THE SPOILS OF POYNTON
Edition: First printing
London: Heinemann, 1897. Blue pictorial cloth stamped in blind, gilt lettered. pp (iv), 286, (1, ad), (1, blank). Title page printed in red and black. Variant with no ads, in the tulip binding, with "OF" on spine in large caps. There were 2000 copies total in only one printing. Edel & Laurence A48a. Preceded the US edition slightly. Spine lightly darkened, with rippling to the cloth, moderate wear and nicks to ends; two light spots to front cover; front free endpaper has the ink name and address of a noted Bloomsbury scholar and his ink notation "First English edition", as well as a rectangular area of tanning in the centre; yellowing to page edges; else a VG clean, tight and unworn copy. ; Octavo