In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays,
by SYMONDS, John Addington
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Elkin Mathews and John Lane. London. 1893. . pp. (viii), 302, (ii) blank, 15, (i). Catalogue. Original cream cloth, elaborate gilt decoration by CHARLES RICKETTS, top edge gilt, uncut, silk bookmark, end-papers foxed but still a very good copy.
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- PATRICK POLLAK RARE BOOKS (GB)
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- Title
- In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays,
- Author
- SYMONDS, John Addington
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Elkin Mathews and John Lane. London. 1893.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Foxed
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