TO HAVE AND TO HOLD. With Illustrations by Howard Pyle, E.B. Thompson, A.W. Betts, and Emlen McConnell

pp. vi, 403, +Plus 8 plates of illustrations including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated with dark green, red, and gilt. Cover illustration is sharp and depicts a red flower and green leaves. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated with green. Cover clean with good color. Spine rubbed and faded. Corners frayed. Front flyleaf torn out. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Mary Johnston (1870-1936) a novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels. 'To Have and to Hold' is the story of an English soldier, Ralph Percy, turned Virginian explorer in colonial Jamestown. Ralph buys a wife for himself - a girl named Jocelyn Leigh - little knowing that she is the escaping ward of King James I, fleeing a forced marriage to Lord Carnal. Jocelyn hardly loves Ralph - indeed, she seems to abhor him. Carnal, Jocelyn's husband-to-be, eventually comes to Jamestown, unaware that Ralph Percy and Jocelyn Leigh are man and wife. A complex series of exciting and romantic adventures in pioneer Virginia follow. Howard Pyle (1853-1911) was a very popular and influential illustrator. NW59