Description
The first edition of Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall by Winston Graham, in the publisher’s scarce first state dust jacket.
Octavo, [iv], 5-352pp. Salmon cloth, title stamped in black on spine. Stated “first published…1945” on copyright page. Faint wear to tips of spine, internally clean. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, “8/6 net” retail price on front flap, light soiling to covers, shallow chips along spine, free of restoration, bright illustrations.
Ross Poldark is the first novel in Winston Graham’s Poldark series, which consists of twelve historical novels set in Cornwall, England. The book was originally published in 1945 and follows the life of Captain Ross Poldark upon his return from the American Revolutionary War. Initially published by Ward, Lock & Co., Ross Poldark established the groundwork for the series that spanned from 1945 to 2002. It gained renewed popularity in the mid-1970s when it was adapted into a successful BBC television series. The series was later republished by Pan Books, and the novels experienced a resurgence of interest with another television adaptation that aired between 2015 and 2019.
