some copies lack this device.
Overall a bright and very good copy. Minor cloth wear, occasional & much better than usual occasional light foxing to thickly woven pages; previous ownership inscriptions on front flyleaf and back of frontispiece. Scott 45, McKay 39, Whatmore F28.
Price: $125.00