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First printing, softcover, small scrape to spine affecting the "v" in Love, otherwise a crisp, Near Fine copy.

vii, [2], 244, [1] p. Fine. No dust jacket. only a vague hint of shelfwear, attractive book, no ownership marks, mild general toning

x, 258 pp. First Edition, 1905. "Of the four attempts at the composition of a novel, Love's Cross-Currents was the only one published in the author's lifetime. Written between 1862 and 1863 the epistolary novel was not published until 1877, when it was serialized in the Tatler between August and December, with the title A Year's Letters, by Mrs. Horace Manners, the difficulty experienced in finding a publisher being not a little aggravated by the author's insistence on anonymity. The work was reprinted in book form as Love's Cross-Currents in 1905, and at that time acknowledged as being by Swinburne (Burnet)." Faded spine with lightly rubbed boards, and age-toned bottom and fore-text block edges. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue beveled cloth with gilt lettering to spine, and gilt top text block edge.

First American edition. Owner names else very good.

First edition. Octavo. Title page in red and black. Original gilt stamped dark blue cloth, a bit faded, t.e.g. Very good. 258 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Wise 108.

Bookplate on front paste-down. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: [2], x, 258, [2]p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English literature -- 19th century. 1 Kg.

Bookplate on front paste-down. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: [2], x, 258, [2]p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English literature -- 19th century. 1 Kg.

First edition. Octavo. Title page in red and black. Original gilt stamped dark blue cloth, a bit faded, t.e.g. Very good. 258 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Wise 108.

Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-v] vi-vii [viii-ix] x [1] 2-258 [259: publisher's device [260: blank], title page printed in red and black, original bevel-edged blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First British edition. The author's only finished novel, written in 1862, first published serially as "A Year's Letters, by Mrs. Horace Manners" in THE TATLER, August 25 to December 29, 1877. A pirated edition (based on THE TATLER text) was published in America in 1901. An epistolary novel by a poet regarded in his day a daring sensualist. The prologue features some conversation between schoolboys about birching. Dedicated to Theodore Watts-Dunton. Wise 108. NCBEL III 573. Bookplate of front paste-down of Earl of Iveagh, a title created in 1919 for Edward Guinness (great-grandson of the founder of the Guinness brewery). Spine panel faded, else a very good copy. (#128982)

Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-v] vi-vii [viii-ix] x [1] 2-258 [259: publisher's device] [260: blank], title page printed in red and black, original bevel-edged blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First British edition. The author's only finished novel, written in 1862, first published serially as "A Year's Letters, by Mrs. Horace Manners" in THE TATLER, August 25 to December 29, 1877. A pirated edition (based on THE TATLER text) was published in America in 1901. Wise 108. NCBEL III 573. Spine panel sunned, a few minor rubs and scuffs to cloth, a very good copy. (#109603)