Tatterley: The Story of a Dead Man

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 330pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Dark green cloth over boards with a decorative gilt stamped floral backstrip. There is a spot, measuring just under 1" in diameter, to the bottom edge of the front board, the spine is lightly rolled, and the top edge of the text block is foxed. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer, John Ruyle. By the author of "The Prince of Mischance" and "Dicky Monteith." A strange story of a man who assumes the identity of his deceased servant, Tatterley.