Proxy by James Payn: First Edition (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Chatto and Windus, London, 1878
- First Edition
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. Hopkins, Arthur. First edition. With 12 plate illustrations by Arthur Hopkins. [8], 298; [vi], 287 pp. Without half-titles. 2 vols. 8vo. "Payn's greatest literary success was the two-volume By Proxy (1878), set in China, in which the hero, Captain Conway, gives himself as the proxy victim for execution in place of… his convicted, thieving friend Pennicuik. Needless to say in such a sensation novel, Conway somehow escapes death and returns later to England to put matters right. This novel, together with Lost Sir Massingberd, established Payn as a popular, but minor, novelist" (ODNB). Payn edited the Cornhill Magazine from 1883-1896. Wolff 5436 Contemporary half roan and marbled boards. Some rubbing and wear to binding, very good With 12 plate illustrations by Arthur Hopkins. [8], 298; [vi], 287 pp. Without half-titles. 2 vols. 8vo.
