The Golden Age
by Grahame, Kenneth
- Used
- Condition
- Original crimson gilt stamped cloth. Fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: John Lane. The Bodley Head, 1900. First Parrish Edition. Illustrated with title-page and 18 black and white illus. by Maxfield Parrish. 252, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. Square small 4to. Original crimson gilt stamped cloth. Fine. Parrish. Maxfield. First Parrish Edition. Illustrated with title-page and 18 black and white illus. by Maxfield Parrish. 252, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. Square small 4to. PARRISH PLATES. First published in 1895 by Stone & Kimball, Grahame's Golden Age is a series of short stories about a family of parentless children and their various adventures, based upon his own childhood experience. "The book was an immediate and huge success, and at once made Grahame's literary reputation" (Carpenter & Pritchard, 217). The Golden Age was followed in 1898 by its sequel, Dream Days, which was also received enthusiastically. Here it is most delightfully illustrated by Maxfield Parrish.
Synopsis
Looking back to those days of old, ere the gate shut behind me, I can see now that to children with a proper equipment of parents these things would have worn a different aspect. But to those whose nearest were aunts and uncles, a special attitude of mind may be allowed. They treated us, indeed, with kindness enough as to the needs of the flesh, but after that with indifference (an indifference, as I recognise, the result of a certain stupidity), and therewith the commonplace conviction that your child is merely animal.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 266595
- Title
- The Golden Age
- Author
- Grahame, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated with title-page and 18 black and white illus. by Maxfield Parrish. 252, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. Square small 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Original crimson gilt stamped cloth. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Parrish Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane. The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- British | Kenneth Grahame
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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