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London: Henry S. King and Company, 1876. Eleven volumes in original box. Essentially no wear to the volumes. Elaborate gilt work on front cover and spine with blind-stamp on rear cover. Cloth is age spotted and spines very slightly darkened. Green endpapers with green silk book-marks. Box is cloth-covered, with some wear and fading of the pink cloth to tan. Front flap corners torn but intact. Original red silk pulls to extract the books from the box. The books have been well-protected by the box. Three volumes of "Poems", four volumes of "Idylls of the King", single volumes of "In Memorium", "Maud", "The Princess" and "Enoch Arden". . Later Edition.. White Cloth. Minor Soiling. 5 1/4"x 3 1/4".
Italy, a Poem. by [Fore-edge Painting] ROGERS, Samuel (1863-1855) - 1842
by [Fore-edge Painting] ROGERS, Samuel (1863-1855)
Italy, a Poem.
by [Fore-edge Painting] ROGERS, Samuel (1863-1855)
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London:: Edward Moxon, 1842., 1842. 8vo. vii, 320 pp. Numerous engraved illus.; lacking frontispiece portrait. Original full maroon blind- and gilt-stamped morocco, raised bands, gilt compartments, all edges gilt. Bookplate of Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster (fore-edge painting collector). With a fore-edge painting of "Sadler's Wells Theater", London, ca.1813, after Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1792-1864); engraved by J. Garner, 1830. This is a "modern" painting (20th century).
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THE WORKS OF ALFRED TENNYSON POET LAUREATE.
by TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD.
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Le Voyage de la Belgica [Belgian Antarctic Expedition 1897-1899]; Le Premier Hivernage dans Les Glaces Antarctiques: Relation Anecdotique Sommaire du Voyage de La Belgica. Recit extrait de: Quinze Mois dans l'Antarctique
by Gerlache, Adrien V J de
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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Bruxelles: Imprimerie Scientifque Charles Bulens, Ed, 1902. First Edition. Near Fine. In French, 8vo [10x6.75in]; [1-6], 7-94 pp., [2], frontispiece image of Gerlache, image of Belgica in ice on title page, 5 maps [1 full page color, 1 full page black and white, 3 in text], 14 full page photo illustrations, 36 photo illustrations in text, 1 ship plan and 2 sketches in text, red,yellow and blue silk ribbon bookmark; Three-quarter red cloth with yellow marbled paper covers, gilt lettering and crest on front left cloth panel and spine plain, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; Minor shelf wear to edges, typical cracks between some signatures at spine; Tipped in Brussels Book seller card. [Taurus 15, Rosove 147.C1b]. This abridged edition was issued by Bulens after sales were lagging from the true first deluxe edition issued earlier in 1902. The Hachette and G. Lebègue editions were printed later in the same year. This smaller edition was, from the Taurus, "... extracted from his…
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Shackleton | A Memory
by Begbie, Harold
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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London: Mills & Boon, Ltd, 1922. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo, [7.75x5.25in]; [vi], 11-89 pp., [1], 1-16 pp., advertisements; Light Blue cloth covers with dark blue ink lettering on front and spine, bottom edge untrimmed; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, minor soiling and spots on covers, spine faded with rubbing, front bottom edge worn, corners slightly bumped , some age toning of text with foxing spots on edges. A scarce book rarely forund with a dust jacket [Rosove 30.A1, Spence 114]. From the title page, "... "In the darkening twilight I saw a lone star hover gem-like above the bay." - Shackleton's last entry in his Diary". Harold Begbie (1871-1929) was a well known English author and journalist. From Rosove, he "... met Shackleton between the "Endurance" and "Quest" expeditions and based his book on conversations and interviews with Shackleton as well as recollections of others who knew the explorer." Shackleton died on January 5, 1922 aboard the "Quest" while anchored off of…
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Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey; Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Volume I. [FIRST EDITION]
by EMORY, William H. [MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR] [BOTANY] [GEOLOGY]
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Washington: Cornelius Wendell, 1857. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Large 4to. Brown cloth with embossed decorations. Many steel engravings, woodcuts, and color lithographs throughout, as well as fold-out maps and charts bound in. Part I: [xvi], 258 pp. Part II: [xiii], 174 pp. Cloth covering spine is removed, but binding is not affected. Wear to edges and corners. Black marks on right and bottom block edges and at bottom of title page. Ownership stamp of James E. Gillikan on front free endpaper, and signature of Sam G. Bugh on title page. Minor discoloration throughout, typically on right margin. Occasional offsetting to pages which face illustrations. Tight and clean, interior in excellent condition. This is the first edition of the first volume of a seminal text of Western American history. William Hemsley Emory was the civil engineer and surveyor tasked with mapping the new border between the US and Mexico following the Mexican-American War, in which the US had acquired the New Mexico,…
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Levertov's Copy: Broadside Series Number 1: One Poem by Ten Modern Poets Chosen by Lee Engdahl
by LEVERTOV, Denise and William Stafford, Carolyn Kizer, Russell Edson, D. L. Emblen, Tess Gallagher, Donald Hall, James Schevill, William Dickey, David Wagoner
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Vineburg, California: Engdahl Typography, 1990. Limited Edition. Hardcover Folio with Broadsides. Near Fine. Eleven full sheet letterpress broadsides on Mohawk Vellum including one title sheet and one sheet stating this is Denise Levertov's copy "L" in the lettered edition of twenty. One narrow broadside sheet. Two spoiled full sheets of Raymond Carver Three Stories on dark yellow paper. Gray buckram boards, printed paper tag mounted on the cover, heavy cream paper pouch. Several of the broadsides are illustrated, and each is individually numbered in an edition limited to 150. Pouch has a three-inch tear at the top of the inside edge, else Fine. Levertov's poem illustrated by Elizabeth Quandt, Gallagher's by William Houston, Schevill's by H. Breger, Wagoner's by Herb Grika, Emblen's by David Engdahl, Edson's by Mayona Engdahl, Kizer's and Stafford's by Micah Schwaberow.
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FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF WOMEN'S WORK: THE LISA UNGER BASKIN COLLECTION
by Nelson, Naomi L., Lauren Reno, and Lisa Unger Baskin [eds.]
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New Castle, Delaware, United States
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New York and Durham, NC: Grolier Club and Duke University, The, 2019. Stiff paper wrappers. 9.15 x 11 inches. Stiff paper wrappers. 160 pages. "The value of 'Five Hundred Years' went beyond the parade of exceptional women who managed to keep up with the guys, doing the things guys do. It lay in the show's interleaving of spectacular achievements and humble ones... At the Grolier, it was easy to find yourself gently and subversively nudged into reconsidering the parameters of 'achievement' altogether." - Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books With essays by Lisa Unger Baskin, Elizabeth C. Denlinger, and Laura Micham. Women's work. The phrase usually conjures up domestic duties or occupations traditionally associated with women-such as teaching, nursing, or housekeeping. The Lisa Unger Baskin Collection upends those associations and makes the true breadth of women's contributions visible. By bringing together materials from across the centuries, Baskin reveals what has been hidden-that…
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STRANGER TO THE GAME [SIGNED]
by Gibson, Bob; Wheeler, Lonnie
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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New York: Viking, 1994. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 286 pages; VG/VG; Spine maroon with yellow and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; inscribed on title page by Gibson; partially-removed ex libris sticker on front free end paper; pages clean; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1333353. FP New Rockville Stock.
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TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF BIRD & BULL A Bibliography, 1958-1979
by W. Thomas Tyler and Henry Morris. Gary Parrot (bookbinder)
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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£384.51
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North Hills PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1980. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As New. One of the 170 copies (of 350) houses in a cloth-coverd 10 x 13" clamshell box, leather spine label. The box has a recess for the book (an unnumbered copy) which has been signed on the colophon by Gary Parrot, who bound. The inner portfolio contains variosu text pages of earlier Bird & Bull books, prospectuses and assorted ephemera collected by Henry Morris, Bird & Bull publisher. Also laid-in is the original small broadside (folded) prospectus for the project in mailed envelope, the collectors original order form, a note to Morris from the collector, and Morris brief handwritten note to binder Parrot making sure the order is filled per the collector's request.
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NOCTURNE
by Swinnerton, Frank; Wells, H. G. [introduction]
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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New York: George H. Doran Company, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 250 pages; VG/G+; spine white, with tan lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; some shelf wear and soiling to jacket; mild shelf wear to volume; small chips missing from corners of flap folds; small chip missing from upper edge of jacket front; chips missing from crown and tail of jacket spine; crack to center of jacket spine; small closed tears to upper and lower edges of jacket back; large chip missing at upper left corner of jacket back; spine slightly cocked; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347239. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Othello-Travestie: In Three Acts, with Burlesque Notes...
by Poole, John, attrib; William Shakespeare
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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London: J. J. Stockdale, 1813. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 88,(4)pp. Bound to style with a leather spine, red leather lettering label, gilt; marbled paper boards. Pages untrimmed. A fine copy and fairly scarce. A parody of Othello, "With burlesque notes in the manner of the most celebrated commentators, and other curious appendices." Curious appendices include: a sonet, an ensi ne tu his ledae (Heu Miles); ah! trance lay shone, a sonnet, an ensign to his lady (Hugh Miles); bona partes vi sit tu his ere (Ibef.); Bonaparte's visit to his heir./ With two final leaves of booksellers' advertisements for Stockdale. .
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Poems By Thomas Hood. Sixth Edition. [With Fore-Edge Painting Of A Fencing Lesson]
by Hood, Thomas
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Pasadena, California, United States
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£236.78
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London: Edward Moxon, 1853. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Frontispiece. X, 388 Pp. Full Morocco, Elaborately Gilt Spine, Covers, And Turns; All Edges Gilt; Yellow Endpapers. 19Th Century Blindstamp Of John Mylrea, Bookseller, Douglas. Previous Owner's Inscription Dated 1854; Later Inscription Dated 1983. Fine (Leather Professionally Conditioned, Corners Touched Up, Furbished. Fore Edge Painting Of A Fencing Lesson In A Drawing Room.
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Memoirs Of Rev. John Blackader; Compiled Chiefly From Unpublished Manuscripts, And Memoirs Of His Life And Ministry Written By Himself While Prisoner On The Bass; And Containing Illustrations Of The Episcopal Persecution From The Restoration To The Death Of Charles Ii. With An Appendix Giving A Short Account Of The History And Siege Of The Bass, Etc. (With A Fore-Edge Painting)
by Crichton, Andrew
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Pasadena, California, United States
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Edinburgh / London: Archibald Constable & Company / Hurst, Robinson & Co, 1823. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece, Fore-Edge Painting. Vii, 388 Pp. Full Calf, Five Bands, Black Spine Label, Gilt All Compartments, Gilt Seal Of George Agar Ellis, 2St Baron Dover. Pages With Marbled Edges And A Fore-Edge Painting Of What Was Apparently A Very Large Church In A Low Country Village Or Town, With A Man Looking On In Foreground, Almost Certainly Rev. Blackader Looking At His Parish. George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1St Baron Dover Pc Frs Fsa (14 January 1797 - 10 July 1833) Was A British Politician And Man Of Letters. Agar-Ellis Was The Only Son Of Henry Agar-Ellis, 2Nd Viscount Clifden, And Lady Caroline, Daughter Of George Spencer, 4Th Duke Of Marlborough. He Was Educated At Westminster School And Christ Church, Oxford. He Was Elected A Fellow Of Both The Society Of Antiquaries And Royal Society In 1816. Agar-Ellis Was Returned To Parliament For Heytesbury In 1818, A…
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Deux Traitez L'un De La Flaterie Et Des Louanges: L'aure De La Medisance. (With Fore-Edge Painting Of St. Denis, Near Paris)
by De Villethierry, Girard
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Pasadena, California, United States
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Paris: Chez Damonneville, 1741. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. Title Page Device; Headpieces; Fore-Edge Painting. Xxiv, 388 Pp. Chocolate Brown Morocco, Five Bands, Gilt Title, Ancient Marbled Endpapers, All Edges Of Boards Gilt, Gilt Turns, Edges Of Page Block All Gilt. Fore Edge Painting Of St. Denis, River In Foreground, Town In Background, Near Paris. Light Rubbing At Corners With Tiny Frays To Two Upper Tips.
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Poems: [Fore-edge Painting]
by Rogers, Samuel
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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£344.04
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London: Edward Maxon, 1851. New Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/8" × 5 5/8" (20.6 × 14.3 cm) . Printed by Bradbury and Evans, Printers Extraordinary to the Queen, Whitefriars. 8vo. Bound in fine hardcover full green morocco. Elaborately decorated gilt boards. Five raised spine bands with gilt titles and extra gilt in compartments. Gilt board edge decorations. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. [ii], 305, [i]. Fore-edge painting of a bucolic scene. Engraving of Rogers. Illustrated with numerous in-text engravings. Binding rubbed at extremities. Front inner hinge starting. Ink inscription to ffep: "A Birthday memento of affection from R.B.P. to Jamis K. Dawsen, 1856" (paper lifts on front free endpaper where something was pasted down to cover the inscription and then removed. Second inscription 1918. Small Bloomingdale's book seller label and a pencil inscription "Holland House" on verso of front free endpaper. Foxing throughout with occasional minor soiling. Condition overall: Very Good.
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Scelta Di Poesie Italiane d" Autori Moderni [Fore-edge Painting]
by Buttura, Antonio [1770-1832]
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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Parigi: Presso Lefevre, 1822. 42mo. Fore-edge painting depicting the leaning tower of Pisa along side the Cathedral. 310pp. vol. 30 only. Text in Italian. Bound in full maroon straight grained morocco, slightly raised bands with title gilt, all edges gilt, magnificently rebacked with original spine laid down. A charming little book with early bookplate depicting a royal cape with crown on top and with central initials (?).
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POEMS BY WILLIAM COWPER ESQ. Of the Inner Temple. Two Volume Set with Hidden Fore-Edge Paintings
by Cowper, William
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Sastamala, Finland
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£498.70
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London: Printed by W. Wilson for J. Bumpus et al, 1821. Hardcover. Good. Bound in full red contemporary morocco with gilt borders and all edges gilt. pp. x, 242, pp. iv, 280, with frontispiece to vol 1. Minor spotting both volumes, occasional finger-marks or similar. A few Pencil notes to prelims, Cracked at fep, volume 2. Good overall condition, both bindings firm and square. The "disappearing" paintings are visible only when the block is fanned to the right and would otherwise escape notice. Each painting depicts an angling scene - "fly-fishing" and "trolling for pike". I can detect no artist name or monograph. The images have retained their colour well and are in Good condition.
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SONGS, BALLADS AND SACRED SONGS. Ornate Shagreen Binding with Hidden Fore-Edge Painting
by Moore, Thomas
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£572.42
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London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. An extraordinary copy of this popular 19th century title by the Irish poet. Bound in contemporary green Shagreen with exquisite gold tooling, raised bands at the spine. All edges gilt, the fore-edge features a hidden or "disappearing" painting - visible in full when the page-edges are fanned to the right. According to a previous owner pencil note to the verso of the front endpaper, the image is "Stallion with Brood Mare and Foal". 8vo, pp. 284, with illustration at title page. The binding is firm and square. Rubbing with minor loss of the leather at the corners and at the corners of the backstrip. Very small scuffs at the joints. Previous owner bookplate fixed to front pastedown. Appears to be entirely free from foxing or spotting. Excellent condition and a spectacular example of the bookbinder's art.
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The Rule And Exercises Of Holy Dying [With Rare Historical Fore-Edge Painting Of Early View Of Washington Dc From Arlington Heights, Showing Washington Monument Under Construction]
by Taylor, Jeremy
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Pasadena, California, United States
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London: W. Pickering, 1850. 5th or later Edition . Red Morocco. Near Fine. Fore-Edge Painting. 262 Pp. Full Pebbled Red Morocco, All Compartments Gilt, Five Bands, Covers Elaborately Gilt With Nine Borders In Gilt, Inner Blind-Stamped Rule With Corner Embellishment, Elaborately Gilt Edges And Elaborately Gilt Turns, All Edges Of Page Block Gilt, Yellow Endpapers, With Bound In Black Silk Marker. Title Page In Red And Black. 6 5/8" Tall. Remarkably Well Preserved, Slight Rubbing, No Names Or Marks. This Example With A Well-Preserved Fore Edge Painting Of Washington D. C. From Arlington Heights With Potomac River And Several Ships In Foreground, Painting Apparently Done Apparently Circa 1850-1853 As The Washington Monument Is Depicted As About 1/3 Completed.
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[Hidden Double Fore-Edge Paintings] In Memoriam. 17th Edition
by [Tennyson, Alfred]
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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£809.50
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London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1865. Decorated with hidden double fore-edge paintings displaying the harbors of Boston and Philadelphia, the paintings are unsigned but done with a lovely touch. Finely bound in red straight-grain morocco with green morocco inlays, with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, the stamp of S. Hogg, Binder front paste down. Near Fine, slight wear at joints. . Seventeenth Edition . Straight - Grain Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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THE FORSYTE SAGA: Fore-Edge Painting,
by Galsworthy John
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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London: William Heinemann Ltd / Windmill Press, 1951. first Facimilie. full Morocco. THE FORSYTE SAGAJohn GalsworthyFORE-EDGE PAINTINGPublished by William Heinemann Ltd / Windmill Press 1951This is the 1951 reprint from 1922 including folding family tree chart as frontice.1042pp not illustrated as per the original 1922 edition. Bound in full red straight grain Morocco for Henry Sotherans, Ltd. With tipped in signature of John Galsworthy dated March 11 1916.Fore-Edge painting is the view of Richmond Bridge, London. Beautifully painted showing the bridge and its quaint surroundings.The Forsyte Saga was first published in its entirety in 1922; the illustrated single volume edition with Anthony Gross's highly acclaimed drawings was first published in 1950. The Forsyte Saga earned Galsworthy the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, and his tales of the vicissitudes of a large upper-middle-class English family have been adapted under various guises for film and television, including the 1949 Hollywood film…
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