BUTLER, Samuel (1825-1902). The Way of All Flesh. London: Grant Richards, 1903. 8vo. Half-title, 12pp. publisher's advertisements. Publisher's red gilt-stamped cloth (slightly soiled and shaken, hinges starting); red quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Ralph Samuel (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the Tennyson quote corrected on p. 352. Butler's novel was published posthumously nearly 30 years after he started writing it.