Montezuma's Daughter

London : George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. , 1929. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 7.5" by 5". None . A early reprint of Haggard's action-packed adventure novel, with original unclipped dust wrapper. An 1929 reprint of H. Rider Haggard's action-packed exotic adventure novel. First published in 1892. With original, unclipped dust wrapper. This work is one of Haggard's classic adventure novels. Narrated in the first person by Thomas Wingfield, an Englishman whose misadventures include having his mother murdered, a shipwreck, a brush with the Spanish Inquisition and slavery. Haggard would later write that Montezuma's Daughter was the last of his best work "for the rest was repetition so far as fiction was concerned".Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English author who specialised in adventure fiction set in exotic locations, primarily Africa. He was a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper and cloth binding. Externally, lovely condition. Boards are clean and bright. Light offsetting to free end papers. Dust wrapper is smart. Taped on reverse top and bottom to prevent damage. Mild toning due to handling. Light shelf wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Scattered spotting to fore edge. Near Fine