Trail Sword, Signed (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Like New. 1st Edition. 2002 and 2003. Both Like New - Author signature in both volumes, very minor shelf wear otherwise both look unread and Like New. ISBN's: 9780953819003 and 9780953819010. As this item weighs over 1kg additional postage is required for delivery outside of the United Kingdom. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Typed Manuscript with the original title *A Nobel Outlaw* changed by hand to *The Trail of the Sword* and with Parker's handwritten copyright notice dated 1893. The manuscript comprises the first seven chapters (out of 24) of this adventure novel. Each chapter is bradbound in the upper left hand corner and is heavily corrected by the author in ink, with many uncorrected passages that differ considerably from the book version. The novel began serialization in the October 7, 1893 issue of *The Illustrated News of the World*. Presumably Parker submitted the novel to the magazine in installments, and thus apparently why we have found only a fragment (albeit a substantial one) of the novel. Accompanied by a letter from Parker dated June 8th (no year, but probably 1895) declining an engagement and mentioning his popular novel *The Seats of the Mighty* then running in *The Atlantic*. The Canadian novelist Parker was one of the most popular writers at the turn of the century, and this is one of the series of novels based on early Canadian history for which he is best known. He later became a powerful and long serving Minister of Parliament. The manuscript displays dramatic differences from the published version, and would be worthy of further study.