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FIRST EDITION THUS. Cloth-bound, hardcover, octavo (26.5 x 19.5 x 1 cm.), pp. viii, 47, [1]. English text, with 9 illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth, gilt blocked with Beardsley design, gilt lettered spine, bevelled board edges, fore edge and bottom page edges rough cut, half-title, frontispiece with tissue guard, title-page printed in red and black. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Trivial bumping to spine ends and marks to covers. Interior well-preserved with a trace of light scattered foxing. Small tear to front endpaper. Without previous ownership markings. A handsome copy.
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