Sale 20FL02 | Lot 155

SINJOHN JOHN (=GALSWORTHY, JOHN] Villa Rubein. A Novel.

Catalogue: Fine Literature
SINJOHN JOHN (=GALSWORTHY, JOHN]  Villa Rubein. A Novel.

Lot Details

Lot 155
SINJOHN JOHN (=GALSWORTHY, JOHN] Villa Rubein. A Novel.
London: Duckworth & Company, 1900. First edition, signed by the author: "Inscribed by John Galsworthy." Publisher's pale salmon cloth (apparently the first issue binding), paste labels to upper cover and spine, the publisher's imprint in plain letters on the spine, housed in a chemise and morocco-backed case. 7 1/4 x 5 inches (18.5 x 12.5 cm); [vi], 257, [1] pp. Some soiling to covers, spine a trifle faded, light wear, a little foxing, most at beginning and end, generally a better than average copy. Book label of Josiah Kirby Lilly.
Galsworthy's third book, written under the pseudonym which he abandoned upon his father's death.


C The Library of Duncan Cranford

Estimate: $150 - $250
Sold for $100 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $150 - $250
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