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London: Kegan Paul & Trench & Co, 1885. A reprint in smaller format than the first edition. Printed by the Chiswick Press. 12mo. Beveled green cloth with gilt stamping is worn at extremities. Overall a very charming impression. Title page in blue with a china mark reproduced below the title. The previous owner's signature, William J. De Forest, Oxford, 1896 on ffep. Dedicated to Austin Dobson. Contents, the 32 Ballades and one Dizain, plus 14 verses and translations. "Theocritus! thou canst restore / The pleasant years, and over-fleet; / With thee we live as men of yore, / We rest where running waters meet; / And then we turn unwilling feet / And seek the worldso must it be / We may not linger in the heat / Where breaks the blue Sicilian sea!" . Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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XXXII [32] Ballades in Blue China
by Lang, Andrew
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