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[Rossetti, William Michael and F. Hueffer, editors] The Dwale Bluth, Hebditch's Legacy and Other Literary Remains.

Brown, Oliver Madox.

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1876.

rossetti First edition. 8vo. Two volumes. Original rose cloth. Brilliant and precocious artist, son of Ford Madox Brown, Oliver Madox Brown died at the age of nineteen, leaving several remarkable works unpublished. This posthumous collection has the famous Dwale Bluth, a story about a woman's obsession with belladonna, as well as Gabriel Denver (The Black Swan) which had to be toned down for publication to suit the Victorian readership. "Had the Black Swan appeared as the work of a mature and experienced novelist, it would have been an arresting novel. As the first effort of a seventeen year old writer, it is quite unbelievable." -Wolff. Colbeck Collection-Rossetti 25. Most scarce.

Price: $1,450.00Item #5