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Trilby maurier6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() This is the true first edition of Du maurier's masterpiece (published a year prior to the better known first illustrated edition), one of the most popular novels of the 1890s. Accompanied by a loosely inserted 4 page H/W letter dated 'Apr 1. ![]() The slipcase has some mild rubbing in places. Each book is housed in a morocco chemise within a custom half morocco slipcase with gilt titling. ![]() A neat previous owner's bookplate tipped in to the front blank end paper of Vol.1 only. Light spotting to the text-block and slight offsetting to the end papers of each volume. Original publisher's buff-coloured cloth, blocked and lettered in blue. The BOOKS are in exceptional near Fine condition. The First UK printing published by Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., London in 1894 in three volumes. ![]()
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