"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust

Hartford, CT: The American Publishing Co., 1876. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, Second printing, issue A (Jacob Blanck, 3369). Octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.i-xvi; 17-274; [2]; [4, ads; [4], blank. Handsomely bound in twentieth century full mid-blue oasis morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt decoration, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, author's signature in gilt to upper cover with gilt borders. Light foxing. Text has a small worm hole throughout, increasing in size from p.230 and becoming a long trail (up to 9cm.) to the end of the book (affected leaves are still legible). Very Good. Item #57846
Price: £895.00