The Game of Ombre

GIBBS, Henry H.

Published by Privately Printed for Circulation (by Chiswick Press), London, 1878

About this Item

viii, 120 p., including Index. 22 cm. Illustrated with an engraved b&w frontispiece and two colour plates. Head-and tail-pieces. Inscribed by the author to Margaret Northcote on a front endpaper in 1880. Purple cloth, with faded spine and edges. A leaf of errata is inserted before p. 1. Corners worn and spine ends chipped. Bookplate for Alvin I. Dust (1922-2009), professor of English at University of Waterloo, on front pastedown endpaper. The first edition of 200 copies was printed in 1874. This edition is 100 copies. It has a new Preface explaining that Belinda's Game, taken and expanded by the author from Alexander Pope's 'Rape of the Lock,' and published as a Supplementary Chapter in 1875, is now incorporated into this Second Edition. Seller Inventory # 107237

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Game of Ombre

Publisher: Privately Printed for Circulation (by Chiswick Press), London

Publication Date: 1878

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good +

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: Second Edition.