MEREDITH, GEORGE. One of Our Conquerors. London: Chapman & Hall 1891. 3 vols., 8vo, original smooth LIGHT COFFEE-COLORED CLOTH, blocked in black and blind, spines gilt-lettered, uncut, covers a little dust-soiled, extremities a bit rubbed, brown morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, IN A RARE VARIANT BINDING (the book is ubiquitous in royal blue cloth). Sadleir 1700b for the only copy known at that time (1951) in this binding (a presentation copy); Sadleir quotes a John Carter TLS article of 27 July 1940 regarding this and other rare binding variants: "It looks in fact very much as if certain publishers used binder's trial copies -- not for travelling, as often, nor for the copyright libraries, as occasionally, but sometimes also for their author's complimentary half-dozen." Single copies of One of Our Conquerors were also known to Carter and Sadleir in variant bindings of biscuit-coloured, cherry-red, and powder-blue cloth. (3)

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MEREDITH, GEORGE. One of Our Conquerors. London: Chapman & Hall 1891. 3 vols., 8vo, original smooth LIGHT COFFEE-COLORED CLOTH, blocked in black and blind, spines gilt-lettered, uncut, covers a little dust-soiled, extremities a bit rubbed, brown morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, IN A RARE VARIANT BINDING (the book is ubiquitous in royal blue cloth). Sadleir 1700b for the only copy known at that time (1951) in this binding (a presentation copy); Sadleir quotes a John Carter TLS article of 27 July 1940 regarding this and other rare binding variants: "It looks in fact very much as if certain publishers used binder's trial copies -- not for travelling, as often, nor for the copyright libraries, as occasionally, but sometimes also for their author's complimentary half-dozen." Single copies of One of Our Conquerors were also known to Carter and Sadleir in variant bindings of biscuit-coloured, cherry-red, and powder-blue cloth. (3)