The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell, in Two Volumes
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2334295
First edition, first state (no dedication). Volume I: front free endpaper creased. Both volumes: Board edges rubbed, pages very lightly toned.
v, 502; v, 578 pp. Two volume set. Three-quarter leather with marbled boards and marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. VOLUME I CONTENTS: Book I. The Earth and the Sea are Always Giving Up Their Secrets: The Nameless Bay; The Hidden Treasure; Book II. The Prince of India: A Messenger from Cipango; The Pilgrim at El Katif; The Yellow Air; El Zaribah; The Passing of the Caravan; The Prince and the Emir; At the Kaaba; The Arrival in Constantinople; The Prince at Home; The Rose of Spring; Book III. The Princess Irene: Morning on the Bosphorus; The Princess Irene; The Homeric Palace; The Russian Monk; A Voice from the Cloister; What Do the Stars Say'; The Prince of India Meets Constantinople; Racing with a Storm; In the White Castle; The Arabian Story-Teller; The Turquoise Ring; The Ring Returns; Mahommed Hears from the Stars; Dreams and Visions; Departure from the White Castle; An Embassy to the Princess Irene; The Emperor's Wooing; The Singing Sheik; Two Turkish Tales; Mahommed Dreams; Book IV. The Palace of Blacherne: The Palace of Blacherne; The Audience; The New Faith Proclaimed; The Pannychides; The Plague of Crime; A Byzantine Gentleman of the Period; A Byzantine Heretic; The Academy of Epicures; A Fisherman's Fete; The Hamari. VOLUME II CONTENTS: Book IV. The Palace of Blacherne (continued): The Princess Hears from the World; Lael Tells of Her Two Fathers; The Hamari Turns Boatman; The Princess Has a Creed; The Princes of India Preaches God to the Greeks; How the New Faith was Received; Lael and the Sword of Solomon; The Festival of Flowers; The Prince Builds Castles for His Gul Bahar; The Silhouette of a Crime; Sergius Learns a New Lesson; The Prince of India Seeks Mahommed; Sergius and Nilo Take Up the Hunt; The Imperial Cistern Gives Up Its Secrets; Book V. Mirza: A Cold Wind From Adrianople; A Fire From the Hegumen's Tomb; Mirza Does an Errand for Mahommed; The Emir in Italy; The Princess Irene in Town; Count Corti in Sancta Sophia; Count Corti to Mahommed; Our Lord's Creed; Count Corti to Mahommed; Sergius to the Lion; Book VI. Constantine: The Sword of Solomon; Mahommed and Count Corti Make a Wager; The Bloody Harvest; Europe Answers the Cry for Help; Count Corti Receives a Favor; Mahommed at the Gate St. Romain; The Great Sun Speaks; Mahommed Tries His Guns Again; The Madonna to the Rescue; The Night Before the Assault; Count Corti in Dilemma; The Assault; Mahommed in Sancta Sophia.
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