The Bride in Blue

First edition. The book is firmly bound in clean blue cloth lettered in bright gilt to the spine, the extremities are slightly bumped and rubbed. The text block is slightly foxed, dusty and age toned. The dust jacket is the original and not price clipped, it is slightly rubbed and grubby, with a few minor nicks to the edges. A gothic historical romance set in Dorsetshire, with a supernatural element, a ghost in the form of the eponymous 'Bride in Blue' playing a pivotal role in the plot. There's a happy ending but the ghost leaves its mark and the young bride waits for her more experienced lover to join her in the marriage bed for the first time, speculating on: "the nature of man, and time, and immortality", which fortunately does nothing to dampen the ardency of her lovemaking. Quite uncommon.