By Holbrook Jackson
London   Grant Richards Ltd
9.5" by 6.5" 7-368pp
A bright and attractive example of the first edition of Holbrook Jackson's study of society and culture of the 1890s, beautifully illustrated throughout.
By Holbrook Jackson

1913 The Eighteen Nineties

London   Grant Richards Ltd
9.5" by 6.5" 7-368pp
A bright and attractive example of the first edition of Holbrook Jackson's study of society and culture of the 1890s, beautifully illustrated throughout.
£175.00
: 1.5kgs / : 994F52

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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition.

'The Eighteen Nineties' explores the art and ideals of the fin-de-siecle, offering an insightful look at the influential decade. 

Illustrated with a frontispiece, and twenty-three plates. Collated, complete.

By the journalist, writer, and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career, Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser, and had a long association with English small presses.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding. A touch of fading to back strip, otherwise externally exceptional. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with instances of light spotting throughout.

Very Good Indeed

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