Isbn: 9780948021138 - quis desiderio-? (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good Plus. Limited Edition - First Thus. 1987. First edition thus, limited to 475 copies. Unpaginated but 20 pages and wood engravings by Phillida Gili. Samuel Butler (1835-1902) was an English novelist and critic, probably best known for his satirical utopian novel Erewhon, published in 1872. In this short essay the author muses on authorship and books and compares the loss of a favorite book in the British Museum to the loss described in William Wordsworth's poem "Lucy." The book is bound in the original brown wraps with black titling on the front. The book is in excellent condition with light bumping to the spine ends and a little rubbing along the top edge. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription. Phillida Gili (illustrator).…