Description
Finely bound first edition of Power of a Woman by Barbara Taylor Bradford, from her personal collection.
Octavo, [10], 335pp, [5]. Finely bound in full blue morocco, detailed gilt and silver decorations to covers. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, and marbled endpapers. Books from the library of Barbara Taylor Bradford are bound in the style of the Bayntun-Riviere Bindery. With “First Edition” statement and full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block, sunned spine, a near fine example. Housed in a matching blue morocco slipcase with marbled paper interior, similarly sunned along edges.
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.
