THE TRUMPET MAJOR: A tale.
In three volumes. Pp. vi+296(last blank)+vi+276+vi+260(last blank); pictorial red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & black, lower boards with double blind ruled border, the cloth slightly soiled and rubbed, edges lightly worn, the corners bruised, spines darkened and gilt slightly dulled; top edges uncut; later endpapers, initial stamp on title pages, a few tiny edge splits or chips, a little faint foxing and creasing, slight bleeding of cloth colour onto fore-edge of Contents page Volume I, scattered soiling; Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1880. First edition, primary binding. Purdy p. 31; Sadleir 1115. *Novel set during the Napoleonic wars; originally published in monthly instalments in Good Words, from January to December 1880. Item #116416
Price: $7,500.00