Pearl-Maiden A Tale of The Fall of Jerusalem

The first edition of this novel by the English author H. Rider Haggard with illustrations. First edition of Pearl-Maiden A Tale of The Fall of Jerusalem by Henry Rider Haggard in the original publisher's cloth binding.H. Rider Haggard was an English writer of action adventure and romance novels, and was a pioneer of the lost world literary genre.Illustrated with beautiful monochrome plates. With twelve out of the sixteen plates present, as the plates facing pages 33, 57, 163, and 256, are missing. Collated.With four pages of advertisements to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The hinges are strained but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. The plates facing pages 33, 57, 163, and 256, are missing. The pages are bright and clean with some occasional light spotting. Very Good.