The Lotos Club Illustrations by John La Farge, C.H. Miller, A. Lyall and others. Lotos Leaves: Stories, Essays, and Poems by Members of the Lotos Club. Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1875.

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Description: , ix 1-401 pages, contains 15 black and white plates and smaller black and white illustrations throughout, includes works by Mark Twain, John Brougham, Wilkie Collins, William F.Gill, Robert R. Roosevelt First UK Edition , contains book plate from the private library of H. W. Fincham, spine, corners and edges lightly rubbed, spine sunned slightly, front hinge starting to crack, light foxing within however textblock mostly clean, very good condition , green cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front and spine, full gilt edges , octavo, 25 x 18.5 cm Hardback ISBN:

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COLLINS, William Wilkie.. A Fatal Fortune. As it appeared in: The Lotos Leaves. Stories, Essays, and Poems by members of The Lotos Club. Edited by John Brougham & John Elderkin. 4to.. Chatto and Windus. 1875, 1875.

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Description: Half title, front., illus. Orig. olive green cloth; a little rubbed. Not referred to by Gasson. A story of love and lunacy, attacking the Lunacy Acts, based on a real case 'which actually occurred in England some eight years since.' The Lotos Club was founded in the 1870s as a private members club; its members included Collins and Mark Twain - the latter contributed 'An encounter with an interviewer' to this volume. This volume was also published in the USA at Boston by W.F. Gill. Collins's speech at the Lotos Club is included in a volume published in 1901.

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