Lorna Doone
Sampson Low, 1869.
First edition. Three volumes. Bound in contemporary full blue morocco. Raised bands on the spine gilt lettering and motifs. Marbled end papers and all edges gilt. A near fine set, with the upper board of volume three lightly sunned, and a small scratch on the back panel of volume one.
Lorna Doone, the work on which Blackmore's popularity and significant literary standing in the latter half of the nineteenth century entirely rests, had a somewhat inauspicious start. Having struggled to find a publisher, it was eventually issued in an edition of 500 copies of which, in spite of good reviews, only some 300 were sold. A year later, a one volume cheap edition was published, which was a great success, and the work has scarcely been out of print since.
Stock ID: 46841
£1,950.00
