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Extra-nice, clean copy of this 1915 book - Decorative, dark-blue boards with gold lettering and decoration (gilt) - 377 pages - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages - 377 pages - Apparent First Edition.

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First Edition Limited edition of 100 large paper copies. Includes some edge wear, two book plates and minor library stamps. A rare item from the decadent 1890s. Richard Thomas Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947) was an English man of letters, very much associated with the literary world of London in the 1890s; after that he resided in the USA, without altering his period style. The American actress Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991) was his daughter, by his second marriage. He was born in Liverpool. He started work in an accountant's office, but abandoned this to write. My Ladies' Sonnets appeared in 1887, and in 1889 be became for a short time literary secretary to Wilson Barrett. He joined the staff of The Star in 1891, and wrote for various papers over the signature of Logroller. He contributed to The Yellow Book, and associated with the Rhymer's Club.

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First Edition Hand numbered limited edition 1/250 large paper copies. Includes publishers catalogue bound in at the rear. Some foxing to end papers.

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Hard Cover First US Edition Remains of rear panel and flap from d/j enclosed. Corners rubbed.

Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First Edition

Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First Edition Richard Thomas Le Gallienne (1866-1947) was an English man of letters, very much associated with the literary world of London in the 1890s. He was born in Liverpool. He started work in an accountant's office, but abandoned this to write. My Ladies' Sonnets appeared in 1887, and in 1889 he became for a short time literary secretary to Wilson Barrett. He joined the staff of The Star in 1891, and wrote for various papers using the signature of Logroller. He contributed to The Yellow Book, and associated with the Rhymer's Club. In 1906 he translated, from the Danish, Peter Nansen's Loves Trilogy. Among his famous works are: English Poems (1892), The Quest of the Golden Girl (1896), Prose Fancies (1896), Young Lives (1899), The Worshipper of the Image (1900), October Vagabonds (1910), The Lonely Dancer, and Other Poems (1913), and A Jongleur Strayed (1922).

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth Second Edition Signed by Author's Father Signed presentation copy from the author's father. Nice association copy. Spine extremities showing wear.

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First Edition Signed by Author Signed, hand numbered, limited large paper edition 111/150 copies. Some foxing, edges and corners rubbed, some cracking and discolouration to back strip. Rare item in any condition.

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Fair Cloth First Edition Introduction by Grant Richards. d/j chipped and torn.

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First Edition First edition of the trade issue of 800 copies. There were also 150 large paper copies signed. Some minor foxing, edges and corners rubbed, some cracking and discolouration to backstrip Rare item in any condition.