From Douglas Park Media, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
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Estes and Lauriat, Boston, 1891. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd. Cloth, gilt, x, 354 pp., front., plates; 21 cm. Top edge gilt. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's signature inked on the front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in elaborately decorated ivory cloth covered boards, beveled at the edges with gilt and blue decorative boarder and title along with stylized fleur de lis, the symbol of Florence. The spine is similarly decorated. Binding is tight and square, but shows some separation at some of the signatures. Exterior unmarked; includes an attached silk bookmark, and twenty tissue guarded illustrative plates. Book condition itself is VG/Fine Dust jacket is of a stiff, rugged red cloth. At first glance it is easy to mistake it for the exterior cover. The red Cloth carries a bright gilt title and authors s name on the spine. Dust Jacket condition is good but shows wear at corners and minor tearing at top and bottom of spine. 
 Seller Inventory # 2002-029
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Liiy of the Arno
Publisher: Estes and Lauriet, Boston
Publication Date: 1891
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 2nd Edition
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