[Boyle, Eleanor Vere- Scarce First Edition] The Story Without an End

Descripción

First edition. Original red-brown cloth with superb gilt and black stamped cover design of dragonflies, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Tinted frontispiece, line drawing on title-page, and fifteen exquisite color lithographic plates by Boyle, with printed tissue guards attached at the gutter (three lacking). Line drawings throughout by Boyle. AEG. A wonderfully preserved copy, expertly recased with all the original cloth; a book commonly found disbound, this copy is the scarce first edition, of which few turn up on the market. Near fine, with slight foxing. A rare survival of one of the more cunning and visually pleasing colorplate children s books of the period.

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Título

[Boyle, Eleanor Vere- Scarce First Edition] The Story Without an End

Editor

Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, London

Fecha de publicación

1868

Edición

First edition.