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1968ref. 305092London: Petersburg Press 1968. Edition C with six loose lithographs signed duplicates of those bound in the book and four signed etchings this copy 100 of 100 lacking two of the prints. Illustrated by Jim Dine. 2 vols. Folio 18.1 x 13 inches. Snakeskin print leather binding near fine on text volume and portfolio volume matching box and heart cover with some fading otherwise near fine. Dine Jim. Edition C with six loose lithographs signed duplicates of those bound in the book and four signed etchings this copy 100 of 100 lacking two of the prints. Illustrated by Jim Dine. 2 vols. Folio 18.1 x 13 inches. Three editions of this work were published with an extra suite of prints: A Edition of 200 plus 25 artists' proofs bound in red velvet with the title in silver with six signed lithographs duplicates of the plates in the text signed by Dine B Edition of 200 plus 25 artists' proofs bound in green velvet with the title in silver with four etchings signed by Dine C Edition of 100 plus 15 artists' proofs in a snakeskin-patterned leather binding stamped in black with a matching box with "heart built up on the cover" also signed by Dine containing all of the prints of the two other editions 10 total signed by Dine. THIS COPY LACKING TWO PRINTS: "Sybil in her Dressing Room" and "Basil in Black Leather Suit" Jim Dine worked on a stage version of Wilde's novel with English director Robert Kidd for the Bath Academie of Art at Corsham moving the setting to London during the 1967 Summer of Love. The play was never finished as the scheduled lead actor James Fox objected to Dine's "obscene" costumes derailing the whole production. Petersburg Press stepped in and offered to print Dine's drafts for the adapation. Mikro 47 Petersburg Press unknown books
1893ref. 1064London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press 1893. Limited First Edition. limp vellum. Very Good. Large 4to: 11 1/2" x 8 3/8" x 2" 29.2 x 21.3 x 5.1 cm. First Printing. Printed by William Morris. Bound in publisher's original by J. & J. Leighton with silk ties supplied by Morris & Co. with gilt titles to spine. One of 300 at four guineas paper copies plus 10 at twenty guineas on vellum. Printed on fine hand-made Batchelor with the first versions of the Primrose watermark paper with yapped edges. Uncut deckled edges. Colophon and the large floral printer's device designed by Morris no. 2. i-ii iii-xiv 1 2-455 456 pp. Printed in black and red throughout with the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title speakers' names and shoulder- and footnotes in red. One full-page and two three-quarter-page woodcut borders 8 and 8a along with numerous 10- 6- and 3-line initials all designed by Morris engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Tells the tale of Sidonia von Borcke the Pomeranian noblewoman who was tried and executed for witchcraft in 1620. Lady Wilde's translation was 1st published in 1849. Morris wrote that "Sidonia was based more or less on fact concerning the Witch Fever that afflicted Northern Europe during the latter half of the 15th and 1st half of the 16th centuries and was a great favorite with the more literary part of the pre-Raphaelite artists who include William Morris and Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones . D.G. Rossetti in particular was an enthusiastic admirer." In early 1892 Aubrey Beardsley produced a frontispiece drawing of Sidonia. Morris's rejection of the illustration caused great indignation in Beardsley. Forman pp. 168 & 220. Peterson A19 & 51. Most copies were bound in original limp vellum with silk ties but according to Peterson: "Cockerell instructed Leighton to bind thirty copies in 'half Holland uniform with THE GOLDEN LEGEND' and these were later donated to British and American libraries." Covers somewhat marked and warped. Silk ties mostly perished remains laid in. Condition overall: Very Good. Kelmscott Press hardcover
1894ref. 835081894. WILDE Oscar. A Woman of No Importance. Orig. tan buckram gilt stamped decorations on boards and spine. London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head 1894. Mason 365. Richard Ellmann Oscar Wilde 1988; Joel Kaplan "Wilde on the Stage" The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde ed. by Peter Raby 1997. First edition. Large paper copy one of 50 copies. Previous owner's signature on limitation page. Boards toned browning to pastedowns and first free endpapers. Overall a near fine copy housed in a custom purple cloth chemise and matching quarter morocco slipcase. unknown
1906ref. 66710Paris: Charles Carrington 1906. Fine. Charles Carrington Paris 1906 14.50 x 23 cm relié sous chemise et étui First edition of the French translation by Hugues Rebell one of 30 numbered copies on Japon the tirage de tête. Full morocco cover and spine preserved all edges gilt chemise in half morocco slipcase lined with morocco elegant contemporary binding signed Huser. Illustrated as frontispiece with a photographic portrait of Oscar Wilde. Provenance : from the library of Henri Thuile with his ex-libris pasted to head of a pastedown. A very nice copy elegantly bound by Huser in lined morocco. Charles Carrington unknown
1894ref. OW056London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head 1894 First edition limited large paper copy with "Of this edition 50 copies have been printed" statement on the verso of the fourth preliminary page and no publisher's catalogue at the back of the book. Publisher's yellow buckram boards with gilt decorations by Charles Shannon to covers and spine spine lettered in gilt. Near fine with some toning to spine and board edges light wear to spine ends with a very shallow chip to cloth at foot of spine bottom right corner of front board worn to boards and heavy offsetting to endpapers. Overall a beautiful copy of one of Wilde's four celebrated drawing-room plays. Mason 365. A Woman of No Importance is a four-act play that was first produced in London at the Haymarket Theatre on April 19 1893. Like many of Wilde's plays it satirizes the English upper-class and criticizes Victorian society. The title "a woman of no importance" refers to the character Mrs. Arbuthnot who bears the illegitimate son of Lord Illingworth. Although societal conventions deem her a sinful woman Wilde proves Arbuthnot a respectable widow who is rewarded with a son who treats women respectfully. In contrast Illingworth one of Wilde's archetypal dandy figures is rejected by his son and many of the women in the play making him a "man of no importance." A Woman of No Importance was published simultaneously in two formats: small octavo the standard edition of 500 copies and quarto the "Large Paper" issue of 50 copies. While both constitute the first edition of A Woman of No Importance the large paper copies are decidedly rarer than the octavos; intended to be more exclusive and deluxe publications large paper formats were typically produced using higher quality materials lacked the publisher's advertisements and were printed in small print runs. Because they were intended as collectibles from publication large paper copies of Wilde's plays are exceedingly scarce. First Edition Limited Large Paper Copy. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head hardcover
1899ref. 140949181London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. One of 1000 copies unnumbered. xvi 152 pp. printed on laid paper. Bound in publisher's lavender cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations by Charles Shannon. Near Fine with sunning to spine and extremities and fading to spine gilt light soiling and scattered foxing to cloth light rubbing to extremities and slight bumping to lower corners. Binding starting at p. 105 offsetting to front endsheet bookplate to front pastedown. A very nice copy from the library of the American naval officer and book collector Charles John Muto. Mason 381. The first edition of the most delightful play in the English language. Wilde's last play opened on Valentine's Day 1895 to almost unanimous praise. Two weeks later he received a card at his club accusing him of sodomy to which he responded with an ill-judged libel lawsuit that led to his downfall and imprisonment. By the time this book was published by Leonard Smithers one of his few remaining friends Wilde was dying in Paris his health broken by Reading Gaol. There are now statues to him in London and Dublin. Leonard Smithers and Co unknown
1894ref. OW056London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head 1894 First edition limited large paper copy with "Of this edition 50 copies have been printed" statement on the verso of the fourth preliminary page and no publisher's catalogue at the back of the book. Publisher's yellow buckram boards with gilt decorations by Charles Shannon to covers and spine spine lettered in gilt. Near fine with some toning to spine and board edges light wear to spine ends with a very shallow chip to cloth at foot of spine bottom right corner of front board worn to boards and heavy offsetting to endpapers. Overall a beautiful copy of one of Wilde's four celebrated drawing-room plays. Mason 365. A Woman of No Importance is a four-act play that was first produced in London at the Haymarket Theatre on April 19 1893. Like many of Wilde's plays it satirizes the English upper-class and criticizes Victorian society. The title "a woman of no importance" refers to the character Mrs. Arbuthnot who bears the illegitimate son of Lord Illingworth. Although societal conventions deem her a sinful woman Wilde proves Arbuthnot a respectable widow who is rewarded with a son who treats women respectfully. In contrast Illingworth one of Wilde's archetypal dandy figures is rejected by his son and many of the women in the play making him a "man of no importance." A Woman of No Importance was published simultaneously in two formats: small octavo the standard edition of 500 copies and quarto the "Large Paper" issue of 50 copies. While both constitute the first edition of A Woman of No Importance the large paper copies are decidedly rarer than the octavos; intended to be more exclusive and deluxe publications large paper formats were typically produced using higher quality materials lacked the publisher's advertisements and were printed in small print runs. Because they were intended as collectibles from publication large paper copies of Wilde's plays are exceedingly scarce. First Edition Limited Large Paper Copy. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head hardcover books
1899ref. 140949181London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. One of 1000 copies unnumbered. xvi 152 pp. printed on laid paper. Bound in publisher's lavender cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations by Charles Shannon. Near Fine with sunning to spine and extremities and fading to spine gilt light soiling and scattered foxing to cloth light rubbing to extremities and slight bumping to lower corners. Binding starting at p. 105 offsetting to front endsheet bookplate to front pastedown. A very nice copy from the library of the American naval officer and book collector Charles John Muto. Mason 381. The first edition of the most delightful play in the English language. Wilde's last play opened on Valentine's Day 1895 to almost unanimous praise. Two weeks later he received a card at his club accusing him of sodomy to which he responded with an ill-judged libel lawsuit that led to his downfall and imprisonment. By the time this book was published by Leonard Smithers one of his few remaining friends Wilde was dying in Paris his health broken by Reading Gaol. There are now statues to him in London and Dublin. Leonard Smithers and Co unknown books
1894ref. 194868London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head 1894. One of 50 deluxe copies First edition large paper issue one of 50 copies attractively printed on handmade paper with wide margins and bound in tan buckram. The trade issue consisted of 500 copies that were printed on smaller machine-made paper and bound in pink linen. The play's premiere at the Haymarket Theatre on 19 April 1893 was met with applause for the actors and boos for the playwright causing Wilde to announce from behind a curtain "Ladies and gentlemen I regret to inform you that Mr Oscar Wilde is not in the house" Ellmann p. 381. Wilde's opulent production used "the market forces of luxury dressmaking to comment upon the worlds of his Haymarket patrons. Audiences in the stalls and boxes continued to be both flattered and vexed by the antics of their on-stage doubles while viewers in the upper galleries enjoyed the additional spectacle of fashionable Society catching its likeness in Wilde's cunningly set mirrors" Kaplan p. 252. Small quarto. Original tan buckram over bevelled boards with gilt floral decorations by Charles Shannon spine lettered in gilt fore and bottom edges uncut. Bookseller's ticket of James Parker & Co. Oxford. Spine and cover edges toned as usual surface scratch to front cover light rubbing to edges endpapers browned but contents bright. A very good copy. Mason 365. Richard Ellmann Oscar Wilde 1988; Joel Kaplan "Wilde on the Stage" The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde ed. by Peter Raby 1997. hardcover
1952ref. 53361Paris: Falaize 1952. Fine. Falaize Paris 1952 11.50 x 17.50 cm broché La Ballade de la geôle de Reading. L'Artiste en prison The Ballad of Reading GaolFalaize Paris 1952 11.5 x 17.5 cm original wrappers New edition of the French translation by Jacques Bour and the first edition of Albert Camus' famous preface. One of 50 numbered copies on Madagascar paper tirage de tête. A fine autograph inscription from Albert Camus: à Michel Simon grand artiste avec les voeux chaleureux d'un de ses vieux admirateurs For Michel Simon a great artist with warmest wishes from an old fan and an autograph inscription from the translator Jacques Bour: à Michel Simon qui ferait crouler tous les murs! For Michel Simon who raised all the roofs! A rare and very good copy. Falaize unknown
ref. 7545013 volumes by Methuen and Co. London and Charles Carrington Paris for 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' 1908. Literature FIRST COLLECTED EDITION limited to 1000 sets on hand made paper. Fourteen volumes octavo 22 x 16 x 54cm. Handsomely bound in half mid-green oasis morocco spines in six compartments with five raised bands gilt titles to russet leather labels gilt decoration matching buckram sides top edges gilt others untrimmed. Internally clean and fresh exteriors as new. A superb set in an attractive recent leather binding. This first ever collected edition of Wilde also contains some de facto first editions. Mason 420-448a. 13 volumes by Methuen and Co., London, and Charles Carrington, Paris, for 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', 1908 unknown
1894ref. 001874London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane at The Sign of The Bodley Head 1894 1894. FIRST EDITION. 1 vol. 8-1/2" x 7" illustrated by Charles Rickets limited to 200 copies printed in 3 colors bound in original art nouveau gilt decorated vellum covers straight often found quite bowed inner and outer hinges fine head and foot of spine fine foxing to one side of the first 8 leaves typical previous owners bookplate to front pastedown housed in a 1/2 red morocco clamshell slipcase raised bands gilt decorated spine overall still a VERY GOOD copy. Charles Ricketts's art nouveau illustrations were described by W. E. Henley Wilde's harshest critic as "about as fin-de-Siecle a business as you ever saw" Frankel p. 155. Ricketts considered the designs for the illustrations and for the original vellum binding amongst his best work. While predominantly working with book illustration and design Ricketts was also famed for his theater designs and costumes and he contributed to the first English production of Wilde's Salome in 1906. London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane at The Sign of The Bodley Head, 1894 hardcover
1930ref. ru1157Société des amis du livre moderne Relié sous emboîtage 1930 TIRAGE LIMITE -- EXEMPLAIRE ENRICHI D'AQUARELLES ORIGINALES. In-4 (22 x 29 cm), belle reliure signée Max Fonsèque, plein maroquin bleu-gris, dos lisse orné du titre doré, motifs géométriques dorés aux plats, maroquin turquoise et gris-bleu encadrés de filets dorés aux contreplats, gardes de soir brochée dorée, tranches dorées, couverture et dos conservés. L'ouvrage est protégé par un emboîtage composé d'un étui carton dont les angles et l'ouverture sont bordés du même maroquin gris-bleu, et d'une chemise à rabats demi-maroquin à bandes avec le titre et l'auteur dorés au dos. Beau livre illustré de 26 gravures en couleurs dont un cul-de-lampe d'après les compositions de Manuel Orazi (1860-1934, peintre et affichiste italien, mais également créateur de bijoux), gravées sur bois par Pierre Bouchet. TIRAGE LIMITE A 149 EEMPLAIRES (ici le n°88, réservé à Albert Natural). Exemplaire enrichi de 3 AQUARELLES ORIGINALES rehaussée de gouache signées Manuel Orazi, d'une SUITE EN NOIR DES ILLUSTRATIONS SUR JAPON, et du menu du dîner du 25 mars 1931 de la Société des amis du livre moderne, illustré d'une gravure originale en couleurs d'Orazi ; très bel exemplaire. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1894ref. 22666ELondon: Elkin Mathews & John Lane 1894. First English Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Near fine only slightly handled copy with the gilt-stamping to the boards bright. From the library of Harpo Marx the great clown of the Marx Brothers comedy team and his wife actress Susan Fleming Marx former member of the Ziegfeld Follies and star of early talking films like Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields. With a charming bookplate illustrated by Susan Marx with a drawing of Harpo in his comic character which reads: “FROM THE LIBRARY OF HARPO & SUSAN MARX”. Elkin Mathews & John Lane hardcover
1894ref. 188707London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane 1894. Deluxe issue of this sublime collaboration of enfants terribles First edition in English and first Beardsley edition deluxe issue one of 100 copies printed on Japanese vellum and bound in green silk boards. "If Le Morte Darthur made Beardsley known his designs for the first edition in English of Wilde's Salomé made him notorious and it remains the book of which most people think when his name is mentioned" Ray. Translated by Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas this edition appeared the year after the play's publication in French. The premiere took place on 11 February 1896 at the Comédie-Parisienne. To restrict its public staging in Britain the Lord Chamberlain cited Protestant Reformation laws banning religious plays. An opera version was sanctioned for performance in 1910 though the play itself had to be staged privately until the first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in 1931. A further 500 copies were printed on smaller paper and bound in blue canvas boards. Small quarto. Frontispiece and illustrated title page with tissue guard illustrated border on list of illustrations page 9 plates final tailpiece all by Beardsley. Publisher's 16-page advertisements at end. Original green silk boards spine lettered in gilt decorations designed by Beardsley to covers in gilt edges untrimmed. Binding unevenly discoloured and a little soiled minor wear to edges inner hinge partially split following title page splash mark to a couple lower margins. A very good copy. Mason 351; Ray 315A. hardcover
1894ref. 001392London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1894. 44p including blanks original gilt decorated vellum designed by Charles Ricketts with his monogram to bottom left hand corner of upper cover and the monogram of the binders Leighton Son and Hodge to the bottom left hand corner of the lower cover. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed vellum generally quite bright and clean. Internally some light browning to page edges some light foxing to several pages as often but generally fairly clean. Small booksellers label and previous owners book plate to front paste down. Printed in three colours throughout. Stated one of two hundred copies for the UK with another fifty printed for the US and twenty-five large paper copies and possibly a few more. Now housed in a cloth drop back box by Temple Bookbinders. Holbrook Jackson called 'The Sphinx' "'the most remarkable of the books of this period' because it translated the Wildean temperament into physical form . Ricketts created a parallel system of symbols evoking the mystery and erotic sensuality the Aesthetes often associated with Egypt" Thomson 'Aesthetic Tracts - Innovation in Late-Nineteenth-Century Book Design' page 75. Mason 361. First Edition. Full Vellum. Good. Illus. by Ricketts Charles. 8vo. Elkin Mathews and John Lane Hardcover
1907ref. 187979London: Keller-Farmer Co. 1907. It lies like a leper in purple it sits like a dead thing smeared with gold The Uniform Edition the illustrated Edition De Luxe issue number 152 of 200 sets this one in unusual vibrant purple bindings. This is the most limited issue of this very early collected edition of Wilde's works. 15 vols octavo 165 x 140 mm. Frontispieces with tissue guards captioned in red plates throughout illustrated title pages letterpress title pages printed in red and black. Contemporary purple crushed morocco spines lettered in gilt compartments tooled with central tool in gilt purple cloth sides and endpapers top edges gilt fore and bottom edges uncut. Bindings bright rubbing sometime retouched with iridescent polish slight loss to corner of Salome hinge cracked but holding at p. 12 of Epigrams very mild occasional foxing. A near-fine set. hardcover
ref. 122321London David Nutt 1888. . First edition one of 1000 copies; large 8vo 230 x 175 mm; half-title tissue-guarded frontispiece and 2 plates by Walter Crane decorative head and tail-pieces occasional spotting heaviest to half-title short closed tear to front free endpaper small loss to upper margin of p. 51 not affecting text auctioneers slips from 1976 loosely inserted; publisher's Japanese vellum boards spine lettered in black and lightly rubbed upper cover printed in red and black with illustration by Jacomb Hood boards toned a few small marks on lower cover corners gently bumped a very good-plus copy that presents well; preserved in a later chemise and green morocco-backed slipcase; x 116 2pp. A particularly good copy of the first appearance of five of Wilde's classic fairy tales for children comprising: The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose The Selfish Giant The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket. Mason 313. London, David Nutt, 1888. hardcover
1894ref. 256986London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street 1894. First edition one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154 1 pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. Original buckram gilt. Spine and extremities darkened endleaves with some paste darkening else fine in a custom purple half-morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154 1 pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. An attractive large paper copy. Wilde's witty and urbane satire of the English upper class. This was written and produced in 1893 near the height of Wilde's career between Salome 1891 and his masterpiece The Importance of Being Ernest 1895. Mason 365. Provenance: Arthur Chester Rhodes John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street unknown
1894ref. 256986London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street 1894. First edition one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154 1 pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. Original buckram gilt. Spine and extremities darkened endleaves with some paste darkening else fine in a custom purple half-morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154 1 pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. An attractive large paper copy. Wilde's witty and urbane satire of the English upper class. This was written and produced in 1893 near the height of Wilde's career between Salome 1891 and his masterpiece The Importance of Being Ernest 1895. Mason 365. Provenance: Arthur Chester Rhodes John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street unknown books
1907ref. 67715London: A. R. Keller & Co 1907. The Writings of Oscar Wilde. Illustrated. London: A. R. Keller & Co. 1907. Edition de Luxe of the Uniform Edition. One of 200 numbered copies of which this is number 14. Complete in fifteen octavo volumes. Measures 7 1/4 x 5 in. Illustrated in black and white with plates in two states each with a descriptive tissue guard. Title and limitation pages on Japanese vellum printed in black and red with additional engraved title pages in each volume. Finely bound in modern full green levant morocco. Spines tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with a red morocco gilt floral inlay four raised bands all edges gilt marbled endpapers. A fine set. This very early edition precedes the 1908 Ross edition of Wilde's works often described as the first collected edition. HBS 67715. $11500. A. R. Keller & Co unknown
1907ref. 67715London: A. R. Keller & Co 1907. The Writings of Oscar Wilde. Illustrated. London: A. R. Keller & Co. 1907. Edition de Luxe of the Uniform Edition. One of 200 numbered copies of which this is number 14. Complete in fifteen octavo volumes. Measures 7 1/4 x 5 in. Illustrated in black and white with plates in two states each with a descriptive tissue guard. Title and limitation pages on Japanese vellum printed in black and red with additional engraved title pages in each volume. Finely bound in modern full green levant morocco. Spines tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with a red morocco gilt floral inlay four raised bands all edges gilt marbled endpapers. A fine set. This very early edition precedes the 1908 Ross edition of Wilde's works often described as the first collected edition. HBS 67715. $11500. A. R. Keller & Co unknown books
1908ref. 194545London: Methuen and Co. except Dorian Gray: Charles Carrington Paris 1908. A finely bound set of the first collection of his works First collected edition one of 1000 sets on handmade paper edited by Wilde's most constant friend and literary executor Robert Ross 1869-1918. It prints previously unpublished material including the uncompleted play A Florentine Tragedy a fragment of another La Sainte Courtisane and various lectures. 14 vols octavo 210 x 147 mm. Near-contemporary blue morocco spines with raised bands milled in gilt compartments lettered and elaborately tooled in gilt boards decoratively panelled in gilt board edges and turn-ins in gilt gilt doublures white watered silk free endpapers top edges gilt others untrimmed white silk bookmarkers. Spines sunned light rubbing retouched with colour presenting attractively variable foxing to contents couple of bookmarkers fraying. A very good set. Mason 420 423 425 427 429 431 433 435 437 439 441 443 445 447. hardcover
1894ref. 329742London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane 1894. Limited. hardcover. fine. Ricketts Charles. Title page design and nine illustrations eight full page by Charles Ricketts. Printed throughout in black red & green all edges untrimmed. Thin small 4to full vellum with pictorial decorations in gilt to the spine & covers by Ricketts. 2 bookplates. London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane 1894. Limited edition. One of 200 unnumbered copies. An exceptionally fine copy unfoxed and with a clean binding Elkin Mathews & John Lane unknown
1894ref. 329742London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane 1894. Limited. hardcover. fine. Ricketts Charles. Title page design and nine illustrations eight full page by Charles Ricketts. Printed throughout in black red & green all edges untrimmed. Thin small 4to full vellum with pictorial decorations in gilt to the spine & covers by Ricketts. 2 bookplates. London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane 1894. Limited edition. One of 200 unnumbered copies. An exceptionally fine copy unfoxed and with a clean binding Elkin Mathews & John Lane unknown books
