Author: H.E.BATES.
Title: Mrs. Esmond's Life. A story. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)
Description: Privately Printed (by E.Lahr, London), 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First edition, limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by the author (this being 104). 8vo. Yellow buckram, lettered in gold at the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Buckram a little marked and dust soiled. Free endpapers very lightly toned and spotted. Former owner bookplate to the front pastedown, alongside a private library sticker. A nice, bright copy. Lacking the unprinted glassine protector, but with a fresh sheet of acetate supplied. A twenty-one page short story, which was originally printed in the periodical 'The Criterion' under the title 'Charlotte Esmond', and was not subsequently reprinted. Eads A13. Very Good.

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