Description
Finely bound first edition of Her Own Rules by Barbara Taylor Bradford, from her personal collection.
Octavo, [8], 295pp, [1]. Finely bound in full green morocco, detailed illustration stamped in color on front cover and in blind on rear cover. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, detailed floral endpapers. Books from the library of Barbara Taylor Bradford are bound in the style of the Bayntun-Riviere Bindery. Full number line listed on copyright page. Housed in a matching green morocco slipcase with floral paper interior. A beautiful example.
Provenance: Doyle Auctions of New York, May 2025. This copy is from the private collection of Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British-American novelist. Following the success of her debut novel, A Woman of Substance (1979), Bradford wrote 40 best-selling novels, often about young women advancing in the world through hard work.
