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"May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books." -Thomas Carlyle

Welcome to my virtual book collection. Since collecting actual books is somewhat cost-prohibitive, I've begun to amass all of the books I would love to have if I had the means. Some are new, lots are old, all are unique or beautiful or unusual or in some other way have captured my fancy. Enjoy browsing!

Special Collections: Fine Bindings ~ Fairies and Fairy Tales ~ Terror and Madness ~ Poetry ~ Food, Drink and Apothecary ~ Science Fiction ~ Illuminations, Lettering and Hand-Coloring ~ Magic ~ Supernatural and Occult ~ Alchemy ~ Science and Technical ~ Maritime ~ Costumes ~ Humor ~ Children's books ~ Legend of King Arthur ~ Americana ~ 18th Century ~ 19th Century

Authors and illustrators: Edgar Allan Poe ~ Jules Verne ~ Edmund Dulac ~ Kay Nielsen ~ Arthur Rackham ~ Edward Gorey ~ Charles Dickens ~ H.P. Lovecraft ~ William Hope Hodgson ~ Mark Twain ~ Lewis Carroll ~ Salvador Dali ~ George Cruikshank ~ Emily Dickinson ~ Geoffrey Chaucer ~ H.G. Wells

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The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley. London & New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1899 [with:] The Later Work of Aubrey Beardsley. London & New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1901 [with:] The Uncollected Works of Aubrey Beardsley. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1925

3 volumes, 4to (11 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.; 285 x 220 mm). Each volume with half-title and frontispiece, 157, 173 and 162 plates plus 6 extra in the third volume for this edition only; frontispieces detached in first two vols, title detached in second. Publisher’s cream cloth with title stamped on upper covers within an architectural frame in green or gold; spines and edges somewhat soiled.

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