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1900 · 1198 — Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher. 1900-1914. Softcover. Very Good. Any defects are listed in the description.; This is a lot of 39 copies of The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers and 1 bound Volume IX which is a 1-year run from 1903. Further described as "Chosen in Part from Scarce Editions and Sources Not Generally Known." The Bibelot was publisher Thomas Bird Mosher's little literary magazine published monthly for subscribers and brought the short works of notable authors to the US public. Most works if not all are taken from Mosher's own library and the 20-year span of publication represents what's essentially an anthology of that collection. Mosher wrote most of the Forwards to accompany the short works.The 39 softcovers:The authors include William Morris Francis Thompson Andrew Lang J. M. Synge Arthur Symons Sir Thomas Browne Algernon Charles Swinburne Aubrey Beardsley Oliver Eton William Butler Yeats Walt Whitman David Gray and many others. Volumes from 1900 1906 1907 1908 1909 1911 and 1914 are in this lot which has no continuous run for any of these years. There are a few duplicates.Published under the imprint Thomas B. Mosher these were job printed by Smith and Sale of Portland Maine are 6" x 5" string bound in soft blue wraps and typically between 30 and 40 pages printed on Van Gelder paper. There are no illustrations and a few advertisements are present usually for other literary publications. An occasional leaf is unopened.These were ephemeral 5-cent publications and not meant to last through the ages. All are intact but have light soil and discoloration to varying degrees with sunning and wear to the edges. Some have minor chipping an occasional penciled or stamped ownership name to the cover and are the antithesis of pristine. Generally Very Good to Very Good. All would be perfect impulse buy items near the counter of your open shop. The 1 hardbound volume:This is volume IX from 1903 and contains all 12 numbers. These are the wraps edition bound together in blue paper over boards with a vellum or parchment spine. Title Volume and Year are on a paper label laid down to the spine.The bound volume has edge and corner wear and faint discoloration to the paper over the boards. The spine is darkened as typical. This book is about Very Good condition.All would be good for online stock or for impulse buys near the front counter of your open shop. They can be placed under your pillow at night and you'll have absorbed their fine literature by morning.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 35 pages . Thomas B. Mosher paperback