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Lot 66
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Gissing, George

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gissing, George
  • The Unclassed. A Novel. London: Chapman and Hall Limited, 1884
  • ink on paper
8vo (190 x 126mm.), 3 volumes, original greenish-blue fine-diaper cloth, blocked in black on upper covers and spine, spines lettered in gilt, publisher's monogram on lower covers, pale pinkish endpapers, preserved in matching green cloth folding box , very minor edge-wear, a touch of browning to the text leaves, BUT A REMARKABLY FINE COPY

Provenance

Estelle Doheny, green morocco book-labels

Literature

Sadleir 978; Wolff 2559

Catalogue Note

A LOVELY COPY OF GISSING'S RARE SECOND BOOK, ranked number one by Sadleir on his list of Comparative Scarcities. The Unclassed, with its stark realism and pessimistic view of human affairs, was admired by both Thomas Hardy and George Meredith.