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MacDonald, Greville, and Arthur Hughes (illus.), JACK AND JILL: A
FAIRY STORY (London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1913). First
edition, 19 x 14cm (8vo), in publisher's red linen-texture cloth
w/white decoration & title (designed by Hughes) to fr. cover &
gilt decoration & title to spine, t.e.g. (others untrimmed), [i-ix]
x-xii, [1] 2-246, [1-2 publ. adverts] pp. w/colour frontis & 28
b&w illus. by Hughes. Printed by William Brendon & Son
Ltd., Plymouth. Inscribed by MacDonald to recto of fr. ep.: "Rose
Goodwin, with the writer's affectionate regards, Nov. 1913" (at about
this time Greville also gave Rose a small painting by Hughes).
Binding Good (spine & edges of fr. cover sunned, extremities
moderately bumped & worn, hinges cracked, & ep.s browned w/PO's
inscr. to fr. ep.); contents Near-Fine. Fredeman 93.49, Wolff
4323. (Inv. #774) C$500 Home Page |