London: Longmans, Green & Co. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1903. First Edition UK. Hardcover. Boards bright, gilt titling to front board and to spine. Corners and head/tail of spine bumped. Fore edges and pages foxed. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. Blind stamp on e/p. 463 pp. Previous owners inscription on half title. Historical romance set 2000 years ago of the revolt of the Jews against the Romans, the siege & sacking of Jerusalen, the imperial splendours & the catacombs and slave rings of Rome itself. A first UK edition, printed from the original American plates. Printed on 'soft' paper with usual occasional light browning, more especially to the first few leaves. A presentable copy one of H. Rider Haggard's more unusual works, being a moral tale of Christians in Ceasar's Imperial Rome.; 001295; 8vo .

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Bookseller: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001295
Title: Pearl Maiden. a Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem.
Author: Haggard, H. Rider
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition UK
Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1903
Keywords: Jerusalem, Religion, History, Historical Romance, Revolt, Jews, Romans, Catacombs, Slaves

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