signed first edition Half-titles, leaf of publisher's advertisements at the end of each volume. 3 vols. 8vo
1887 · London
by Black, William
London: Macmillan and Co and New York, 1887. First edition. Half-titles, leaf of publisher's advertisements at the end of each volume. 3 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth, ruled in black, with spine lettered in gilt. Stain on lower cover near spines and portion of spine on first two volumes, some light waterstaining in lower margin of third volume, lower inner hinges starting, else very good copies. First edition. Half-titles, leaf of publisher's advertisements at the end of each volume. 3 vols. 8vo. PRESENTATION COPY from the Author and the Publishers with "Yours ever William Black" SIGNED ON EACH HALF-TITLE and "With the Publisher's Compliments" stamped on each title.ΒΆ The 25 year old heroine who is independent and has trained as a nurse and is involved in chartible works falls under the spell of a gambling and sporting man and marries him, to her later regret. He former suitor went to America and Canada where he gained recognition as an landscape artist while not losing his interest in her and on hearing of the death of her husband returned and wooed her. Wolff 507 (Inventory #: 32764)