Bevis. The Story of a Boy.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882.
Price: $400.00
About the item
First edition, in the variant green (a) binding. viii,(288); iv,294,[ii]; iv,294,[ii] pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth blocked in black and gilt, and lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. Bookplate. Heads bumped, endsheets toned, vols. I and III loose in binding. A good copy only. Sadleir 1305 (citing brown as first binding); Miller & Matthews B15 (suggesting priority to the green binding); Wolff 3615.
Item #346896
A classic of late Victorian literature, Jefferies’ lyrical novel of Wiltshire.
