{"product_id":"pink-diamonds-mcfaddyen-oflatherty-mcginnis-1st-edition","title":"Pink Diamonds, McFaddyen O'Flatherty McGinnis — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: London, The Clarion Newspaper Co., Limited \u0026amp; Walter Scott, Ltd., 1897\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8vo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e: Very Good. The original crimson cloth boards remain remarkably clean and structurally sound, with the gilt tooling to the front board and spine retaining much of its original brightness without significant oxidation. There is minor bumping and faint rubbing to the spine ends and corners, typical of late nineteenth-century cloth, but the binding remains square and tight with no splitting to the joints. Internally, the hinges are perfectly secure, and the pages are generally clean, displaying only light, natural age-toning to the preliminary leaves and endpapers, completely free of significant foxing or damp-staining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: This is a scarce first edition of \u003ci\u003ePink Diamonds: A Romance Without a Story\u003c\/i\u003e, issued under the elaborate pseudonym McFaddyen O'Flatherty McGinnis. The name was a pen name used by Robert Blatchford, the prominent English socialist campaigner, journalist, and founding editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Clarion\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume features appealing provenance, retaining an illustrated bookplate for Charles Hill affixed to the front pastedown, alongside a neat, contemporary ink ownership inscription on the front free endpaper detailing Hill’s address at 72, Poulton Road, Seacombe, Cheshire. Copies of this work are notably scarce on the open market, particularly in this original and un-restored state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unorthodox foray into fiction by the celebrated socialist reformer Robert Blatchford, \u003ci\u003ePink Diamonds: A Romance Without a Story\u003c\/i\u003e uses an intentionally convoluted pseudonym to present a narrative that gleefully defies the structural conventions of the Victorian romance. Blatchford channels his sharp, distinctive voice into a story that abandons traditional plotting in favour of character-driven observation and unconventional storytelling, offering readers a fascinating literary curiosity from the founder of \u003ci\u003eThe Clarion\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54814018371923,"sku":"5314","price":42.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260819_141351.jpg?v=1788253460","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/pink-diamonds-mcfaddyen-oflatherty-mcginnis-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}