Lot 67
  • 67

Gissing, George

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Gissing, George
  • The Emancipated. London: Richard Bentley and son, 1890
  • ink on paper
8vo (181 x 121mm.), 3 volumes, FIRST EDITION, original quarter smooth olive-brown cloth, patterned paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, monogrammed end-papers, minor wear to covers, upper joint of volume 1 cracked

Provenance

Dr. Gerald E. Slater, the sale of his collection at Christie's New York, 12 February 1982, lot 327

Literature

Sadleir 966; Wolff 2546

Catalogue Note

A near fine copy of Gissing's satirical study in moral and spiritual emancipation set in Naples and Yorkshire.