The golden age / by Kenneth Grahame
1918, 1st Nelson edition. London: Thomas Nelson and sons. Previous owner's inscription. Fine copy in gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #328319
Physical description; 284 pages : frontispiece ; 19 cm. First published 1895. Contents; Prologue: the Olympians -- A holiday -- A white-washed uncle -- Alarums and excursions -- The finding of the princess -- Sawdust and sin -- 'Young Adam Cupid' -- The burglars -- A harvesting -- Snowbound -- What they talked about -- The Argonauts -- The Roman road -- The secret drawer -- 'Exit tyrannus' -- The Blue Room -- A falling out -- 'Luisti satis.' Subjects; Juvenile fiction. Country life England. Juvenile fiction. English fiction. Manners and customs. 19th century.
Price: €25.00