In the Key Of Blue and Other Prose Essays

London and New York: Elkin Mathews & John Lane and Macmillan & Company, 1893. Original full vellum designed by Charles Ricketts, decorated and lettered in gilt; pp. [vii], 302; head of spine with a minor scuffing, gold a little faded from spine, front inner hinge stengthened, a few of the entirely uncut margins a little browned. First edition,… Read more

London and New York: Elkin Mathews & John Lane / MacMillan & Co. , 1893. First Edition in the earlier blue cloth first state of the binding., now with original blue cloth cover and spine in late 19th c. fine binding of full red crushed morocco, five raised bands with gilt lettering, marbled end pages, top edge gilt. Very Good… Read more

United Kingdom: Elkin Mathews & John Lane. Good. 1893. Hardcover. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY - A good 1893 (apparent 1st edition) hardcover without dustwrapper, in aged/soiled decorative boards which were once cream, aged/tanned to a mottled brown. Dulled gilt decoration, very bumped corners, tanned spine bumped/rubbed to the spine ends with some damage to both ends. DEDICATED… Read more

London, Elkin Mathews & John Lane/New York, Macmillan & Company, 1893., 1893. First edition. 8vo. Preface by the author. 302 pages. Superbly bound in 3/4 brown morocco over tan cloth, spines with raised bands and gilt stamped floral devices within gilt ruled compartments, gilt ruled covers, matching tan cloth endpapers, white silf bookmarks, t.e.g. Fine, fresh. No signatures or bookplates.… Read more

London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane. 3/4 green morocco good + tight condition hardback spine crack. 1893. 1st Edition. 2nd printing ?. 3/4 Green Morocco gilt spine raised bands spine faded to brown because of vegetable dye used .

London: Elkin Mathews, 1896. Third Edition . Decorative Cloth. Good Plus. Charles Ricketts [binding design]. 1896 Third Edition, with Charles Rickett's attractive gilt-stamped designs to both boards & spine. Previous owner bookplate central to front pastedown, with previous owner names opposite. Top edge gilt. Endpapers a little foxed. Contents otherwise clean, but for occasional previous owner underlining. Binding… Read more

1918. Good. Third printing, stated, scarce in any edition. Ex-lib with the usual labeling. Splitting at inner hinges but binding is intact. Light foxing to some page edges, overall pages clean, boards slightly rubbed but clean. Spine slighty faded. Binding sturdy. Protected in removable archival plastic sleeve.

Spine has been repaired (I'll never get my money out of this book). Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Second issue - first was run of about 50 copies in light blue cloth that Ricketts wasn't keen on. Nice little Rickett insignia on front cover. 302pp plus 16 pg "List of Books in Belles Lettres" at back. Symonds 1840-1893 was a… Read more

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-06-02. Hardcover. Good.

Smith Press, 2007-10-29. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-11-10. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.