Legends and Lyrics. A Book of Verses FORE-EDGE PAINTING CA 1920s UNSIGNED | Adelaide Anne Proctor, Charles Dickens, Introduction

Legends and Lyrics. A Book of Verses [FORE-EDGE PAINTING CA 1920s UNSIGNED]

Proctor, Adelaide Anne; Charles Dickens (Introduction)

London: George Bell and Sons, 1901. New edition. Hardcover. Crown 8vo edition. xxiv, 383 [1]pp., 10 plates, incl. frontispiece. Leather bound with blind-stamped ruling on covers, gilt lettering and tooling on spine; raised bands, gilt dentelles. Gilt edges with Art Noveau foredge painting in color, depicting elaborate scene of water born characters; appears when book pages are splayed gradually. Art Nouveau endpapers in color. Half-title with decorative elements. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Title page with publisher's device. Decorative headpieces and initials. Special 1901 copy of Legends and Lyrics, a book of verses by Adelaide Anne Proctor, with new poems. With ten offset reproductions of illustrations by Ida Lovering. Last page with publisher's offer of four editions of this title. Short inked inscription on front free endpaper. Near fine condition. Item #54929

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