DU MAURIER, George Louis Palmella Busson. Peter Ibbetson. With an Introduction by his cousin Lady ***** ("Madge Plunkett")'; edited and illustrated by Du Maurier. 2 vols. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1892 [1891]
Original grey linen, front boards and spines decorated & lettered in black; spines a little dulled. Modern booklabel of R.G. Taylor with date stamp.
¶Sadleir 1674a; Wolff 1950. The first English edition. Carter, Binding Variants, suggests this all-black blocking is later than the black & brown blocking on Wolff's copy. This edition was published in December 1891, about a month after the Harper, New York & London edition in one volume. Du Maurier's first novel; Henry James suggested he write rather than draw as Du Maurier's eyesight was poor.
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£85
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