THE LOTTERY OF LIFE BY THE COUNTESS BLESSINGTON 1842 FIRST EDITION

[BLESSINGTON, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of]. The Lottery of Life. Paris: A. and W. Galignani and Co., 1842.

First edition. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (220 x 140 x 25 mm.), pp. [6], 393. Attractive binding of contemporary half leather; unsigned but a beautiful example, spine fully gilt, lettering in second compartment, marbled paper-covered boards, speckled page edges, marbled endpapers, initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. Printed by Crapelet, 9 Rue de Vaugirard. Provenance: Bookplate of William C. Parsons to front pastedown, this overlaying an earlier bookplate. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure, covers near immaculate, else for some rubbing to points. Contents with occasional light foxing, inked signature of Lady Frances Knox to head of title-page. Scarce.