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ROSSETTI, Christina; HOUSMAN, Laurence (illustrator).

Goblin Market.

Goblin Market.

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Stock Code 96705

London, Macmillan & Co., 1893

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An attractive copy of one of the most significant editions of this poetic classic, designed and featuring suitably dark art nouveau illustrations by Laurence Housman, rare in this condition. The illustrations clearly show the influence of the book's first illustrator, the author's brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

First Housman edition, 12mo in sixes, half-title, pictorial title, vignettes and full-page illustrations by Housman, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, original green cloth with extensive gilt decoration to covers, plain rule compartments to spine, gilt edges, a little minor rubbing to extremities, overall a very good copy with bright gilt.

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