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[Swinburne's copy from his sister]. Stories from the Arabian Nights
by Housman, Laurence
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good plus in publisher's orange cloth with gilt, wear to spine and edges, over opened, some foxing throughout though mainly to p
- Seller
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Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
1907. First trade edition. Good plus in publisher's orange cloth with gilt, wear to spine and edges, over opened, some foxing throughout though mainly to preliminaries, tipped-in plates clean.. [Dulac, Edmund, ill.].. First trade edition of "Dulac's most important book [which] was an overnight sensation that unequivocally established Dulac's reputation."
This copy is a fantastic association copy which is inscribed to Algernon Charles Swinburne by his sister, Isabel Swinburne, for Christmas 1907, and with Swinburne's bookplate. Swinburne was a notable poet associated with the Pre-Raphaelites, and a subject of a painting, housemate, and a close friend of Rossetti.
Large 8vo. xvi, 133pp. [3] + 50 tipped-in color plates, including frontispiece, mounted on gray stock with captioned tissue guards. Hughey 16b. All of the plates, with the exception of the frontispiece, are bound at the end. Without the extremely scarce dust jacket.
This copy is a fantastic association copy which is inscribed to Algernon Charles Swinburne by his sister, Isabel Swinburne, for Christmas 1907, and with Swinburne's bookplate. Swinburne was a notable poet associated with the Pre-Raphaelites, and a subject of a painting, housemate, and a close friend of Rossetti.
Large 8vo. xvi, 133pp. [3] + 50 tipped-in color plates, including frontispiece, mounted on gray stock with captioned tissue guards. Hughey 16b. All of the plates, with the exception of the frontispiece, are bound at the end. Without the extremely scarce dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 280
- Title
- [Swinburne's copy from his sister]. Stories from the Arabian Nights
- Author
- Housman, Laurence
- Illustrator
- [Dulac, Edmund, ill.].
- Book Condition
- Used - Good plus in publisher's orange cloth with gilt, wear to spine and edges, over opened, some foxing throughout though mainly to p
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First trade edition
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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