Author: SALTUS, EDGAR; HONCE, CHARLES (ED)
Title: Uplands of Dream : Numbered 350 of 750 Copies
Description: Chicago, USA, Pascal Covici. 1925, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edgar Evertson Saltus (1855-1921) was an American writer known for his highly refined prose style. His works paralleled those by European decadent authors such as Joris-Karl Huysmans and Oscar Wilde. Contains a 1925 compilation of sixteen essays published in magazines between 1900 and 1914, and a bibliography of his works. CONDITION Heavy papered bds wiyh paste on title flag to front and blue buckram spine, frontis portrait with glassine guard embossed with spider web pattern, 238 pages untirmmed, with publishers colophon to rear. Water splash to spine effects top and bottom of pages near front though not text, paper title flag to spine is missing, some speckling to spine cloth and gilt top edge, cnrs buffed. Internally bright and crisp. OVERWEIGHT. Good/No Jacket.

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