DAYS SPENT ON A DOGE'S FARM.
by [SYMONDS, John Addington]. Symonds, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, , 1893.. First edition.. Slight wear at the extremities of spine, else a very good, tight copy in original pictorial cloth, stamped in black, tan, and gilt; illustrated. Margaret Symonds' first solely authored book, dedicated to her late father John Addington Symonds and published in the year of his death. (Their collaborative book of essays, OUR LIFE IN THE SWISS HIGHLANDS, had appeared in 1892.) Both Margaret Symonds, who was then 24, and some of her descriptions in this book of the Italian countryside, were romantically admired at the time by her close friend Virginia Woolf, who was 21. Bookplate (by Gordon Craig) of Timothy d'Arch Smith.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58749
- Title
- DAYS SPENT ON A DOGE'S FARM.
- Author
- [SYMONDS, John Addington]. Symonds, Margaret
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: T. Fisher Unwin,
- Date Published
- 1893.
Terms of Sale
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA
Any book returnable for any reason within 10 days with prior notice. CA residents please add 9.5% sales tax. Libraries can be billed as needed.
About the Seller
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Berkeley, California
About Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA
Fine and rare books with an emphasis on 20th C. poetry, small press, literary magazines, broadsides, and interesting books in most fields.
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