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1895-1906 The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, Vols I-XII.
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First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce
A scarce collection of twelve The Bibelot issues, volumes I - XII in the original paper-covered boards and volume X in the monthly paperback form. I, 1895
This set contains:
II, 1896
III, 1897
IV, 1898
V, 1899
VII, 1901
VIII, 1902
IX, 1903
X, 1904 (in 12 monthly parts)
XI, 1905
XII, 1906
Lacking volume VI, 1900, and the 8th (August) of the 12 monthly issues of volume X.
The Bibelot was a yearly literary anthology published between 1895 and 1914. It featured the lesser known works of writers such as Algernon Charles Swinburne, William Morris, Arthur Symons, D. G. Rossetti, Austin Dobson, J. A. Symonds, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, and Fiona MacLeod.
Produced and edited by Thomas Bird Mosher, an American publisher, notable for his contributions to the private press movement in the United States, and as a major exponent of the British Pre-Raphaelites and Aesthetes as well as other British Victorians.
Condition
Volumes II - XII in the publisher's original paper-covered boards, volume I also with the original unclipped dust wrapper. All volumes except I, IX, and X in protective clear wraps. Volume X in twelve paperback forms. Externally, very smart with slight marginal age toning to paper boards. Discolouration and the odd mark to white of spines. The odd mark to boards of IX. Dust wrapper of I is smart, with marginal discolouration, and the odd mark, chip and closed tear. Age toning and discolouration to paper wraps of paperback volumes, with creasing and the odd closed tear to extremities. Internally, hardbacks firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with marginal age toning. Fore edges roughly cut. Paperbacks loosely bound, with many leaves loose and most text blocks detached from paper wraps. Pages age toned.
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