The Belle Islers - A Novel by Richard Brinsley Newman - 1908

Boston, MA: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1908. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Wallace Goldsmith. Hardcover, no dust jacket. But that first edition thus with single date on copyright page stating published March, 1908. Light brown boards with black design, and gilt text on front and spine. Boards are clean and corners show only the faintest of bumping. No handwriting or bookplates, binding good. 423 pages plus ads, ad pages uncut. Only flaw in book is on front end page where a tan rectangle shadows a page where a scrap of paper once set. Upper right corner of the same page has residue from where 1/2 inch price sticker one was. The issue with the front end page (as pictured) is the only issue that keeps is out of a fine grading. Book condition graded as near fine. See photos.