First Edition. 186pp., green decorated cloth, stamped in yellow. Cloth somewhat marked, but a very good copy. Her first book, strikingly designed, and admired by her countryman W.B. Yeats, who took from it his title 'The Wind Among the Reeds'.

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Title: Ballads in Prose. [Cover and title-page design by J. Walter West.]
Publisher: John Lane, 1894.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

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Established 1974 and specializing in pre-1920 English Literary first editions, inscribed and association copies, archives, autographs and ephemera. Since the death of Charles Cox himself in late 2017, the business is being continued by his widow Lucilla Spencer-Phillips. Private premises.

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Charles Cox Rare Books
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Payment in advance by Visa, Mastercard, JCB, Maestro or (for sums under �100) Paypal. Sterling bank drafts or personal cheques in UK pounds or (plus $10 conversion charge) US dollars are also accepted. Single items and small packets to overseas destinations sent by airmail when appropriate unless otherwise requested. VAT Reg. No. 797 4887 40. Member of the ABA - over 100 years of professional bookselling.

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