The Purple Sapphire by Christopher Blayre (First Edition) Signed A firm copy. Sunning to cover and bumping to corners. Light offset tanning to endpapers. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed; edges and pages clean. Gift inscription by the author dated 1922 on half-title page. In clear protective cover. No jacket present. First published in April,1921, stated. Subtitle: And Other Posthumous Papers. Selected from the Unofficial Records of the University of Cosmopoli, title page. Antescript, 1952: The author states he published these papers after he left his position as ""registrar of a great university"". Errata slip tipped in between pages 210 and 211 stating ""The Publishers regret that they are unable to print this M.S."" Green boards with label to spine.