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Decorative blue cloth boards with black flower line illustration on cover. Front endpaper is detached. Age-toned pages. 317 pages. Introduction by Henry Morley.
8vo., First Edition thus; original series de luxe binding of full maroon leatherette, upper board elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt to an art deco design, back gilt extra, gilt top, radial corners, pictorial endpapers, marker ribbon, backstrip minimally chipped at head and tail else a very good, bright, clean copy. SOLE APPEARANCE IN EVERYMAN. The EL full leatherette binding (1906-c.1917) faithfully reflects the art deco movement of the period. By far the most elegant of all the EL series bindings, it is notoriously fragile and seldom found in bright, sound state as here. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. EL 310; Seymour 510.0.
319 p. Top edge gilt. Deckle edges. Unopened. Paper beginning to slightly brown. 200mm. Morley's Universal Library uniformly bound. Gilt lettered faux vellum spine over blue gray linen boards. Spine slightly darkened. Second edition. Henry Morley (1822-1894) was a popular lecturer and prolific writer who did more to promote education and love of literature than any other person in the Victorian era. LOC W48/BAG 2
Toulouse, Editions des Hespérides, Collection archéologie, horizons neufs, 1974. In-8, carré, broché, bien complet de sa jaquette noire illustrée, 240 pp. Figures dans le texte et nombreuses photographies hors-texte. Bel exemplaire.