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1905 · 10395 — Chicago: The Blue Sky Press 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 12mo 203pp. A crisp clean copy near fine in the publisher's beige cloth with light brown spine. Gentle soiling to cloth else a nice crisp example with many unopened pages. Dull ding to the rear fore-edge. A bound volume of the first six issues of this short-lived fine press poetry magazine which seemed dedicated to a mix of established classics John Donne Christina Rosetti and modern lights Oscar Wilde W. S. GilbeVrt. The issues were bound in complete except for their wrappers. As such much promotional and advertising material related to the press is included herein integral to the individual issues. According to Ransom see p. 219 the press lasted from 1899-1907 and issued 39 volumes including "The Pageant" several issues all listed as the final number 39 in the list of their publications. Scarce in commerce; we found just one auction record in the past century. The Blue Sky Press hardcover