THE VERMILION BOX

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the W. Champneys illustrated dustwrapper. A lovely near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with mild spotting to the endpapers and closed text block edge are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Publisher's catalogue dated Autumn 1916 to the rear. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that has a couple of short closed tears to the extremities and is otherwise bright and without loss. Scarce in the dustwrapper.

A poignant and humorous epistolary novel set (and published) during the first year of World War One.