The Century Guild. Hobby Horse. Volume II, 1887
by HOBBY HORSE
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Co., 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Contemporary gilt lettered cloth. 2 volumes in one. A curious collection of parts, A frontis etching by William Strang, the title page for vol.II 1887, the pages 45-80, then adverts; Then pages 81-122, then adverts; then page 82-120 of another volume, which includes Oscar Wilde's 'Keats Sonnet on Blue, (Century Guild Hobby Horse, July 1886). Then a new number on heavier paper vol.3 no.12 1888, this includes May Morris 'Chain-Stitch Embroidery, with a plate of one of her designs for Morris & Co, poetry by Christina Rossetti 'A Hope Carol' . Then vol 3, no.13 with a mezzotint frontis by Thomas .Hope McLachlan.
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- Bookseller
- Roe and Moore (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016414
- Title
- The Century Guild. Hobby Horse. Volume II, 1887
- Author
- HOBBY HORSE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Art;
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