Kenneth Roberts — Lydia Bailey

New York, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1947. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this exciting historical fiction novel set in Haiti, signed by the author. A limited edition of one-thousand and fifty copies, of which this is numbered three-hundred and ten.Signed by the author to the limitation page.With an original page from the working manuscript tipped-in, with original pencil workings to the typed page.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece. In the original slipcase, in a very good indeed condition. 'Lydia Bailey' is a historical fiction novel, set during the Haitian Revolution. The plot revolves around a young American man named Albion Hamlin, who develops an obsession for a woman he has never seen - Lydia Bailey. By the American novelist Kenneth Roberts, who is well regarded for his regionalist historical fiction. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original paper-covered slipcase. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is a little sunned. Title label to the slipcase is lightly age-toned and chipped. Slipcase is in a very good indeed condition. Fine . Ill.: Frank H. Schwarz. Fine .