Seller: Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA), Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899. 360pp. Sm. 8vo. Publisher's decorative cloth; binding design signed "TBH", Theodore B. Hapgood. Shelf cocked and front endpaper with small thinned area from name erasure; in a bright gilt-lettered binding. Overall, a very good copy. First American edition. "A late and surprisingly romantic novel for Gissing, written at a period when his second marriage was falling apart. As a political sub-plot the novel. the novel explores British imperialism in the period of the Boer War from the author's increasingly pacifistic standpoint." (John Sutherland).
Published by London, New York : Cassell and Co., 1919
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
1st edition. Provenance: Alderman C. L. Limited edition to 1400 copies, of which this is no. 473. Ackroy's copy with his signed letter of offer of a Barony loosely inserted. Very good in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine worn. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 84 pp., frontispiece (portrait), illustrations, XVIII color plates, 33 cm. Subjects; Tower of London. Crown jewels Great Britain. Courts and courtiers. Regalia. Royalty. 3 Kg.
Published by London, New York : Cassell and Co., 1919
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition Signed
1st edition. Provenance: Alderman C. L. Limited edition to 1400 copies, of which this is no. 473. Ackroy's copy with his signed letter of offer of a Barony loosely inserted. Very good in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine worn. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 84 pp., frontispiece (portrait), illustrations, XVIII color plates, 33 cm. Subjects; Tower of London. Crown jewels Great Britain. Courts and courtiers. Regalia. Royalty. 1 Kg.