Gilbert (E. Jayne, pseud. Eliza Humphreys) Episodes
£295
London, A M. Philpot, 1923.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6 on spine and with later 1/- sticker to upper panel.
An uncommon work, in great jacket, by this prolific Scottish author, who produced a remarkable 120 books, plays and essays from 1877 onwards, many under the pseudonym ‘Rita’.
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UK first edition, VG+/VG, ownership inscription to front paste down, foxing to front free end papers, contents otherwise clean.
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