Daphne LAMBART / Francis Signed 1st Edition

Description: [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Toned to edges, with some minor marks and spotting to preliminaries.

Spine toned and rubbed, with some lighter wear and bumping to boards. Described in the Spectator as'A study of three groups of frustrated people linked together by an elusive character. A remarkable novel written with great delicacy and perception, handled with freshness and skill and without morbidity. The second society novel by the second daughter of Venerable Horace Edward Samuel Sneade Lambart, later the 11th Earl of Cavan.

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