signed first edition hardcover
1883 · Leipzig
by HOWELLS, William Deans
Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1883. First. hardcover. very good(+). Frontispiece portrait. 16mo, full vellum with elaborate painted gilt designs. The front cover has a raised medallion of a winged lion holding a book, set in an incised oval frame. Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1883. Authorized (copyright) edition. Howells has signed the book on the front fly-leaf, commenting "A true copy". Some of the gilt on the lion has chipped, there is a Grolier Club bookplate stamped "withdrawn" & an inscription from the original owner who had gifted the book. A unique copy. (Inventory #: 289233)