Description
Finely bound first edition of The Triumph of Katie Byrne by Barbara Taylor Bradford, from her personal collection.
Octavo, [12], 338pp. Finely bound in full red morocco. Four raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark sewn-in. 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. Housed in a matching red cloth slipcase, lightly worn. 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.
