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Richard Blackmore, 1869
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Lorna Doone
Richard Blackmore, 1869
BLACKMORE, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900). Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. London: W. Clowes & Sons for Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, 1869. [AND:] Slaine by the Doones. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1895.
First edition of Blackmore's classic historical romance, with a first edition of the sequel novel, and an autograph letter. Blackmore originally had trouble finding a publisher for Lorna Doone, and the first edition was published in a run of only 500 copies. However, it was both a critical and a commercial success and has never been out of print since. Sadleir 227.
Two works, together four volumes, octavo. Publisher's original blue cloth (first work, three volumes) and publisher's original gilt pictorial cloth (second work); in custom box. Provenance: washed gift inscription in volume 1.
[WITH:] BLACKMORE, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900). Autograph letter signed ("R.D. Blackmore") to "Mrs Krocker," 18 January 1882. Two pages.
Richard Blackmore, 1869
BLACKMORE, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900). Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. London: W. Clowes & Sons for Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, 1869. [AND:] Slaine by the Doones. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1895.
First edition of Blackmore's classic historical romance, with a first edition of the sequel novel, and an autograph letter. Blackmore originally had trouble finding a publisher for Lorna Doone, and the first edition was published in a run of only 500 copies. However, it was both a critical and a commercial success and has never been out of print since. Sadleir 227.
Two works, together four volumes, octavo. Publisher's original blue cloth (first work, three volumes) and publisher's original gilt pictorial cloth (second work); in custom box. Provenance: washed gift inscription in volume 1.
[WITH:] BLACKMORE, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900). Autograph letter signed ("R.D. Blackmore") to "Mrs Krocker," 18 January 1882. Two pages.
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