"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1902. [Literature] THE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION, FINELY BOUND. Thirteen volumes, octavo (21 x 15 x 56cm). Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous other plates and in-text illustrations. Smartly bound in contemporary mid-green calf over buckram-covered boards, raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, marbled endpapers. Textblocks and edges clean, no inscriptions, Mawson, Swan and Morgan Ltd. booksellers ticket to each volume. Binding lightly handled. spines gently sunned. A well produced set of works in a nicely-aged period binding. Very good indeed. Item #73933
Price: £750.00
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