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London William Pickering, 1851. 8vo., publisher's green grained cloth with blind decoration on both covers; spine with the title stamped in gilt. Minor rubbing at the spine ends but an excellent, fresh copy preserved in a cloth clam-shell case.FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, a Platonic dialogue on how contemporary education warps the minds of young men; it was published anonymously. Except for a few contributions to periodicals, Fitzgerald had nothing published until 1849 when... more information

N.p. Privately Printed, 1856. Two vols., sm. 4to., full black grained cloth over beveled boards; spine and covers heavily ornamented with gilt and blind relief decoration, far too elaborate to describe. At the top and bottom (on the edge of the outer border), are two gilt lines: To•the•Memory•of•Elizabeth Strachey• and *Coelum * Non * Animum*. Elizabeth Strachey was born 14 February 1810, the eldest daughter of R. W. Wilkinson of Woodbury Hall, Bedfordshire. She married... more information