THE GRAND SOPHY

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and a blind stamped monogram to the upper board, in the Philip Gough illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a very slight lean to the spine. The contents, with a previous owner's inscription to the half-title, some toning or offsetting to the the prelims and late pages, are otherwise clean throughout. The closed text block edge with a tiny red mark to the closed fore-edge and faint spotting to the top edge. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that is lightly toned to the spine and has a small chip to the foot of the front spine flap and some dustiness to the rear panel. Not price-clipped (10s 6d on the front flap). An attractive example, scarce in the dustwrapper.

A Regency romance novel about the daughter of a diplomat who is left to stay with her aunt in London when her father is sent to Brazil.