1896 Green Arras Laurence Housman First Edition Illustrated

Description: Click here to see our other books! Green Arras Laurence Housman 1896 John Lane at The Bodley Head; Way and Williams : London; Chicago 8" by 5.5" viii [1], 2-90,16pp SUMMARY A bright first edition of this poetry anthology by Laurence Housman, illustrated by the author himself. First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding Overall Condition: Very Good This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 15.99 EU Postage: £ 13.99 European Postage: £ 14.99 Asia Postage: £ 18.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99 DESCRIPTION Illustrated by Housman with a woodcut frontispiece and title page and five plates. Collated, complete.In the very smart original cloth binding, which has a repeated ethereal gilt motif across the spine and front board.Housman, a prominent Victorian era playwright, writer, and illustrator, also designed the binding for this work; he worked for the publisher, designing many of their book covers. He is remembered as admitting in that binding that he 'did what I thought an extra-good one for myself. It was, in all events, very rich and elaborate'. With a sixteen page publisher's catalogue to the rear.With a former owner's hand drawn inscription, featuring the initials FMJ, to the front free endpaper, and the inscription 'Sept 19 1934' to the rear pastedown. CONDITION In the publisher's original gilt decorated cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with spine dulled. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Binding starting between pages 16 and 17, otherwise generally firmly bound. Light tide marks to heads of plates at margins, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Overall Condition: Very Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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