Victorian Literature & History

First edition, first issue, with Smithers' imprint uncancelled; 8vo; Beardsley's Puck on Pegasus title-page device, browning to free endpapers, bookplates to front pastedown; publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine with 'Leonard Smithers 1898' to foot, a little rubbed at extremities, uncut.

First UK edition; 8vo; 16pp. advertisements, browning to endpapers, two additional title labels tipped-in at end; publisher's red cloth (browned) printed spine label, spine darkened, slight shelf-lean, otherwise very good.

First edition, one of 650 copies; 8vo; 15pp. advertisements dated May 1894, some marginal toning; publisher's brown buckram lettered in gilt to spine, partly uncut.

First edition; 8vo; publisher's light brown cloth blocked in gilt to upper cover and lettered in gilt to spine, publisher's device in black to lower cover, top edge gilt, others uncut, a fine copy.

First edition; 8vo (200 x 155 mm); frontispiece by Laurence Housman with tissue guard, decorative title printed in orange, 16pp. advertisements; publisher's bevelled buckram with gilt leaf motif reminiscent of Charles Shannon, a little sunned, partly uncut.

Sole issue; 8vo, single leaf folded vertically and printed on all sides; some toning; loose as issued.

First edition; 12mo; decorative title printed in red & black, device by the authir printed in red at end, light browning to free endpapers; publisher's drab boards with printed title label to spine, slightly browned, a good copy.

First edition; 8vo; 20pp. advertisements with pictorial page, unopened, a little marginal toning, contemporary gift inscription in neat hand to front pastedown; publisher's paper-backed boards with 'O' corner-piece motif, printed paper spine label, spine tanned, some light marking, but a sharp copy.

First edition thus, first issue; small folio (260 x 160 mm); frontispiece and 5 wood-engraved plates printed in purple, [by Paul Naumann after] Charles Conder, some light spotting, ink name to front free endpaper; publisher's first issue yellow cloth blocked in purple, with Beardsley's Puck on Pegasus on lower cover, a little marked and bumped, uncut.

First edition, one of 800 copies; 8vo; title printed in red & black, 7pp. advertisements, mild marginal toning; publisher's boards, a bit spotted and browned, slight edge wear.