A June Romance

Rugby: Rugby Press, George E. Over, 1892. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. From the date and the binding this appears to be the limited edition that was printed two years before the trade edition, but it lacks the limitation information and the publisher's signature. Signed by author on free front end paper. Norman Gale (1862-1942) was better known as a poet but also wrote several novels, including this one, published early in his writing career. A June Romance is set in the English countryside during the month of June. The story is told through diary entries, one for each day of June, by a young tutor, Ralph Anderson, who has been hired to tutor the family's son. He meets and falls in love with the family's daughter, Alice, and each day's diary entry follows their interactions through to a successful conclusion. A charming story, with several poems by Gale interspersed as the writing of the tutor. Small octavo bound in semi-stiff white wrappers without lettering, with some page edges untrimmed. Some darkening and light staining, darkening to fore-edges, some pieces of spine cover torn away, but otherwise very good. 107 pages. LIT/010313.