[Fiction - Early Dust Jackets]

Du Maurier, George. Trilby. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. 8vo (7 ½ x 4 ¾ ins; 185 x 120 mm). Illustrated, with omitted illustration of Whistler laid in. Publisher's green and gilt pictorial tan cloth in printed tan dust-jacket; chips from edges and spine ends, not affecting spine text. First American Edition, in an early example of a modern dust-jacket. — Atherton, Gerrude. The Conqueror. New York: Macmillan and Co., 1902. 8vo (7 ¾ x 5 ins; 195 x 130 mm). Publisher's white and gilt-stamped deep red cloth in illustrated dust-jacket; edges creased, minor loss to rear panel. First Edition, Inscribed by Atherton on the front blank. — Kipling, Rudyard. Traffics and Discoveries. London: Macmillan and Co., 1904. 8vo (7 ¾ x 5 ins; 195 x 130 mm). Publisher's gilt-stamped red cloth in red-titled gray dust-jacket; loss at bottom of front and spine panels, spine panel faded, light overall rubbing. First Edition. Livingston 289

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