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D'Arcy, Ella.
Monochromes [cover design by Aubrey Beardsley].
Publisher: John Lane, Vigo St.; Roberts Bros., London; Boston;
Date of Publication: 1895
Stock Code: 15513
First edition in book form. Octavo, pp., [viii], 260, [4], 16 of advertisements. Publisher’s original olive cloth; titled in gilt to spine; titles stamped in blue within ornamental frame to upper board; publisher’s mark stamped in blue to lower board; white end-papers; deckle edges. Armorial bookplate of one Piercy Henderson Morrison to front paste-down; Morrison’s ink stamp to head of first text page. Shelf-wear to extremities; lower hinge just starting but otherwise binding strong and square. Light, even toning internally. A very good copy. A collection of six short stories by realist writer Ella D’Arcy (1857-1937). Published’ as number 12 in John Lane’s ‘keynote series’, which promoted avant-garde, controversial, and Decadent writing. A number of the stories in ths volume were originally published in Blackwood’s Magazine, Temple Bar, and The Yellow Book. £150.00