THE LITTLE ILIAD
by Hewlett, Maurice Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915 First American edition, first printing. Color Frontispiece. Hint of age-toning endsheets, else fine in fresh ever-green linen with bright gilt titles embossed to the front cover and to the spine; in a very good plus dust jacket with slight shelf-edge wear, edge tears with attendant creases, and small chips to upper and lower spine ends. Satirically comic romance of four brothers in love with the same Twentieth Century Helen, not of Troy, but of Austria! Sweet little vintage novel, in sparkling condition, and in a scarce early pictorial jacket. Color frontispiece by Philip Burne-Jones. A stunning beautiful vintage first edition. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! |