FIRST EDITION REBOUND IN RECENT ATTRACTIVE MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS. TITLE PAGE49 pp. THE ATTACK ON THOMAS WHARTON’S HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY. THE TONE OF HIS OBSERVATIONS IN WHICH WHARTON IS TREATED AS A PRETENDER IS CHARGED WITH CHEATING AND LYING TO COVER HIS IGNORANCE CAUSED A SENSATION IN LITERARY CIRCLES. RITSON WAS SAID TO HAVE DESTROYED MANY COPIES AFTER HE REPENTED HIS ATTACK HENCE VERY SCARE.
THE SINGLE VOLUME VERSION. FOLIO SIZE PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH SUPERB PHOTOGRAPHS BY OLAF WIPPERFURTH. 640 PAGES. THE ART OF MELANESIA POLYNESIA AND MICRONESIA. A FINE COPY IN A DUSTWRAPPER WITH TWO TEARS TO THE BASE OF THE SPINE. VERY HEAVY AND WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE OVERSEAS.
NOUVELLE EDITION. 12mo. VERY ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN TREE CALF SPINES GILT CONTRASTING RED AND GREEN MOROCCO LABELS. ENGRAVED FRONTIS. TO EACH VOLUME. FRENCH TEXT. CONTAINS: CLARE D’ ALBE; MALVINA (3 VOLS.); AMELIE MANSFIELD ( 3 VOLS.); MATHILDE (4 VOLS.). CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. A VERY ATTRACTIVE SET. UNCOMMON.
FIVE VOLUMES OCTAVO IN FULL CALF GILT DESIGN TO BOARDS GILT TITLES MARBLED ENDPAPERS ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE IN VOLUME 1. MINOR RUBBING TO THE BOARD EDGES BUT A VERY NICE AND ATTRACTIVE SET WITH A FIRM BINDING. PICTURES AVAILABLE.
VERY GOOD COPY. IN QUARTER LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. MARBLED FRONT AND END PAPERS. GILT TITLES AND DECORATION ON SPINE. FRONTISPIECE WITH TISSUE GUARD. IN FRENCH TEXT. ILLUSTRATIONS DE HENRI PILLE. GRAVEES A L`EAU-FORTE PAR LOUIS MONZIES.
VERY GOOD COPY IN QUARTER LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS.MARBLED FRONT AND END PAPERS.GILT TITLES AND DECORATION ON SPINE.SOME RUBBING ON CORNERS OF FRONT AND BACK COVERS.. IN FRENCH.
