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Published by Kegan Paul, 1887
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing, tanning. Pages are clean.
Published by John Murray, London
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Woodroffe, Paul (illustrator). Presumed First. Presumed first edition ("Given for the First Time") but is undated, hardcover with tan vellum covers and gilt title to spine as well as top edge gilt and a red silk ribbon place marker, has a small skew to the binding with front hinge just starting to pull, light bowing and rubbing to covers, slight bumps to spine ends and cover corners, some smudging to covers, and faint sunning to the spine, otherwise a solid, tight Near VG copy.
Published by Le Roy Phillips: Boston, 1913
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Illus. with tipped-in plates by Marjorie Nash. 6.5 x 4.5", green boards, 80pp + publ. catalogue, covers rubbed and unevenly sunned, extremities worn and a little bumped, hinges loose, pp edge-toned (front blank moreso) else a decent copy in a SCARCE, nice dustjacket.
Published by Foulis: London & Edinburgh, 1920
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Signed
Illus by Marjorie Nash, 6 x 4", gilt-ruled blue-green leather, aeg, signed binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. As is: spine faded to brown, covers faded. With tipped-in plates.
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, London, 1887
First Edition
First edition thus. First edition thus. Tall and thick folio size (12 x 15"). Bound in full dark red crushed morocco in unmistakable Douglas Cockerell designed binding at the W. H. Smith Bindery with geometric interlocking gilt ruled patterning on both covers and spine, with four small gilt circles used as patterning on covers and spine. ONE OF ONLY SIX SPECIAL COPIES with the following holograph note by Bourdillon on facing page to half-title: "Six copies (only) printed of this size/ to take Proof sets of Bida's etchings/ designed for his own rendering into/ Modern French. (Paris, 1878)/ F. W. Bourdillon." Each of the 18 fine etchings by Bida, Alexandre is present in two states (for a total of 18 plates). The WHS monogram appears on the rear dentelle in gilt pallet. TEG, others uncut. Extremely wide margins, nearly four times that of the printed block. Some wear to corners and edges, some marks to covers but unobtrusive, usual foxing present on some of the plates. A splendid example of this Douglas Cockerell binding at the Smith Bindery, on such a rare and prodigious printing.