IDYLLS OF A LOST VILLAGE. London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1889. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [1] 2-258 [259-260: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], illustrated with chapter headpieces, original decorated blue cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. Variant (later?) binding with vignettes on front cover stamped in blind; also occurs with the vignettes stamped in gold. Thirty-five stories, short and informal, about the intrusion of suburbia into rural England. Not in Wolff. Slight crimp to fore-edge of front cover from book bundling, some foxing to endpapers, but a bright, nearly fine copy. (#113592).
Price: $150.00
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