The Dawn

£120 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

With the boldly assertive, if surprising, inscription on the front free endpaper by Symons: “This is perhaps the book I care for least in the work of the writer. Arthur Symons August 29: 1902.“ With the relatively early bookplate of Carolyn Wells, probably the American mystery writer, and the later leather booklabel (which has done what such things do - stained through several leaves) of Munson Havens. Beckson et al ., D2. Hinges cracked; spine worn at head and foot; corners worn; overall, rather better than it sounds.

• Year: 1898

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