New York, NY John Lane Company, 1909. Hardcover Second Edition [1909]. EX-LIBRARY, showing an attractive bookplate at the front pastedown endpaper and a card-pouch at the rear pastedown and a "Due Date" slip affixed to the rear free endpaper; the front free endpaper has been removed. Else, Very Good: shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing amd some faint spots of soiling to the front panel; slight spine lean. The binding remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Despite some minor flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.75 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches). 260 pages. Olive green cloth over boards with gilt titles at the backstrip. Top Edge Gilt. Shipping Weight: 17 ounces. Second Edition [1909]. The first edition was published in 1895. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of the British writer Violet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935). She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction[1] and her work on aesthetics. An early follower of Walter Pater, she wrote over a dozen volumes of essays on art, music, and travel.

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Seller: Black Cat Hill Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 47160
Title: Renaissance Fancies and Studies.
Author: Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Second Edition [1909].
Publisher: John Lane Company,
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1909.
Bookseller catalogs: European History; Medieval Era; Renaissance; Italy; History: Europe; European Politics;

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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