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London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Limited, 1896. 'Pioneers in the Chocolate Industry' [CADBURY, Richard]. Cocoa: All About It. By "Historicus". London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Limited, 1896. Second edition, revised. Small quarto (8 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 207 x 159 mm.). Text printed in blue. [xii], 99, [1, advertisement] pp. Twenty plates printed in blue including folding frontispiece, three color plates and numerous illustrations in the text. Publisher's maroon cloth, front cover decorated in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, blue coated endpapers. Small crease on lower cover, gilt on spine slightly dulled, otherwise an excellent copy. "Three years ago the writer ventured to place before the public some details respecting the cultivation and use of Cocoa, and he has since been enabled to collect much new, and as he believes, valuable information. Few early books treat accurately or exhaustively of the subject, but nearly all the earlier travellers and settlers refer to Cocoa as an…
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Cocoa: All About It
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Old English 'Squire, The
by CARELESS, John [pseudonym]; RIVIÉRE & SON; [CHATTO, William Andrew]
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London: Printed for Thomas McLean, 1821. Scarce Copy With Earliest Watermarks Complete With Half-Title CARELESS, John [pseudonym]. [CHATTO, William Andrew]. The Old English 'Squire. "A Jovial Gay Fox-Hunter, Bold, Frank, and Free." A Poem in Ten Cantos. Illustrated with Plates, by One of the Family. London: Printed for Thomas McLean... by Howlett and Brimmer, 1821. First edition, earliest issue, a Large Paper copy complete with half-title; scarce. Tall octavo (10 3/8 x 7 1/8 in; 263 x 181 mm ). viii, 136 pp. Twenty-four hand-colored aquatint plates, including frontispiece, watermarked "Whatman 1821". (The plates in Abbey's copy watermarked "Whatman 1823." Bound by Rivière & Son in full green crushed morocco, covers with French fillets, spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, wide gilt decorated turn-ins, plum endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Spine slightly sunned. With the armorial bookplate of sporting book collector Graham M. Adee on front…
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by CARELESS, John [pseudonym].; [CHATTO, William Andrew]
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London: Printed for Thomas McLean, 1821. Scarce Large Paper Copy in Original Boards From Chatto, Windless, and Careless, 1821 CARELESS, John [pseudonym]. [CHATTO, William Andrew]. The Old English 'Squire. "A Jovial Gay Fox Hunter, Bold, Frank and Free." A Poem, in Ten Cantos. Illustrated with Plates, by One of the Family. London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean by Howlett and Brimmer, 1821. First edition, first issue, a Large Paper copy. Large octavo (10 7/8 x 7 3/8 in; 277 x 184 mm). viii, 136 pp. Half-title, hand-colored aquatint frontispiece and twenty-three hand-colored aquatint plates. Plates watermarked "J. Whatman 1821." Plates in Abbey's copy watermarked 1823. Publisher's original boards, rebacked preserving original spine with paper label. Uncut. Upper hinge near invisibly repaired. Faint offsetting of plates. A fine copy. With the leather bookplate of Joseph Widener. Housed in a later red cloth slipcase. "The half-title is frequently missing" (Tooley) but it is present in this copy. Though…
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Domus Aureus. Plate # 9
by CARLONI, Marco; SMUGLIEWICZ, Franciszek BRENNA, Vincenzo
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Rome: Ludovico Mirri, 1776-1778. Emperor Nero's Golden Palace The Domus Aureus CARLONI, Marco (1742-1796) after SMUGLIEWICZ, Franciszek (1745-1807) and BRENNA, Vincenzo (1745-1820). Detail of a fresco in the 'Domus Aureus'. Rome: Ludovico Mirri, [1776-1778]. Plate # 9. Original engraving with later hand coloring. Fine in a stunning gilt frame. Framed size: (31 1/2 x 21 inches; 800 x 533 mm.). Plate mark: (22 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches; 581 x 311 mm.). A fine plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. The image depicts two male figures draped in blue/green robes admiring the frescoes and statues. The Domus Aurea (Latin, "Golden House") was a vast landscaped palace built by the Emperor Nero in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the city and the aristocratic villas on the Palatine and Esquiline Hills. It replaced and extended his Domus…
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Domus Aureus. Plate # 16
by CARLONI, Marco; SMUGLIEWICZ, Franciszek BRENNA, Vincenzo
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Rome: Ludovico Mirri, 1776-1778. Emperor Nero's Golden Palace The Domus Aureus CARLONI, Marco (1742-1796) after SMUGLIEWICZ, Franciszek (1745-1807) and BRENNA, Vincenzo (1745-1820). Detail of a fresco in the 'Domus Aureus'. Rome: Ludovico Mirri, [1776-1778]. Plate # 16. Original engraving with later hand coloring. Fine in a stunning gilt frame. Framed size: (27 1/4 x 23 1/2 inches; 692 x 597 mm.). Plate mark: (18 x 14 inches; 457 x 356 mm.). A spectacular plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. The image depicts three women and one naked man. The women are dressed in red, gold and blue/green robes, two of them holding infants in their arms. The image is surrounded by a wonderful decorative border. The Domus Aurea (Latin, "Golden House") was a vast landscaped palace built by the Emperor Nero in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the…
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Domus Aureus. Plate # 41
by CARLONI, Marco; SMUGLIEWICZ, Franciszek BRENNA, Vincenzo
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Rome: Ludovico Mirri, 1776-1778. Emperor Nero's Golden Palace The Domus Aureus CARLONI, Marco (1742-1796) after Franciszek SMUGLIEWICZ (1745-1807) and BRENNA, Vincenzo (1745-1820). Detail of a fresco in the 'Domus Aureus'. Rome: Ludovico Mirri, [1776-1778]. Plate # 41. Original engraving with later hand coloring. Fine in a stunning gilt frame. Framed size: (32 x 21 inches; 813 x 533 mm.). Plate mark: (23 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches; 597 x 317 mm.). A fine plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. The image depicts several fine frescoes and statues. The Domus Aurea (Latin, "Golden House") was a vast landscaped palace built by the Emperor Nero in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the city and the aristocratic villas on the Palatine Hill and Esquiline Hills. It replaced and extended his Domus Transitoria that he had built as his first palace…
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Domus Aureus. Plate # 15
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Rome: Ludovico Mirri, 1776-1778. Emperor Nero's Golden Palace The Domus Aureus CARLONI, Marco (1742-1796) after SMUGLIEWICZ, Franciszek (1745-1807) and BRENNA, Vincenzo (1745-1820). Detail of a fresco in the 'Domus Aureus'. Rome: Ludovico Mirri, [1776-1778]. Plate # 16. Original engraving with later hand coloring. Fine in a stunning gilt frame. Framed size: (28 x 23 3/4 inches; 711 x 603 mm.). Plate mark: (18 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches; 463 x 359 mm.). A fine plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. A spectacular plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. The image depicts three women, a naked man and a prancing horse. The women are dressed in blue, red and green robes, one of them standing by a child's chariot. The image is surrounded by a wonderful decorative border. The Domus…
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Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
by CARROLL, Lewis; DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge; FURNISS, Harry, illustrator; Bayntun of Bath, binder
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. A Superb Set of Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded Including 'The Mad Gardener's Song' CARROLL, Lewis. FURNISS, Harry, illustrator. Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. [each] With forty-six illustrations by Harry Furniss. London: Macmillan and Co., 1889 [and] 1893. First editions. Two octavo volumes (7 x 4 3/4 inches; 179 x 121 mm.). xxiii, [1, blank], 400; xxxi, [1, blank], 423, [1, blank] pp. With forty-six (ten full-page) illustrations by Harry Furniss in each volume. Each frontispiece with original tissue-guard. Verso of each title-page with small blue library accession number and a few leaves in each volume with the almost imperceptible blind stamp of the College of the Holy Names, Oakland, California. Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins). Full maroon morocco, covers ruled in gilt surrounding an elaborate gilt central panel, spines with five raised bands, decoratively panelled and lettered in…
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C. Valerius Catullus Veronensis;
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Patavii: Josephus Cominus, 1737. The Best Edition of Catullus Yet Published" The Rare Veronese Gold Medal Winner CATULLUS, C. Valerius. VOLPI, Gian Antonio (editor). C. Valerius Catullus Veronensis et in eum Jo: Antonii Vulpii Eloquentiae Professoris in Gymnasio Patavino Novus Commentarius Locupletissimus. Patavii [Padua]: Josephus Cominus, 1737. First separate Volpi edition, originally issued collectively with Albius Tibullus E.R., and Sex. Aurelius Propertius (1710), here with material not found in that earlier edition. Quarto (10 5/8 x 7 1/2 in; 270 x 189 mm). xl, 608, [1, errata], [1, colophon], [2, blank] pp. Title page engraving. Head- tailpieces. Historiated initial. Includes Vopi's essay, De Metris Catulli, commentary, bibliographical references and index. Contemporary full vellum. Calf spine label. All edges dappled in red and yellow. Stab-stitch holes manifest. Text block crisp and clean. A remarkable copy of a scarce book, here in its fine original eighteenth century vellum binding…
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Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris
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London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. Chalon's Costume of Paris - A Superb Large Paper Example Complete with Twenty-Four Wonderful Hand Colored Lithograph Plates And the Four Original Pictorial Lithograph Wrappers CHALON, John James, illustrator. Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris, The Incidents taken from Nature, Designed and Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon. London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. First edition. Large Paper copy bound from the original parts with the four original pictorial lithographed front wrappers. Large folio (16 3/16 x 12 1/4 inches; 411 x 311 mm.). Lithographed title and twenty-four hand-colored lithographed plates all interleaved. Plates printed by C. Hullmandel. The four original pictorial lithographed front wrappers bound in at end. The title-page is watermarked "J. Whatman 1821" and the plates are watermarked J. Whatman 1817, 1820 & 1822. The plates are remarkably clean, and display vivid hand-coloring. There is some light…
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London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. A Tall Copy and Rare With the Lithographic Title-Page CHALON, John James, illustrator. Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris, The Incidents taken from Nature, Designed and Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon. London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. First edition. A Large Paper copy bound from the original four parts. Large folio (17 5/16 x 12 inches; 443 x 306 mm.). Lithographed title and twenty-four hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates printed by C. Hullmandel. The title-page is watermarked 1821 and the plates are watermarked J. Whatman 1821. Contemporary quarter tan roan over marbled boards. Spine decoratively tooled in gilt, black morocco gilt spine label. Joints a little rubbed. Armorial bookplate (unidentified) on front paste-down. A very attractive, remarkably clean copy with vivid hand-coloring. The plates are captioned: "La Marchande de Tisanne;" "Les Bonnes;" "La Petite Fruitiere;" "La Dame du Café;" "Le Café;" "Les…
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Punch à Paris
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Paris: Lange Lévy et Comp., 1850. First Edition, Bound from the Original Parts Complete with all six of the original front wrappers and the five leaves of advertisements at the end From the Bibliothèque Antoine Vautier CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). HUART, Louis. CHAMPS, Victor, binder. Punch à Paris par Cham. Revue Drolatique du Mois. Paris: Lange Lévy et Comp., February - June 1850. Complete with all six of the original front wrappers and the five leaves of advertisements at the end. First edition, bound from the original parts. Small folio (11 x 7 7/8 inches; 280 x 200 mm.). [1]-192 pp. Six full page engraved plates and numerous engravings throughout the text. The six original pictorial front wrappers dated from January thru July 1850 bound in at front. Five leaves of advertisements and one blank bound in at end. Bound by V[ictor] Champs ca. 1900 (stamp-signed in black on verso of front free-endpaper). Three quarter red crushed levant morocco over marbled boards, ruled in gilt,…
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L'Art de Réussir dans le Monde
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Paris: Martinet, 1855. The Art of Success in the World! An Ironic, Satiric Burlesque by Cham CHAM [Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé]. L'Art de Réussir dans le Monde. Procédé Simple et Facile pour se Faire Jeter a la Porte en Fort peu de Temps. Paris: Martinet, [1855]. Large quarto (13 1/4 x 10 in; 337 x 254 mm.). Lithographed title with large hand-colored pictorial vignette, twenty hand-colored lithographed plates by Fernique after Cham, the plates containing three or more images (a total of sixty-two), each with droll captions. Publisher's red cloth, covers decoratively stamped in blind, front cover decoratively lettered in gilt. Expertly rebacked in matching red cloth. Small rectangular sheet of paper tipped-on to the front end-paper with a short description of this book. A fine and clean copy. A very rare volume with OCLC/KVK locating only two copies in institutions worldwide, at the Victoria & Albert Library and Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire (Strasbourg). The book was also…
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My Auto-Biography
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London: The Bodley Head, 1964. Inscribed by Charlie Chaplin to his Friend Sam Joseph CHAPLIN, Charles. My Auto-Biography. London: The Bodley Head, [1964]. First edition. Inscribed in black ink on the front free endpaper "To E. Joseph.-/Your friend/Charles Chaplin/Sept 30th 64". Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 216 x 140 mm.). [xiv], 545, [1, blank] pp. Publisher's red cloth over boards, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Original dust jacket, spine very slightly darkened. A fine copy in an almost fine dust jacket. The recipient was actually Sam Joseph the partner of Jack Joseph in the renowned bookshop E. Joseph in the famous book street Charing Cross Road. Sam Joseph (1895-1985) married the actress Binnie Barnes (1903-1998) in 1931. Soon after he left the book business and he and Binnie Barnes moved to Hollywood where she appeared in many movies including The Private Life of Henry VIII, in which she had a leading role as his fifth wife Katherine Howard. Their marriage ended in 1936 and…
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Recueil des costumes de la Bretagne & des autres Contrées de la France
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Nantes: Charpentier Pere, Fils & Cie., 1829. The Costumes of Brittany and Other Regions of France 120 Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates CHARPENTIER, (H[enri Désiré]). Recueil des costumes de la Bretagne & des autres Contrées de la France. Ou la mise des Habitans offre quelque singularité remarquablen, dédié a son Altesse Royale Madame Duchesse de Berry, Par ses très Humbles Serviteurs. Nantes: Charpentier Pere, Fils & Cie., [1829-31]. Two folio volumes bound in one (14 x 10 1/4 inches; 355 x 260 mm.). Vol. I. Lithograph title-page on stiff paper, original subscription form tipped-in, complete with 10 livraison pages of the first volume on different colored paper and the original printed vignette wrappers to livraisons 11-16 (second volume), Vol. II with vignette calligraphic title on blue paper. 120 (60 in each volume) lithographic plates by Charpentier, each colored by a contemporary hand and within triple ruled borders, captioned below, title at head, numbered and bound by…
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Poems
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London: Printed for T. Payne and Son at the Mews-Gate, 1778. One of the Great Literary "Forgeries" [CHATTERTON, Thomas]. Poems, Supposed to Have Been Written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and Others, in the Fifteenth Century. The Third Edition; to Which is Added an Appendix, Containing Some Observations Upon the Language of These Poems; Tending to Prove, That They Were Written, Not by Any Ancient Author, but Entirely by Thomas Chatterton. London: T. Payne and Son at the Mews-Gate, 1778. Third edition. Octavo. [2], xxvii, [1], 333, [1, blank] pp. One plate. Contemporary tree calf. Gilt-tooled borders. Gilt ornamented and decorated spine. Morocco spine label, gilt-lettered. Joints, spine head and tail, label and corners near invisibly restored. Contemporary signature to titlepage. A very good copy. One of the great literary "forgeries," the mythical Thomas Rowley was created by Chatterton shortly after he began writing poetry at the incredible age of 11. The manuscript was not published until…
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Frugal Housewife, The
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London: Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg, 1833. The Standard American Cook Book of it's Time" CHILD, Mrs. The Frugal Housewife. Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy. Tenth Edition. Corrected and arranged by the author. To which are added, hints to persons of moderated fortune. Also, by the English editor, some valuable domestic receipts, etc. London: Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg, 1833. Twelvemo. (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches; 140 x 89 mm.). [ii, title], [1]-176 pp. Engraved pictorial frontispiece. Publisher's maroon scored calf, front cover lettered in gilt, spine ruled in gilt, lavender endpapers. Top of spine and corners a little worn, otherwise an excellent copy. Originally published in Boston in 1829, but the title was changed in 1832 to The American Frugal Housewife, so as not to be confused with Susannah Carter's Frugal Housewife. The omission of "American" from the title of all of these Tegg printings of this work inclines this cataloguer to believe this was just a convenient text to…
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1898. Winston Churchill's 'The Story of the Malakand Field Force' A Near Fine First Edition in the Original Cloth - Housed in a Superb Cosway-Style Clamshell Case CHURCHILL, Winston L. Spenser. The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An episode of frontier war... with maps, plans, etc. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. First edition, second state with the errata slip tipped in immediately preceding the first folding map and the 32 page publisher's catalog dated "3/98". Octavo (7 9/16 x 5 inches; 192 x 127 mm.). [xvi], 336 pp. 32 page publisher's catalog dated March 1898 at end. Photogravure frontispiece with original tissue guard, two colored folding maps, both with original tissue guards, and four uncolored sketch maps. Publisher's apple green cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt, black coated endpapers. Mainly marginal foxing throughout but far less than is usually seen. Spine with very slight mark, possibly from a label that has been removed.…
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Oratione di Cicerone
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Venice: Aldus, 1554. A Scarce Aldine Cicero Defends his Friend, Titus Annius Milo CICERO, Marcus Tullius. Oratione di Cicerone. In Difesa di Milone, Tradotta di latino in uolgare da Giacomo Bonfadio. Vinegia [Venice]: In Casa de figliuoli di Aldo [Aldus]; 1554. First edition in Italian of Pro T. Annio Milone. Small octavo (5 7/8 x 4 in; 150 x 100 mm). [2], 38 pp. Title and preface in roman; main text in italic within a narrow column with wide margins. Aldine printer's device to title-page and verso to E6. Contemporary limp vellum. Imperfect paper restoration to upper corner of preliminary leaf A2 with some loss of text to the first seven lines. Early inked ownership on title page later inked-out; one contemporary inked margin note, a few underlinings or margin marks. Final two leaves with worming to extreme gutter margin. Library shelf label to front paste-down endpaper. Withal, an excellent copy of a a rarely seen Aldine volume. Scarce; only three copies recorded by OCLC. The Pro Tito Annio…
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe
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London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1928. The Morbid Imaginings of Poe's Extraordinary Genius...The Drawings Are Extremely Beautiful" Illustrated by Harry Clarke [CLARKE, Harry, illustrator]. POE, Edgar Allan. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [1928]. Reprint of the second trade edition (the first with color plates). Quarto (10 9/16 x 8 inches; 269 x 203 mm.). 381, [2], [1, blank] pp. Eight color plates mounted on gray paper (including frontispiece), twenty-four black and white plates, and twenty-seven decorative tail-pieces and vignettes. Publisher's black cloth with pictorial paper label printed in gold and black on front cover. Spine pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Minor rubbing to extremities. Some light foxing to endpapers and preliminary leaves. A very good copy. Tales of Mystery and Imagination was first published in 1919 with twenty-four black and white plates. It was republished in 1923 with…
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