The golden age

Grahame, Kenneth

Published by London: John Lane, 1896

About this Item

Grahame, Kenneth. The golden age. Sixth edition. London: John Lane, 1896. Hardback, Good. Yellow cloth, bumped to corners and spine, tanned to spine, with some black marks on reverse. Front has embossed illustration and lettering in blue; small illustration on reverse; lettering and illustration to spine. Binding firm. Mild foxing to endpapers. Fep has gift inscrption from 1899, "a little remembrance of a very happy time". 196pp. + 12pp. of publisher's catalogue fronted with a b/w illustration of John Lane's offices in Vigo Street. Rough-cut pages. Contents clean and bright. The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, first published in book form in 1895, by The Bodley Head in London. The Prologue and six of the stories had previously appeared in the National Observer, the journal then edited by William Ernest Henley. Widely praised upon its first appearance Algernon Charles Swinburne, writing in the Daily Chronicle, called it "one of the few books which are well-nigh too praiseworthy for praise" the book has come to be regarded as a classic in its genre. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1667249569637

Bibliographic Details

Title: The golden age

Publisher: London: John Lane

Publication Date: 1896

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good