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London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Trubner & Co 1894. 8vo. [unpaginated prelims], 160 pp., Green, gilt decorated publisher's cloth. B/w illustrated plates. Halsey Ricardo's copy ( Arts and crafts architect and William de Morgan's business partner). Ffep bears Ricardo's signature. Cloth worn and darkened, head of spine split and frayed, foot of spine chipped. Slight lean to spine. Corners bumped. . Poor. Publisher's Cloth. First Edition. 1894.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Trubner & Co 1894. 8vo. 160 pp. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt & dark green pictorial decoration to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Spine lettering dulled. Wear to spine ends and extremities. Early prize bookplate to front pastedown. Scattered foxing and endpapers darkened. Illustrated title page. Illustrations throughout by Laurence Housman. Binding firm. . Good. Decorated Cloth. First Edition. 1894.

Hardcover in green publishers' cloth. The front and spine are illustrated in black and gold. The spine and edges are slightly rubbed and the pages are a bit browned/foxed. The book is in good state. 13,5 x 20 cm. [10] 160 pp. The book contains twelve stories written, illustrated and engraved by Laurence Housman (1865-1959), who was a late follower of Aubrey Beardsley and the decadent movement. His stories are each accompanied by a beautiful wood engraving. His style can be placed somewhere between medieval woodcut prints and art deco drawings. His human figures, especially those of boys, seem a little alienated in their appearance and pose. The title page shows an allegorical figure that stands in front of an intricate pattern that shows small scenes of all the stories. B2321

New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1894. First edition. Hardcover. very good. Small octavo. Brown decorated cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 160pp. Black and white fantastic illustrations by writer/illustrator Laurence Housman. Gift inscription of previous owner on front free endpaper. A lovely copy.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1904. First American edition, using sheets from English edition. First American edition, using sheets from English edition. Original beige cloth with superb illustration on cover stamped in black with the pool filled in gilt, spine stamped in gilt. Inscribed by Eugene Field to the famous Chicago publisher Irving Way (Way and Williams) on front free fly: "To Master Irving Way, from Santa Claus, Dec. 1894." Twelve superb full-page plates by Laurence Housman. Covers slightly browntoned on spine, smudge on back, else very good or better.

London: Kegan Paul Trench Trübner & Co, 1894. Large Paper Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine. Bound in full green decorated leather. Five raised bands. Gilt lettering and design to cover and spine. Marble endpapers. AEG. 160 pages. This is copy #48 of a total edition of 50. Fourteen full page black and white illustrations by Laurence Housman. Sunning to spine with some edge rubbing. Otherwise near fine.