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BLACKMORE, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900). Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. London: W. Clowes & Sons for Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, 1869.
3 volumes, 8° (180 x 115mm). (Scattered light spotting, lacking preliminary blank leaf in volume I, and blank leaf and catalogue at end of volume III.) 20th-century crushed blue morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the covers gilt with double fillet borders, the spines gilt in 6 compartments divided by raised bands, titled in 2 compartments and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated with double fillet frames, board edges and turn-ins gilt, gilt edges (spines slightly faded). Provenance: occasional pencilled markings.
FIRST EDITION. A HANDSOMELY-BOUND SET of Blackmore's celebrated novel about an outlawed family, set in 17th-century Exmoor. Sadleir 227. (3)
3 volumes, 8° (180 x 115mm). (Scattered light spotting, lacking preliminary blank leaf in volume I, and blank leaf and catalogue at end of volume III.) 20th-century crushed blue morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the covers gilt with double fillet borders, the spines gilt in 6 compartments divided by raised bands, titled in 2 compartments and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated with double fillet frames, board edges and turn-ins gilt, gilt edges (spines slightly faded). Provenance: occasional pencilled markings.
FIRST EDITION. A HANDSOMELY-BOUND SET of Blackmore's celebrated novel about an outlawed family, set in 17th-century Exmoor. Sadleir 227. (3)
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