Rodney Stone

DOYLE, A. Conan

Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1896

About this Item

First American Edition. 12mo. Red fabric binding with gilt and silver embossed designs and lettering to front cover. Silver lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations. Rodney Stone?is a?Gothic?mystery and boxing?novel by Scottish?writer Sir?Arthur Conan Doyle?first published in 1896.The eponymous narrator is a?Sussex?country boy who is taken to?London?by his uncle Sir Charles Tregellis, a highly respected gentleman and arbiter of fashion who is on familiar terms with the most important people of Great Britain. The novel interweaves Rodney's coming-of-age story with that of his friend Boy Jim's boxing endeavors, and a large portion of it deals with the famous bare-knuckle boxers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, such as?Jem Belcher,?John Jackson,?Daniel Mendoza,?Dutch Sam, and others. The book includes vignettes of a number of historical personages, notably the?Prince Regent,?Lord Nelson,?Sir John Lade,?Lord Cochrane?and?Beau Brummell. It was adapted into a 1913 silent film,?The House of Temperley, directed by?Harold M. Shaw. Good. Fraying to corners. Minor sunning to spine. Binding tight. Textblock clean.

Seller Inventory # 31962

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rodney Stone
• Publisher: D. Appleton and Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.