John Addington Symonds A Biography (Compiled from his Papers and Correspondence) (2 Vol Set) by Brown, Horatio F. (compiled by) - 1895

London: John C. Nimmo. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Inner hinges are cracking; general shelf wear extremities , especially spine ends and corners. ; In two volumes. .

John Murray., 1903. First edition hardback. The cloth binding has some light wear and a library label, it remains sound. There are library plates on the endpapers. The text is clean throughout.

GB: John Murray, 1903. Name of owner at front of book. Green cloth, gold lettering to spine (faded). Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. Minor cover wear.. Second Edition. Hardback. VG/No DW.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-04-10. Paperback. Used:Good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 23.5 x 17.5 cm. Octavo. Two volume set bound in green boards. 420 and 391 pages. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper of both volumes. Some light shelf wear and toning to page edges.

London: John C. Nimmo, 1895. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 7". None. A first edition of the biography of poet and literary critic, John Addington Symonds. First edition. Illustrated with nine plates, each with guard paper. Collated complete. Exploring the life of John Addington Symonds, an English poet, literary critic and cultural historian, through his papers and correspondence. Symonds supported male love, referring to it as l'amour de l'impossible (love of the impossible). Written by Horatio Forbes Brown, a Scottish historian who specialized in the history of Venice and Italy. He also wrote for the Cambridge Modern History, was a poet and alpinist. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and the odd mark to the board. Some marks to each spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot and light age toning to the extremities only. Very Good

London: John C. Nimmo 1895. Large 8vo. In 2 volumes. xxiii, 420; ix, 390, (1) pp. Publisher's original dark green quarter cloth over green cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spines. Top edge gilt. Spine lettering dulled with slight wear to spine ends. Boards slightly darkened & marked. Internally clean. Title pages in red & black. Frontis portraits. Illustrations. Bindings firm. . Very Good. Cloth. 1895.

London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1903. Second editon. Frontispiece. Linen binding with gilt lettering. Wear to to top and bottom of spine. l John Addington Symonds, Jr. (1840 - 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies of writers and artists. Although married with children, Symonds supported male love (homosexuality), which he believed could include pederastic as well as egalitarian relationships, referring to it as l'amour de l'impossible (love of the impossible) (Catawiki0