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London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First Edition. 8vo. Green cloth with front cover stamped in black with art deco design and spine stamped in gold with same design. Fine condition.. No one who has the itch for book-collecting will deny that suppressed book illustrations are, what the forbidden fruit was to our mother Eve, irresistible. Whether such appetite represents the very proper ambition to have at his elbow the earliest states of beautiful or interesting books, of which the subsequently suppressed plate or wood engraving is in general a sort of guarantee, or the less defensible desire to possess what our neighbour does not, must be settled by the conscience of each. The fact remains that such rarities are peculiarly alluring to those whom Wotton calls "the lickerish chapmen of all such ware." . . .. . . Table of contents: THe Marquis of Steyne; The Suppressed Portrait of Dickens; Dickens Cancelled Plates; Etchings and Wood Engravings by George Cruikshank; Hogarth's "Enthusiasm Delineated",… Read More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 254 pp. 66 Illustrations including 35 plates & 31 in text. Green cloth black lettering & design front cover; gilt lettering & design spine; some edges rubbed; end papers foxed & open at hinges; clean; unmarked. VERY GOOD

Adan and Charles Black, 1907. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Adan and Charles Black, 1907. First Edition. 254 pages. 1st Printing. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Books on Books::Other 6967 6967

LAYARD, George Somes. Suppressed Plates, Wood Engravings, &c. Together with other curiosities germane thereto. Being an account of certain matters peculiarly alluring to the collector. Illus. Orig. cloth. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1907 First edtion. fine.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907 First edition. Decorative cloth. Thick octavo. Plates. Edges lightly worn. A very good, tight copy.

London: Adan and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition, spine ends worn. 254p., illus.