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Housman, A.E. A Shropshire Lad. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1896. First edition, first state. Small 8vo, orig. 1/4 vellum & gray-blue bds; paper spine label, edges untrimmed; extremities discolored. Internally clean. Complete with 1/2 title. With the word "Shropshire" on paper spine label 33 mm wide. With 2 bookplates on front paste-down, incl. Rockwell Kent designed Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr. book plate. In custom 1/2 morocco & cloth slipcase with red cloth chemise. Presentation copy from Louise Guiney to Rev. William H. Van Allen of Boston. Guiney had writted an enthusuastic (and unsolicited) review of the work for the Chap-Book.
Carter & Sparrow 2, paper label A
Provenance: Parke Burnet Sale Feb. 7/8, 1944, lot 385.