[PUBLISHER'S TRADE BINDING - AMERICAN] -- [PARRISH, Maxfield (1870-1966), designer]. READ, Opie Percival (1852-1939). Bolanyo. Chicago: Way & Williams, 1897.
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[PUBLISHER'S TRADE BINDING - AMERICAN] -- [PARRISH, Maxfield (1870-1966), designer]. READ, Opie Percival (1852-1939). Bolanyo. Chicago: Way & Williams, 1897.
8vo. Engraved frontispiece by Charles Francis Browne. Publisher's pictorial brown cloth with design by Maxfield Parrish, top edge gilt, others uncut (very slight soiling or a touch of rubbing to spine ends). Provenance: Vincent Starrett (1886-1974), American writer and bibliophile (bookplate, signature).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK COVER DESIGNED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH. VINCENT STARRETT'S COPY SIGNED BY HIM.
From the Private Collection of Richard Cady
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