The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance Of Monte Beni
Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1860. First American edition. leather_bound. 283, 284. 18 x 12. First issue with 16 pps. of adverts dated March 1860. An unsigned elegant binding, raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt, cover border panels in interlocking floral motifs, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. The London and Boston editions were supposed to be issued simultaneously. "Contemporary notices indicate that the London edition was issued prior to the Boston edition, but simultaneous publication may have occurred." [see:BLANCK 7621]. Full crimson calf. Aeg. Fine. 2 Vols. Item #22905
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