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1897 THE PAGEANT LITERATURE AND ART ILLUSTRATED
by Shannon, C. Hazelwood ; J. W. Gleeson White ; (editors)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
London: Messrs. Henry and Company. Very Good-. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. [14], 266, [8] pages; Contents clean and secure in original pinkish brown cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and front board and six gilt ornaments to front board of bird with a leaved branch with berries. Binding has some wear at spine ends and lower corners, a half inch abrasion at edge of spine and a half inch spot on rear board. OCLC 317949455 Cloth binding designed by Charles Ricketts; endpapers by Lucien Pissarro. Illustrated with 23 Plates; ornate capitals and a few text illustrations. Literary contents include Austin Dobson, Edmund Gosse, Max Beerbohm et al. Illustrations includes pictures by Gustave Moreau, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Charles Condor, Edward Burne Jones, George Frederick Watts, Charles Hazelwood Shannon; Walter Crane, et al.; lacks the two leaves with Lucien Pissarro woodcut (pp 59-62). Includes the essay "The Pictures of Gustav Moreau" by Gleeson White. .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43693
- Title
- 1897 THE PAGEANT LITERATURE AND ART ILLUSTRATED
- Author
- Shannon, C. Hazelwood ; J. W. Gleeson White ; (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Messrs. Henry and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Size
- 4to.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Art Nouveau, Decorative Bindings, Gustav Moreau, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Charles Condor, Walter Crane, Pre-Raphaelite Artists, Edward Burne Jones, Charles Hazelwood Shannon
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century; Art and Art History; Illustrated Books;
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- Gilt
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