WEST, Jane. The Infidel Father, London: by A. Strahan for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1802, 3 volumes, 12°, FIRST EDITION, with advertisement leaf at end of volume I, half title and 3-page advertisement for books written by Mrs. West in volume II, further advertisement leaf at end of volume III (scorch mark to preliminaries of vol. II, F5-6 of vol. III with small piece torn from upper margin, G1 with piece torn away at lower margin), contemporary half calf over red marbled boards, spines ruled, titled and numbered in gilt (though a little flaked and crinkled). [Wolff 7111: "there were clearly no half titles in volumes I and III"] (3)

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WEST, Jane. The Infidel Father, London: by A. Strahan for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1802, 3 volumes, 12°, FIRST EDITION, with advertisement leaf at end of volume I, half title and 3-page advertisement for books written by Mrs. West in volume II, further advertisement leaf at end of volume III (scorch mark to preliminaries of vol. II, F5-6 of vol. III with small piece torn from upper margin, G1 with piece torn away at lower margin), contemporary half calf over red marbled boards, spines ruled, titled and numbered in gilt (though a little flaked and crinkled). [Wolff 7111: "there were clearly no half titles in volumes I and III"] (3)
Provenance
Thomas Hammond Foxcroft, bookplate.

Lot Essay

Wolff does not call for the advertisement leaf at the end of volumes I and III, present in this copy.

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