Description
Finely bound first edition of A Secret Affair by Barbara Taylor Bradford, from her personal collection.
Octavo, [10], 180pp. Finely bound in red morocco, decorative tan morocco panel on covers. Four raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Books from the library of Barbara Taylor Bradford are bound in the style of the Bayntun-Riviere Bindery. Stated “First Edition” with full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block, light sunning to spine, near fine condition. Housed in a matching red morocco slipcase with marbled paper interior, similarly sunned.
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.
