Prose Fancies, Richard Le Gallienne — 1st Edition

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Prose Fancies, Richard Le Gallienne — 1st Edition

Name: Prose Fancies, Richard Le Gallienne — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5209
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Publication: London, Elkin Mathews & John Lane / New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [x], 204, [14] publisher's catalogue.

Condition Report: Very Good. The publisher's original ribbed blue cloth remains generally firm and sound, exhibiting only minor shelf-wear typical of its age, most notably slight rubbing and minor crushing to the head and tail of the spine, alongside gently bumped corners. The gilt titling on the spine remains bright and legible. The text block is slightly shaken, though the binding remains entirely secure. The untrimmed page edges are heavily age-toned and slightly dusty. Internally, the volume features significant foxing and offset browning to the endpapers and paste-downs, with scattered spotting occasionally encroaching upon the margins of the preliminary leaves. However, the main body of the text remains predominantly clean and bright throughout.

Catalogue Note: A pleasing First Edition, first impression of this quintessential fin de siècle collection. The volume features a striking lithographed frontispiece portrait of the author by the prominent British Impressionist painter R. Wilson Steer.

Bound in the publisher's standard trade cloth, this edition is highly representative of the elegant aesthetic promoted by the Bodley Head imprint during the 1890s. While large-paper, limited iterations exist, this standard trade edition remains relatively uncommon in commerce today, particularly in well-preserved, unrestored condition.

Prose Fancies offers a charming window into the literary culture of the late-Victorian era. Richard Le Gallienne, a leading figure of the aesthetic movement and a prominent voice of the 1890s, gathers a selection of his most engaging journalistic essays and causeries here. Originally published in periodicals such as The Speaker and The Illustrated London News, these pieces span from light-hearted reflections on contemporary urban life to earnest ruminations on poetry, philosophy, and the book trade itself. With titles like "A Conspiracy of Silence," "The Philosophy of Limited Editions," and "Life in Inverted Commas," Le Gallienne's essays blend wry wit with a decadent sensibility, capturing the intellectual ferment of a fascinating decade.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Richard Le Gallienne

Book Publisher: Elkin Mathews & John Lane / G. P. Putnam's Sons

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Antiquarian

Genre: Criticism & Essays

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 204

Book Publication Year: 1894

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: R. Wilson Steer

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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