The Interrupted Kiss. by MARSH (Richard [i.e. Richard HELDMANN]) - 1909

With a Frontispiece by Rex Osborne. Cassell and Company, Limited, London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, 1909. Half-tone frontispiece printed in black and brown, with tissue guard; half-title with preceding conjugate stub (v.note); pp.[vi]+328; 8pp. inserted advertisements at end printed in black and red, dated on first leaf ‘10.08’; vertically fine-ribbed scarlet cloth, ruled blind, lettered black, on front cover, ruled and lettered gilt, blocked blind, on spine. Small, neat, repair to cloth at head of spine, and cloth a trifle faded; faint ring-mark on upper cover; otherwise a nice copy. Hubin, p.283. In this copy the following errata and typographical flaws have been noted (state or issue significance, if any, undetermined): p.2, l.19, ‘oft’ for ‘off’ at end of line; p.7, l.16, broken ‘f’ in ‘found’ (numerous other examples passim); p.92, l.16: raised ‘s’ at end of line; p.219, l.7, ‘euphoniously’ for ‘euphemistically’; p.243, 3ll. from foot, raised full stop at end of line; p.289, l.12, the words ‘to impart them’ lacking (they are present in l.11, but are needed twice); p.292, l.2, wrong font ‘E’ in ‘Elsie’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated.