***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.ġ2 vols: ROSS POLDARK, Ward Lock 1st edn 1945, black lettered red cloth (casing with slight lean and spine a little faded - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (photocopy, Fine), pp. Although this copy is only in good condition, with the splitting to the cloth covering at the spine, and the front free endpaper removed, it would be suitable for restoration or rebinding. Published to War Economy Standard in 1945, so very few copies have survived the past 75 years.

'Ross Poldark' and the subsequent novel in the series 'Demelza' have been analyzed by scholars who say that as the most popular fictional representations of Cornwall, they helped define a Cornish national identity.'(Wiki) ***A scarce first printing of the first of the twelve novels in the 'Poldark' series. The novel consists of three sections, with Book One covering October 1783 to April 1785 in eighteen chapters, Book Two covering April to May 1787 in eight chapters, and Book Three covering June to December 1787 in eleven chapters. Sales of the novel increased by 205% after the premiere of the 2015 television adaptation. The novel has twice been adapted for television, first in 1975 and then again in 2015. ***'Ross Poldark is the first of twelve novels in the Poldark series of historical novels by Winston Graham. However, there are no creases to the pages. The book was produced to War Economy Standard and is very fragile, printed on thin paper and bound in very thin boards. ***Please note that a previous owner has removed the front free endpaper (please see scans). With an ownership name in ink on the front pastedown. Internally the book is also very good, with none of the usual offsetting to the endpapers and very little foxing to the pages. Page block edges clean with just a little light foxing. The binding square has a slight forward reading lean. No significant tears to the fragile cloth apart from the aforementioned splitting at the spine. Head and tail of spine slightly creased and nicked with small closed tears at the edges.

The fragile cloth covering is split between the spine and the back board, and partially between the spine and front board, but is still holding. The boards are clean and unmarked, but they are faded at the spine and on the back board near the spine. ***A good only copy in red cloth-covered boards, with black titles to the spine. The second scarcest title in the series in first edition after 'Demelza'. Scarce first printing of the true first edition, published in 1945.

First poldark book