Prisoner by Inderwick, Signed (1 results)

Leather. Condition: Good. W. Padgett (illustrator). A scarce work from Frederick Inderwick on the realities of being a prisoner of war, with inscription from the author. Scarce work. Inscription to the front endpaper in presentation from the author, dated 1894.Illustrated with thirteen in-text images. Collated complete. A fascinating tale of war and retribution. Written by Frederick Andre Inderwick, an English lawyer, writer, antiquarian, and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.With newspaper obituaries for the author to the front of the text, date 1904. Bound in half red crushed morocco with red boards. Externally, sound with rubbing and light shelf wear to the extremities. Minor loss to the corners of the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the first and last few pages. Ink inscriptions to the front endpapers. Newspaper obituaries for the author pasted to the front endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good. signed by author. book.