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Gabriel Setoun, illustrated by Charles Robinson. The Child World. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1896.
Price: US$141.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1896 Second Edition. Red cloth, gilt titles and art nouveau style illustration to front, rear and spine. All edges gilt. Profusely illustrated by Charles Robinson in b/w art nouveau style. Condition: Very good. Minor edgewear. Spine faded with gilt dulled. Front and rear still bright. Endpapers foxed. Rear pastedown has red bleed-through from cloth at top edge. Owner s name written to ffep, dated 1912. Slight age toning throughout. Otherwise, pages bright and clean. Binding firm. Size: 7.5x5in / 19x13cm. 174pp plus 12 page book list to rear, with full page illustrations. Weight: 365g.
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
SETOUN, GABRIEL. The Child World. John Lane / The Bodley Head, London, 1896.
Price: US$150.79 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Red cloth titled and decorated in gilt. 171 pp plus 13 pp ads. Illustrated throughout with line drawings.Endpapers with offset and foxing. Very attractive book of poems.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Gabriel Setoun. The Child World. The Bodley Head, London, 1896.
Price: US$153.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A scarce first edition of this collection of poetry by Thomas Nicoll Hepburn, under his pseudonym Gabriel Setoun. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Bookplate to the front paste down. 14 full page illustrations and numerous vignettes, headpieces and tailpieces, in a beautiful Art Nouveau style by Charles Robinson (1870-1937). Thomas Nicoll Hepburn (1861-1930) was a Scottish poet and author who wrote under the pseudonym of Gabriel Setoun. He wrote poems such as 'Jack Frost' and 'The World's Music.' This volume is a collection of his poetry for children. 10 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart; colour is good and gilt is bright. A little fading to the upper extremities and the spine, and some wear to the head and tail of the spine, including a couple of small losses to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom