THE COUNTESS DUBARRY. by Dumas, Alexandre. Introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. Illustrated by R.W. Matthews

Collins, London, n.d. (Collins' Clear-Type Press.) 438 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H), hard cover (burgundy cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine), in pictorial dust jacket (with ad for Waterman's Pens on rear, 2/- price, colour illustration and series number 289 on spine). Burgundy endpapers, sep iatone plates, including frontispiece, decorated title page. The second novel in 'The Marie Antoinette Romances' series. Light browning to edges of textblock, very light edge wear, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, book slightly str e s s e d at gutters of free rear endpaper and at half-title page. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear/wrinkling, a few very small closed tears, a few tiny/very small chips, light rubbing/soiling, slight darkening to spine and flap-folds. V er y G oo d/Very Good-.