De La Mare Walter. Henry Brocken - His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance - **Signed** - 1st/1st. John Murray, London, 1904.

Price: US$142.09 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Top edge gilt, slight rubbing and edge wear to boards, tanning to endpapers, signed 'Walter de la Mare' to the front free endpaper. Henry, a dreamer who spent his youth reading in the library of an old house, one day begins to come upon famous writers of the past from his books, and they seem more real to him than the flesh-and-blood world.

Seller: Saffron Books, Ely, Cambridgeshire., United Kingdom

de la Mare, Walter. Henry Brocken. His Travels and Adventures in the Rich Strange Scarce Imaginable Regions of Romance. John Murray, Albemarle Street, W., London, 1904.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, Mixed issue with top edge gilt and no final brackett after "Walter Ramal" on title page. x, 202 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by author on ffep "Walter de la Mare/ for a token/ in Henry Brocken. Dec 5, 1924." The authort's first novel and first book of prose. Bleiler, p.59 Blue cloth, gilt spine, t.e.g. Fine, gilt on spine very bright. Laid into half purple morocco slipcase and chemise. Invoice from Edgar Wells for $15.00 for this book in 1924 to Mrs. Edwrad Hart 1105 Park Avenue First edition, Mixed issue with top edge gilt and no final brackett after "Walter Ramal" on title page.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.