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[SARGENT, John Singer, his copy]. BEERBOHM, Max. Zuleika Dobson. L., 1911. FIRST EDITION. 
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[SARGENT, John Singer (1856-1925), his copy]. BEERBOHM, Max (1875-1956). Zuleika Dobson, or an Oxford Love Story. London: William Heinemann, 1911.

8vo. Original brown cloth (rubbing); folding case. Provenance: John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), American painter (his bookplate, signature); armorial bookplate.

PERSONAL COPY OF THE "LEADING PORTRAIT PAINTER OF HIS GENERATION."

FIRST EDITION. Zuleika Dobson is the only novel published by Max Beerbohm, at the time better known for his essays. It was described by its author as "the work of a leisurely essayist amusing himself..." It was listed by Modern Library as number 59 on its list of the 100 best English Language Novels of the 20th Century in 1998.


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