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Ipswich: Golgonooza Press, (1988). First edition. This is a fine copy. The original paper slipcase is present and without mentionable wear. The 3/4 paper-covered boards are without notable wear and are sharp at the corners. The brown cloth spine is bright and clean. The text blocks are bright and white throughout. The author's signature is present on the limitation page and is signed to a Michael Armstrong. This is no.7 of 100 copies. Overall, this is a fine copy of a fine limited edition title.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1966. First edition, first printing. This is a near fine copy. The stunning dust wrapper (designed by Eric Thomas), which depicts a young Antoinette Cosway on the front panel, is very presentable. It has not been price clipped (21s net) and has only some very minor shelf wear to note. The boards are free from notable wear and the corners sharp. The text blocks are mildly foxed to the top and foredge. This copy is free from previous owners ink and is, overall, in near fine condition. Despite being published 119 years after Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea is its prequel, narrating the life of the tragic character Berta Mason. Written in a polyphonic narrative, various characters voices come to prominence in this work, but those which prevail are those of Antoinette (Bertha) herself, and a gentleman only referred to by his pronouns – this gentleman is, of course, Edward Rochester.

London: Elkin Mathews, (1923). First edition, first printing. This is a very good (or better) copy. Issued without a dust wrapper. The paper-covered boards are lightly bumped at the corners and slightly cracked at the back-strip, but are otherwise in tact and firm. The title label is with some handling marks, with an impressive border. The internals are lightly toned in places. Accompanied by an ALS from the author, on his headed paper, addressed "Dear Mr. Binyon", reading "I am sending you a copy of my last small collection of verses, written mostly, as a matter of fact, in the summer of 1921, when the eight-line octosyllabic seemed somehow to fit my needs. My wife and I still long to see you both here some day, in spite of that spite of (?) these Fates in the past. Yours sincerely, George R. Hamilton". This is a very good (or better) copy of a nice presentation copy.
The fourth published work by George Rostrevor Hamilton, a great man of letters known for, amongst other things, his First World War… Read More