Prose Fancies

One of 100 large-paper copies printed on hand-made paper. Overall size c.9.3/8 x 6.1/4 inches. c.24 x 16 cm. Original lithographic portrait of the author by Wilson Steer as frontispiece. pps 8 + 204. Usual browning to free end-papers o/w internally near fine. Binding slightly soiled and rubbed, more so on corner tips but a very good copy of the… Read more about this item

New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/Elkin Mathews & John Lane. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover.

NY; London: Putnam's; Elkin Mathews and John Lane. Cover sunned, bit rubbed, 1/2 inch dark stain on some bottom edges and margins, bookplate, 1896 purchase receipt tipped in on back pastedown, else Very Good. . Very Good. Red Cloth. First American Edition.. 1894.

New York:: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Moderate shlfwr/sm corner of cvr faded, o/w Very Good w/o DJ. 1895. Early Edition.. Brown cloth Binding .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original cloth hard covers. Slight shelf wear to edges of covers. Covers slightly rubbed. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. vi,204pp..

New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/Elkin Mathews & John Lane. Fair. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacks front free endpaper. Inner hinges are partially cracked. Covers have a few spots on the front and slight rubbing. Spine has light wear to the ends and is darkened. Owner's name label on front endpaper. .

Putnam. Good. 1904. Hardcover. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Some bruising and wear to spine ends. .

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. Hardcover. Fine. Later American edition (originally published in 1894). Publisher's reddish brown cloth gilt. Some pages unopened, a fine copy. Signed by the author. Essays, some on bookish themes.

Elkin Mathews and John Lane, Lon, 1894. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Binding tight. Minor wear and tanning. Some internal foxing. Some rubbing to the edges of the boards and some tanning to the spine.

London: John Lane. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate fading to spine and boards.; [viii], 193, [3] pages + 16 pages advertisements. Original publisher's cloth. Page dimensions: 193 x 119mm. Selected chapter titles: The Burial of Romeo and Juliet; The Answer of the Rose; Letter to an Unsuccessful Literary Man; A Poet… Read more about this item

New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/ Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1897. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/4 x 8 inches. 204 pages. Inscription in Richard Le Gallienne's hand on ffep-"Mr. + Mrs. Philip Hiss from the 'Jim + Siss' of 'A Borrowed Sovereign' New York Nov. 19th '97". Le Gallienne's sister was Mary Elizabeth… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. Later impression, originally published in America by Putnam's in 1894. 8vo., brown cloth, pp. 204, [2] publisher's ads. With Le Gallienne's signed presentation inscription, "To T.R. Smith, from his friend the prose fancier- R. Le. G. Christmas, 1917." The book bears a bookplate and previous owner's signature, and Le Gallienne has left his verse… Read more about this item

London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane / New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. Octavo, publisher's dark blue vertically ribbed cloth, pp. (x), 204, 4 (catalogue of the author's works), 16 (ads dated March 1894); with a Lithographed Portrait of the Author by R. Wlison Steer. Title page mounted on a stub. Notice regarding American… Read more about this item

Book Jungle, 2010-02-04. Paperback. Good.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very good condition/No Dustjacket. 1894. 1st Amer. Ed.. 8vo., pp. 204 .

IL: Herbert S. Stone & Co, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. 4th impression. Very good hardcover. 4th impression. Writing on front endpaper. Hinges cracked. Text clean. Water stain on bottom edges of cover. Spine ends rubbed. Gold gilt décor on front cover. Gold gilt on top outer edges of pages. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between… Read more about this item

New York: Putnam, 1904. Hardcover. Good. Six edition. Good Browning of pages with some notations in text. Hinge cracking. Cover rubbed with staining. Browning on spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

London:: Elkin Mathews & John Lane. Good w owner's plate, moderate shlfwr, 2 sm trs top of bckstrp.. 1894.. First Edition.. With ads dated March 1894. .

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. First American edition. Original green cloth, portrait frontispiece. Contains 25 short pieces by author. Backstrip slightly darkened and mild edge wear to cloth. Small booksellers ticket on endpaper. A clean, sound copy. Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.