Lot 130
  • 130

[Galsworthy, John] ('John Sinjohn')

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Two volumes, comprising:
  • paper
Jocelyn. London: Duckworth, 1898, 8vo (190 x 124mm.), FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ("For Louis Henry Cohn | every good wish | John Galsworthy | April 14. 1931.") on front free endpaper, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, original green buckram lettered in gilt on spine, collector's chemise and slipcase, browning to endpapers;

A Man of Devon. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1901, FIRST EDITION, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end together with 32pp. publisher's catalogue (dated 4/01), original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine and in black on upper cover, collector's folding box, some spotting, bookplate (2)

Literature

Marrot p. 4 and pp. 7-8

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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Catalogue Note

The author's second and forth novels.