George MacDonald's Wilfrid Cumbermede, First English Edition

Spines and front cover of Vol. III
 MacDonald, George, WILFRID CUMBERMEDE (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1872).  Three volumes, first editions, 19 x 12.5cm (large 16mos), in publisher's dark violet sand-grain cloth w/black titles & borders to fr. covers, gilt titles & black borders to spines, a.e. untrimmed, chocolate ep.s, [i-v] vi, [1] 2-320; [i-v] vi, [1] 2-326; & [i-v] vi, [1] 2-291 [292] pp., +[i-ii], 1-16 pp. publ. cat. to rear of Vol. III.  Printed by MacDonald & Tugwell, London.  With a page from The Saturday Review (20 Jan. 1872, pp.91-92) loosely-inserted into Vol. III.  Bindings Good (Vol. I canted, spines darkened, extremities moderately bumped & rubbed, & lt. stains to covers); contents Near-Fine (a few sections sl. proud)--a satisfactory example of this Victorian triple-decker.  Wolff 268-82, Shaberman 47 ("Greville MacDonald ... believed that Ruskin's courtship of Rose La Touche is reflected in [this] novel").  (Inv. #769)  C$2,000



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