A Desert Drama, Being the Tragedy of the Korosko by Doyle, Arthur Conan - 1898

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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1898. First American Edition. First Printing, one of 11,716 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); light blue cloth, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in gilt, green, navy blue, and yellow on spine and front cover; 277,[1],[10]pp ads, with frontispiece and 31 plates of illustrations by S. Paget. Trivial wear to extremities, hint of sunning to spine, with light dust-soil to upper edge of textblock; Near Fine, lacking the dustjacket. An adventure novel first serialized in The Strand between May-December, 1897. GREEN & GIBSON A22c.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First American Edition. Originally serialized in The Strand magazine between May and December 1897, this little-remembered novel concerns a group of European tourists who are attacked and abducted by Dervish warriors while traveling in Egypt. It is revealing of late 19th century European attitudes towards Islam, and contains a strong defense of British Imperialism. Doyle later adapted this novel into the play Fires of Fate (1909). With thirty-two full-page illustrations by Sidney Paget. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with pictorial blue, green, and tan stamping. The top edge is dust stained. Light wear to the corners and tips, with some general sun fading along the spine; otherwise very good.

J.B. Lippincott, 1898. Hard cover. Good/No jacket. First American edition. Covers shelfworn. Cracked front hinge. Pages 111-112 torn and repaired.

J.B. Lippincott, 1898. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. First American edition. Covers shelfworn. Cracked front hinge. Pages 111-112 torn and repaired.