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[Presentation Copy] A London Comedy and Other Vanities

London: George Redway, 1897.

First edition. Beige cloth with gilt stylized clown on cover. Presentation copy to a friend, W.K. ("Willie") along with ALS signed (2pp). Presentation: "To W.K. ou are, dear Willie, an amateur of the Nineties and so will, perhaps, forgive this untidy souvenir of the end of a century known to you by the aid of letters only-- so miuch more agreeable a medium than the crude experience of living. E.M. June 7, 1938. ALS also dated 1938 and deals with arranging a meeting. Book has seven full-page illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Covers soiled, spine sunned.

Price: $250.00 Item #455
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[Presentation Copy] A London Comedy and Other Vanities