Hake, Thomas Gordon

Maiden Ecstasy [Seumas O’Sullivan’s copy]

[Seumas O’Sullivan’s copy] Thomas Gordon Hake. Maiden Ecstasy. London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. First edition.

Octavo. [vi], 128, and 8 review pages. Illustrated head- and tail-pieces. Blue cloth binding with seven gilt rules along upper border of front cover and wrapping around spine. Gilt titles on spine. Floral patterned endpapers.

Fancifully illustrated bookplate of Seumas O’Sullivan on front pastedown. (Seumas O’Sullivan [James Sullivan Starkey, 1879-1958], Irish poet and editor of The Dublin Magazine.)

Binding rubbed and scuffed, minor soiling, cloth bubbles (most pronounced on rear board), corners and spine ends bumped. Spine lightly sunned. Signature D reinserted. Small pencil notes on verso of front free endpaper, previous owner’s name in ink on facing blank. Few page creases. Else, very good. FCB-830. Item #830

Price: $200.00