A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes

A first edition, first impression historical novel from G. A. Henty, presented here in Bickers half straight-grain morocco. The first edition, first impression, as confirmed in P. Newbolt's bibliography (72.1).Bound in signed half straight-grain morocco by Bickers & Son. Rebacked with the contemporary spine laid down.Illustrated with eleven monochrome plates by Ralph Peacock and a portrait of the author. Collated, lacking plate facing p. 262 and the double-page plan of the Fortress.G. A. Henty was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent, renowned for his historical adventure stories for young readers. This novel centres around a young man named Gervaise Tresham, who leaves England and the turmoil of the War of the Roses to become a Knight of St. John.This copy lacking the thirty-two page catalogue of advertisements to the rear. Bound in signed half straight-grain morocco by Bickers & Son. Rebacked with the contemporary spine laid down.Externally, with rubbing to the extremities and marks to the boards. Fading to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with a few scattered spots and handling marks throughout, heaviest to the first and last few pages. Good.…