Le Fanu, Joseph [Thomas] Sheridan

The Wyvern Mystery. A Novel. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869, 8vo (195 x 145 mm.), 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 2 pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol. two, original dark maroon cloth, covers blind stamped, spines lettered in gilt, recased with new endpapers, spines expertly repaired at head and foot, slightly sunned, tears to half-title and small tear to title-page of volume one not affecting text, 8 leaves professionally reinserted in volume two (pp.97-112); Willing to Die. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1873, 8vo (195 x 135 mm.), three volumes, first edition in book form, half-titles, 16 pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol. three, original orange-brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt, recased with new endpapers, repairs to spines, repairs to joints of volume one

William le Fanu (1904-1995), former librarian of the Royal College of Surgeons; Bloomsbury, 12 June 2003, lots 353 and 356

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Le Fanu family copies: William le Fanu, an eminent librarian, was the author's great-nephew.