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Hard cover, 8vo, in blue decorative cloth binding blocked in gold with an original cover design by Massachusetts graphic artist and book designer, Will H. Bradley, featuring an allover art nouveau Laurence Housman-inspired diaper design of intertwined lilies, Tudor roses, and their foliage to the front board, and surmounted with title and illustrator's name. Bradley's signature " B"appears at bottom right of the design. The spine features the title and a larger vignette version of the rose and lily artwork, also in gold. Top edge gilt. Inside are a color frontispiece reproduced from a watercolor by Madeleine Lemaire, for a total of twelve full page color reproductions. Additionally, one hundred black and white illustrations within the text are done by C. McCormick Rogers. Bradley's double-ruled title page in black features an immediately recognizable Bradley motif, but is not signed. 382pp. First Edition Thus. **CONDITION: Very Good Plus. A former owner signature on the ffep. is dated 1975 in ballpoint. A few small bookseller's notes in light pencil to same one other prelim. Spine very lightly sunned. A couple of small marks and a bit of rubbing. to rear board. Joints, hinges and corners are in order. Book is slightly cocked and with one small dent at bottom front edge.**OWEN MEREDITH was the pseudonym of Edward "Robert" Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891), English poet and author. He was also a diplomat and Viceroy of India from 1876-1880. He was the son of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, conservative politician, and novelist. **"Lucile" has been described as a "verse novel." It was incredibly popular, and from its initial publication in 1860 was reprinted by numerous publishers in over 2,000 editions. Bambace notes other color variants, and a further large paper "deluxe" edition were also produced and advertised by the Frederick Stokes and Co. in Publisher's Weekly in September, 1897. This engagingly written story is about the romantic entanglements of Lucile, Comtesse de Nevers. She writes from mountainous France to a former British lover, Lord Alfred Vargrave, asking for the speedy return of billet deux, having heard of his impending engagement to a Miss Darcy ... French ARTIST MADELEINE LEMAIR (1845-1928) was a well-connected contemporary of Marcel Proust whom she welcomed to the luminaries connected with her artistic salons in Paris. Her work was exhibited at the Women's Building and The Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. REFS: Bambace (1995) A28. (AMJ)
Ref: FICT19 9787
$250.00