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The Pageant 1897
by Edited By C. Hazelwood Shannon and J. W. Gleeson White
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Henry and Co., 1897. First edition, 1897. Collected literary works illustrated by artists such as Gustave Moreau, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sire Edward Burne-Jones, Giulio Camagnola, Walter Crane, Charles Ricketts and others, along with an original color woodcut by Lucien Pissarro who also designed the endpapers. Mauve pink cloth lettered and decorated in a dove design in gilt, 10.25 inchest tall. Some expected external wear including a very short fabric tear to the spine foot, a little bit of edge bumping, some uneven sun fading to an area on the rear cover, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with a name and 1897 date on the front free endpaper and the armorial bookplate of Thomas Wallace, Jr., Ellerslie Hall on the front pastedown beneath the endpaper design, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040083
- Title
- The Pageant 1897
- Author
- Edited By C. Hazelwood Shannon and J. W. Gleeson White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- LITERATURE ART WOODCUT PISSARRO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts; Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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