BLACKMORE, RICHARD D. LORNA DOONE: A ROMANCE OF EXMOOR. 3 volumes. 8vo, original blue watered cloth, some wear to spines and corners,

bindings tightened, some slight soiling to text; 1/4 morocco slipcase. London: Sampson Low, 1869 FIRST EDITION. Carter's "A" binding, without author's name on spines, and with 16 pages of publisher's advertisements dated March 1869 at end of Volume 3. From the Prescott Collection (Sale at Christie's New York, 6 February 1981, lot 19). Sadleir 227; Carter, More Binding Variants, page 1, variant A.