THE EMPTY HOUSE

by BLACKWOOD, ALGERNON

FIRST EDITION

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Book Description

LONDON: EVELEIGH NASH. NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1906. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. BLACKWOOD'S FIRST BOOK WITH 31 PAGE CATALOGUE DATED JANUARY 1907 AT THE BACK OF THE TEXT WHICH DOES NOT MENTION THIS BOOK. . A VERY NICE BRIGHT COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH WITH GILT SPINE TITLES VERY BRIGHT WITH SOME SLIGHT DAMAGE TO GILT OF A COUPLE OF LETTERS, INTERIOR PAGES VERY CLEAN WITH NO FOXING. A CRACKED REAR BOARD HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED WHICH NECESSITATED NEW ENDPAPERS THAT COMPLEMENT THE TEXT BLOCK VERY NICELY. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY WITH FRONT COVER AS BRIGHT AND UNWORN AS YOU ARE LIKELY TO FIND OF THIS RARE BOOK. Copies have been noted with "Autumn 1906" and "Jan 1907" catalogues with no priority established by any recognized authority. In "Starlight Man" Ashley maintained that the first printing was 750 copies that sold out quickly and the book was actually released for the 1906-07 holiday gifting season. All noted later impressions/printings are clearly dated and/or marked as such and none have reprised the original decorative binding of the first printing. .

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