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Gray, John. Silverpoints.

With floral initials by Charles Ricketts. XXVIII, (2) pp. 8vo. Orig. green cloth with gilt-stamped decoration by Charles Ricketts. Outer and lower edges uncut. – London, Elkin Matthews and John Lane at the sign of the Bodley Head, 1893.

One of 250 numbered copies of this extremely rare first edition of John Gray’s, the protégé of Oscar Wilde, verses. Among the most significant productions of the decadent Nineties, this book is fully designed by Charles Ricketts. – Fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 7706