"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke
An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., c.1900. AN ILLUSTRATED PICTURE BOOK. Slim oversized octavo, pp.22. Bound in publisher's decorated paper-covered boards, depicting two men in Georgian attire holding a portrait of a lady in side profile. Front and rear pastedown illustrated with full colour plates. Publisher's advertisement to rear. A lovely copy of a late Victorian children's book, teeming with charming illustrations from Randolph Caldecott. Some spotting to leaves (more noticeable to front and rear) with very light browning to covers and some discolouration to spine. Overall, a happy survival. An excellent copy. Item #46793
Price: £35.00
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