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Numbers 1-8 (complete), 4to (27 x 20.5 cm); illustrations by Beardsley, Conder, Shannon, Rickets, Beerbohm, Sickert and others, advertisements, Christmas card loose (as issued); literary contributions from Yeats, Conrad, Shaw, and others, publisher's first state blue cloth gilt by Beardsley, tiny dent to spine vol. 2, else near-fine.
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Number 74 of 350 printed on Rives paper, of a total edition (for America) of 420; landscape 4to; six colour plates with lithographs by Laurencin, minute spotting; publisher's white wrappers lettered in red and black original glassine and tissue guards, pale pink chemise, and silver trimmed slipcase. Some light occasional and trivial spotting as usual, red pencil ownership signature (C. B. Judge) but a stunning copy in entirely original condition.
£2,250 -
Large format print reproducing pen & ink sketch, 475 x 675 mm; signed & dated by the artist; mild creasing to both top corners, not affecting image.
£200 -
First edition; 4to (22 x 17 cm); illustrated throughout with some full-page; publisher's original pictorial boards, a very good copy.
£700 -
First edition; 4to; 'printed at the Chiswick Press...in Monotrype Bodoni on Arnold & Foster's Indian Toned Laid Hand Made Paper', the title-page decorated with a hitherto unpublished illustration by Beardsley, three ink corrections to p.viii of Preface, a few instances of interesting marginalia (one shown), otherwise internally very clean and bright, publisher's gilt plaid black cloth, edges untrimmed, as published, corners and spine ends bumped, otherwise very good indeed.
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First edition; 8vo; cover designs and nine illustrations by Henry Holiday, toned, some foxing, mainly to first few pages, less so elsewhere, upper hinge repaired; publisher's cream cloth, age-wear, darkened to spine and extremities, otherwise very good; xi, [3], 83, [3]pp. including one page of advertisements.
£500