A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia

New York, NY: A. L. Burt. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1887. Reprint edition. Very Good: shows moderate rubbing to the corner tips and a bit of crimp to the head and heel of the backstrip; the expected tanning to the text pages due to aging; faint sun-blanching to the red background field of the backstrip; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor cosmetic imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.2 x 5.2 x 1 inches). Sparsely illustrated with duotone drawings. Language: English. Weight: 15 ounces. Crimson cloth over boards with designs and titles at the the front panel and backstrip. First Edition USA (1994) , appears to be the second printing; no statement of "first edition". Hardback: No DJ as issued. George Alfred Henty (1832 – 1902) was an English novelist and war correspondent. He is most well-known for his works of adventure fiction and historical fiction, including The Dragon & The Raven (1886) , For The Temple (1888) , Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885). Henty once related in an interview how his storytelling skills grew out of tales told after dinner to his children. He wrote his first children's book, Out on the Pampas in 1868, naming the book's main characters after his children. The book was published by Griffith and Farran in 1871. While most of the 122 books he wrote were for children and published by Blackie and Son of London, he also wrote a number of adult novels. Henty was the most popular boy's author of his day. His children's novels typically revolved around a boy or young man living in troubled times. These ranged from the Punic War to more recent conflicts such as the Napoleonic Wars or the American Civil War. Henty's heroes – which occasionally included young ladies – are uniformly intelligent, courageous, honest and resourceful with plenty of 'pluck' yet are also modest and self-effacing. These qualities and themes have made Henty's novels popular today among many conservative Christians and homeschoolers of all stripes. 'A Final Reckoning' was first published in 1887. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; vi, 381 pages .