The Fortress.

Walpole (Hugh)

The Fortress.

A Novel.

Description: FIRST EDITION, folding genealogical table at rear, pp. 811, [1], 8vo, original green cloth, backstrip and upper board lettered in gilt, the border to each in gilt and blind respectively, light rubbing to extremities with a small area of discolouration to cloth at foot of lower board, endpaper maps, very good

Publication Details: Macmillan, 1932

Notes: Inscribed by the author on the initial blank: 'Ada & John Galsworthy, from their old friend Hugh Walpole'; and with a further inscription beneath, this time just to 'Dear Ada, I know John won't have the patience for this but you may, affectionately, Hugh, Aug: 25. '33'.The third novel in his Herries Chronicle series; John Galsworthy had been the dedicatee of the previous volume, 'Judith Paris', though the addendum to this presentation hardly suggests he exhibited much appreciation for Walpole's magnum opus....moreInscribed by the author on the initial blank: 'Ada & John Galsworthy, from their old friend Hugh Walpole'; and with a further inscription beneath, this time just to 'Dear Ada, I know John won't have the patience for this but you may, affectionately, Hugh, Aug: 25. '33'.The third novel in his Herries Chronicle series; John Galsworthy had been the dedicatee of the previous volume, 'Judith Paris', though the addendum to this presentation hardly suggests he exhibited much appreciation for Walpole's magnum opus. HIDE

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Price: £500

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1932

Stock Number: 70761

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