Ricketts Charles S Illus (1 results)

First Edition. Very good copies both in the original gilt-illustrated green cloth boards, with corners and endbands showing mild wear. Vol. 1 front free endpaper coming loose from the tail. Text remains strong and clean on the whole, gently age-toned to the margins, and showing only the expected faint foxing of age, sparse and chiefly marginal. A well-preserved set overall. Both from a limited edition, of which 600 were printed for the first series and 550 were printed for the second in England. Physical description; complete in 2 volumes (xi, 212 pages, [5] plates ; viii, 160, 16 pages) : frontispiece, illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes; Illustrations signed: Dawsons ph. sc. Frontispiece, illustrations, and cover design by Ricketts. Title pages printed in red and black. Subjects; English poetry, 19th century. Victorian poetry. Ricketts, Charles, book illustration. Bodley Head books, 1890s. Poetic drama, English. 1 Kg.…