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Freund, John C. (ed.), THE DARK
BLUE, VOL. I, MARCH TO AUGUST 1871 (London: Sampson Low Son &
Marston, 1871). First edition, 22 x 14cm (12mo) in publisher's
navy sand-grain cloth w/gilt & black decorations & title to fr.
cover, gilt ruling & title to spine (blind device & ruling to
rear), bevelled edges, black ep.s, [i-iii] iv [v-vi], [1] 2-796 pp.
w/frontis & 17 wood engraved plates after Simeon Solomon (engr. by
Horace Harral), Cecil Lawson, etc., & literary contributions by
William S. Gilbert ("Tom Poulton's Joke"), Thomas Hughes, William
Morris ("Frithiof the Bold"), W.M. Rossetti ("Shelley's Heart"), A.C.
Swinburne ("The End of a Month" & "Simeon Solomon: Notes on his
'Vision of Love' and other Studies"), etc. Printed by
Spottiswoode & Co., London. Inscribed by one of the
contributors to titlepage: "The Right Honble. The Earl of Dunraven,
With kind regards from Alfred Graves."
Binding Very Good (rebacked retaining original spine & ep.s, &
lt. wear to corner tips); contents Very Good (occas. lt. foxing).
White 80-81; Reid 8, 104; Fredeman 100.4; Colbeck 12 (pp.988-89),
Goldman 56, 266 & 311. (Inv. #581) C$800 Home Page |