H. Sienkiewicz - Quo vadis. 1898. English translation.

SIENKIEWICZ Henryk - "Quo vadis. A Narrattive of the Time of Nero. Authorized and unabridged translation from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Boston 1898; Little, Brown and Co. 16d, pp. [10], 541, [1], 10, [2], plates 8. ov. fawn.
Abrasions and minor loss of spine edges, spine darkened, front pastedown cracked at spine, otherwise internally good condition. Another edition of the first English translation of the novel, first published in 1896. On the back of the title page a facsimile of Sienkiewicz's letter to the publishers, on the final pages reviews of several works by this author.