first edition Three Quarter Leather
1866 · London
by Reade, Charles
London: Chapman & Hall, 1866. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Fine. Octavo. THREE VOLUMES. 302, 318 328pp. half-titles present in volumes one and two, bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, green morocco spine label within one compartment, spine decorated with a gilt vine motif, marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Quite a handsome triple decker and quite scarce; only two copies appear in the auction record since 1982.
(Inventory #: 5082)