The Interpreter: A Tale of the War

G. J. Whyte Melville

Published by Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London, 1890

About this Item

The first Kemp-Welch illustrated edition of Whyte-Melville's wartime novel, bound in a Bumpus half calf binding. The first Kemp-Welch illustrated edition. First published in 1857.Illustrated by Lucy E. Kemp-Welch with a monochrome frontispiece and three monochrome plates.Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards and a past owner's gilt stamp to the front board, bound by Bumpus, with their signature to the front pastedown.This work was written by Scottish novelist and poet George John Whyte-Melville. The novel follows the adventures of an interpreter and his time at war. Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards. Externally smart with fading to the spine, slight bumping and rubbing to the extremities and slight marks to the boards. Binder's signature to the front pastedown with minimal offsetting to the extremities of the endpapers and light spotting to the rear. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with light spotting to the blanks. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 906Z7

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Interpreter: A Tale of the War

Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London

Publication Date: 1890

Binding: Leather

Illustrator: Lucy E. Kemp-Welch

Condition: Very Good

Book Type: book