London: T. Fisher Unwin/ Cameo Series, 1894. FIRST CAMEO EDITION. 12mo, pp. 328, [4] + illustrated frontis (loose) with tissue guard. Quarter parchment, green boards, black lettering to spine, series' emblem to upper board and publisher's device to bottom, overlapping fore-edges (separating). Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Errata slip tipped-in. Lean to spine, toned, split to heel. Corners and edges bumped and worn. Endpapers and prelims foxed, POI in black pen to front pastedown. Else, clean and tidy. A good+ copy of an attractively produced book. Contemporaneous with its Mermaid series of Restoration and Jacobean plays and the Story of Nations series, T. Fisher Unwin's Cameo Series of poetry ran from 1890 to 1902 and featured titles by Amy Levy, Richard Garnett, A. Mary F. Robinson, William Watson and W. B. Yeats.

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Bookseller: Quair Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1419
Title: Brand A dramatic poem
Author: IBSEN, Henrik; GARRETT, F. Edmund (translator)
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin/ Cameo Series
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1894

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