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The Golden Age
Kenneth Grahame
[1899]
John Lane the Bodley Head : London
8" by 6"
[8], 252, [2]pp.
SUMMARY
A lovely first Maxfield Parrish illustrated edition of Kenneth Grahames celebrated childhood reminiscences.
Illustrated,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition thus, embellished with nineteen full page plates in black and white by well-known American painter and illustrator Maxfield Parrish, including the illustrated title page. Dated to copyright 1899 and 1900 to illustrated title page. Dated from inscription, 1899. Collated, complete with two leaves of publishers advertisements to rear.
The celebrated reminiscences of childhood by Kenneth Grahame, following the true first of 1895.
Eighteen tales recounted through charming imageries and metaphors rooted in the Ancient Greece, featuring many characters from Greek mythology; The adults are referred to as the Olympians.
The Prologue and six of the stories appeared previously in The National Observer.
Celebrated for the writing style and for the world created by Grahame, in which the adults have forgotten what it means to be young, and are in continuous warfare with the children. This was a theme that became very popular later on and was explored by other authors.
CONDITION
In the original publishers full cloth binding with decorative gilt to front board. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine, minor mark to rear board. Previous owners gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1899. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Occasional leaf unopened.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
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.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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