Facsimile of 1879 edition, published in USA, with original odd pagination of ads section (tipped-in note). A very nice clean, tidy copy Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by Copeland and Day, Boston, 1896
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Paper-covered Boards. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 78 Pp. Beige Cloth Spine With Printed Paper Label; Blue-Grey Paper-Covered Boards With Printed Title. Colophon States "This Edition Of Aucassin And Nicolette, A Song-Tale Of True Lovers, Englished By M. S. Henry And Versified By Edward W. Thomson, Is Printed By John Wilson And Son Of Cambridge, During April, 1896, For Copeland And Day, Boston." Will Bradley Was Doing Work For Copeland And Day In 1897, And The Book Has "His" Vine-Leaf Slug Used As A Spacer Occasionally Throughout, But There Is No Indication In The Book That Bradley Did The Design Or Typography. This Example Inscribed "To Alice From Will" On Second Front Free Endpaper, In Will Bradley's Hand. Lightly Worn, Tips Just Beginning To Fray. Scarce. There Is Apparently Another Edition By Copeland And Day Of This Work, Dated 1897. Inscribed by Author(s).