MR. MEESON'S WILL. London: Spencer Blackett Successor to J. & R. Maxwell, 1888. Octavo, pp. [i-ix] x-xiv [xv] xvi [xvii-xviii] [19] 20-286, sixteen full-page illustrations by A. Forestier and G. Montbard, original pictorial scarlet cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, black coated endpapers. First British edition in book form. A variant without the inserted 32-page publisher's catalogue dated October 1888. This edition, published in October 1888, was preceded by a version printed as the "Summer Number" of the Illustrated London News, published about 23 June 1888, and by the authorized U.S. Harper & Brothers edition published in June 1888 (listed Publishers Weekly 23 June 1888) and several U.S. pirated editions. Hubin (1994), p. 361. Sadleir 1090. Wolff 2874a. McKay 9b. Scott 9a. Whatmore F8. Spine panel lightly sunned, mild shallow fraying with slight loss of cloth at crown of spine panel, light wear to cloth at tail of spine panel, a very good copy with tight inner hinges. (#85678).
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