Francis Brett Young — Black Roses
London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. Vellum. A signed and numbered limited edition copy of this novel from British writer, Francis Brett Young, bound in full vellum. A limited edition of 525 signed copies, of which this is number 467. Signed by the author to the colophon. In the publisher's original full vellum binding.'Black Roses' follows an English painter named Paul Ritchie and his remembrance of two friendships made in Naples that were struck down during a cholera epidemic. From English novelist, poet and composer, Francis Brett Young, who spent a great deal of the 1920s in Capri, inspiring the backdrop of this novel. In the original full vellum binding. Externally, smart. With discolouration and handling marks to the vellum. With instances of rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
