Lot 520

Housman, A.E.





Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
£1,500
Description
A Shropshire lad. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1896. First edition, publisher's quarter parchment, pale blue paper boards, printed spine label (Carter & Sparrow "A" label), edges uncut, upper right hand corner of label chopped (not touching lettering), scratch over the "L" of "Lad" on the label, boards faded and wear to corners, signature of Jack Fry of Blewbury on the front free endpaper, in a possibly contemporary marbled paper slip case
Footnote
Note: Carter & Sparrow 2.




