Butler, Samuel

The Way of All Flesh

London: Collins, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with wood engravings by John Farleigh. About Very Good, half-leather with oatmeal buckram on the boards, generally rubbed, a few stains, small split at the top of the gutters. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, sewn-in bookmark, multicolored endpapers, clean internally. A seemingly rebound copy of the first illustrated edition of Butler's anti-Victorian novel of the Pontifex family, named one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library. Very Good. Item #5972

Price: $125.00