THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN: A TALE OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU

by George Griffith, George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones

$250 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1898. Octavo, pp. i-iv v-xi xii 1 2-306 307: printer's imprint 308: blank , inserted frontispiece with illustration by Stanley L. Wood, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in gold and red, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Griffith's first attempt at serious fiction; a historical adventure novel of the conquest of Peru. Written with some seriousness

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