The Graustark novels are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope's 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, and its sequels. They were popular best-sellers at the time they were published and the original editions are still readily available in used book shops. The novels gave their name to a fictional genre called Ruritanian romance from Hope's work or Graustarkian romance from McCutcheon's. This genre contains tales of romance and intrigue usually featuring titled characters in small, ...
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The Graustark novels are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope's 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, and its sequels. They were popular best-sellers at the time they were published and the original editions are still readily available in used book shops. The novels gave their name to a fictional genre called Ruritanian romance from Hope's work or Graustarkian romance from McCutcheon's. This genre contains tales of romance and intrigue usually featuring titled characters in small, fictional, Central European or East European countries.
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Fisher, Harrison. Fair. No Jacket. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" Tall. Red cloth boards rubbed and chipped on edges, front pastedown chipped on edges. Front inside hinge weak. Frontispiece and one illustration page detatched but present. Reading copy.
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Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Hard Back 1909 Reprint. Hardcover Book in Good Condition w/o jacket. Illustrations by Harrison Fisher, b/w Frontis and three full page plates. Tipped on color plate to front cover. Red cloth binding with black titles on spine. Clean, with darkening of front color plate, light wear to extremities. Slight lean to spine. Tight and solid. Prev owner name and writing on endpapers. Foxing on some pages but mostly clean and unmarked, no creasing, toned. George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. This is one of the series of Graustark novels-six in all-which are set in Graustark, a fictional East European country and are filled with adventure, chivalry, and romance (of the 19th century kind! ). 369 pages. 5 x 7.5 inches. Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, 1909.
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Illustrated by Fisher, harrison COVER, . Frontis & 3 OTHERS IN TEXT. Good. 5x7" Good Cond, minor COVER & spine wear....Solidly bound.; FULL SIZED COVER IN COLOR...MAN LIGHTING CIGARETTE. ALL PASTED TO FRONT RED CLOTH HARD COVER..; 369ps pages; Includes glossy ilusts. cover ilust pasted on, shows man lighting cigarette. Black spine titles on RED CLOTH HARD COVERS ADVERTS AT END OF BOOK. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life. McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series.
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Hardcover Book, Good condition but not perfect, Cover has minor nicks and tears, spine shows some creases from use. Ask Questions and request photos if your buying for the cover and not the content. Items are uploaded with their own individual photo, but when Multiple Items are for sale only one representative photo may be shown. Actual Photos are availible upon request. Fast Shipping Monday Through Saturday! -Safe and Secure!
