Trilby
Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1894. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good. Item #00085997
Clean pages except for a prior owner's name and prior seller's ink stamp and pencil ghost on the front endpapers; binding somewhat relaxed, but square and secure; full cloth cover is darkened along the spine and across board, and bears tiny, brown droplet marks, handling smudges, a touch of fraying at spine ends, and small inward turns at two corners, yet remains overall sound. 120 illustrations by the author (hitherto unincluded); cover design by Margaret Armstrong. viii, 464pp. + 4pp. adv. An inspiration for "The Phantom of the Opera", but with a considerably more sinister phantom: the tyrannical hypnotist Svengali.; Small 8vo.
Price: $50.00