dormer trilogy complete three volumes von mottram (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Editions (first printings). Individual volumes as follows: 'Our Mr. Dormer' (1927). First edition. This copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper and dated the year of publication. 8vo. 298pp + [iv] publisher's advertisements. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine, and with the publisher's blue top edge stain. Free endpapers toned, and with a little spotting to a dozen preliminary leaves. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, quite toned at the spine panel, and with a little soiling and edge-wear. 'The Boroughmonger' (1929). First edition. This copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper and dated the year of publication. 8vo. 340pp + [iv] publisher's advertisements. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A trace of very light spotting to the fore edge. Very good indeed in non-price-clipped pictorial dust wrapper, somewhat toned at the spine panel, and with a touch of soiling and very light edgewear. 'Castle Island' (1931). First edition. This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. vii, 415pp. Blue cloth lettered in white at the spine. The backstrip cloth fractionally faded, and with a scattering of very light spotting to the top- and fore edge, and to the free endpapers. Neat former owner bookplate to the front pastedown. Very good indeed in price-clipped and fractionally dust soiled pictorial dust wrapper. Residue from a small circular sticker to the spine panel. A super signed set of the author's 'Dormer Trilogy' which charts of lives of the Norfolk-based Dormer family throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The first two volumes are inscribed to the same individual, one H.M.Backlog, and the third is simply signed with no inscription (the former owner bookplate in the third volume identifies a separate individual).