Lot 182
  • 182

Wood, Mrs Henry

Estimate
900 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Wood, Mrs Henry
  • The Shadow of Ashlydyat. London: Richard Bentley, 1863
  • paper
8vo (200 x 123mm.), 3 volumes, first edition, original pinkish-maroon diagonal-dot-and-line-grain cloth, lettered in gilt on the spines, white endpapers, very slight fading to spines but otherwise a very fine copy

Literature

Sadleir 3360; Wolff 7292

Condition

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Catalogue Note

A beautiful copy of the author's rarest title, and her own favourite among her novels (ahead even of East Lynne).
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