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South East Asian Antiques, Fine Art, Rare Books & Asian Art Books 稀有中國古董書冊

Journal of Edward Ellerker Williams, Companion of Shelley and Byron in 1821 and 1822, Richard Garnett, 1902

£40.00
SKU LAN8532

Journal of Edward Ellerker Williams, Companion of Shelley and Byron in 1821 and 1822. With an Introduction by Richard Garnett, C.B., LL.D.

Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and author. With his signature in pencil to first free endpaper with a note that the book is from the library of W M Rossetti. With a few minor pencil annotations. Please see our other listings for related works.

Published by Elkin Matthews, Vigo Street, London, 1902. Uncommon First edition.

A very good hardback, with blue laid paper over boards and cream paper covered spine. Spine is age discolored. With minor wear and bumping. Soundly bound.

Endpapers with some offset age spotting. Text pages are very good - bright and clean throughout. Rough cut edges to text block and some minor discoloration to those edges. Contains 3 tissue guarded plates as called for - the frontispiece plate guard is age discolored.

Text in English.

Prelims + 68pp.

Weight approximately 185g unpacked.

Dimensions: Approximately 198mm high x 135mm wide x 12mm deep.