BLACKMORE, R.D

Fringilla. Some Tales in Verse. Illustrated by Louis Fairfax-Muckley and James Linton

London: Elkin Mathews, 1895. First Edition; deluxe issue. Minor foxing; small owner’s signature; covers slightly bowed; a nearly fine copy in publisher’s vellum; printed in gold on the spine and covers; one of 25 copies; a signed, holograph Blackmore letter is laid in. An especially handsome book illustrated in Pre-Raphaelite style; the American edition, illustrated by Will Bradley, is very highly regarded. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

[Book #1944]

Price: $1,500.00