signed
1895 · New York
by Spenser, Edmund
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1895. First editions thus. First editions thus. Both the trade edition and the scarce One of 25 Copies on full faux-vellum, both in fine condition. 1) Limited Edition. One of Only 25 Copies, , Copy #3, Signed by George Wharton Edwards. Full stiff faux-vellum over boards with superb gold-blocked cover design by Edwards, green lettering, on both covers, spine with perpendicular crosswise ruling. Green wavy silk endpapers. With exquisite Art Nouveau style full and half page illustrations throughout by George Wharton Edwards. The frontispiece and title page are printed in goldEach leaf of the book uniquely mounted onto the same material as endsheets, printed on heavy paper. A wonderful production indeed. A fine copy. Exceedingly scarce, and the few copies that have shown up have defects; 2) The trade edition, same format, without tipped-in pages, Limited to 450 Copies. In original light green fine wove cloth with same cover illustration by Edwards stamped in gold. A fine copy. Both issues sold together here. Most scarce.
(Inventory #: 4226)