COMMONPLACE, AND OTHER SHORT STORIES. London: F. S. Ellis, 1870. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] [1-3] 4-329 [330: printer's imprint] [331-335: ads] [336: blank], original green cloth, front and rear panels ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. Collects the title piece, a novella, and seven short stories, two of which, "Nick" and "Hero," are sophisticated literary fairy tales. Christina Rossetti, sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was an important minor poet of the Victorian period and her narrative poem "Goblin Market" is still read and enjoyed today. NCBEL III 497. Private library number inked on front paste-down, small bookseller catalogue description pasted to same, reproduction of full-page portrait drawn by D. S. Rossetti neatly tipped in following page vi, reproduction of a photograph of Dante, Christina and Frances Rossetti (taken by C. L. Dodgson, i.e. "Lewis Carroll") tipped in on rear paste-down. Cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, some mild foxing to endpapers and text block, but a nice copy with clean, bright binding. (#115235).
Price: $450.00
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