Apr 08, 2010 - Sale 2209

Sale 2209 - Lot 298

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
WHEATLEY'S "BEST" SALLUST NOVEL WHEATLEY, DENNIS. The Black Baroness. 8vo, gilt-lettered black cloth, spine and tips bumped, lightly rubbed; owner's small marks on front ad leaf; gentle splits between a few gatherings; dust jacket, chips along edges, folds rubbed, cellotape repair to recto of spine panel and several to verso. London: Hutchinson, [1940]

Additional Details

first edition. inscribed and signed by wheatley on title to a fan: "If not the best, certainly one of the best of my Gregory Sallust stories."