The Golden Age

Grahame, Kenneth; Maxfield Parrish. The Golden Age. London and New York: John Lane, 1905. Later printing. Octavo. 252pp. Original olive cloth with embossed color illustration and red and black lettering on cover, red on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece gravure. Illustrated title page. Reminiscing childhood and the everlasting generational gap, Grahame casts his reminiscences in imagery and metaphor rooted in the culture of Ancient Greece and Greek mythology. Illustrated with 18 photogravure including frontispiece and title page. Binding rubbed with some scuffing affecting title and wear along edges. Book block lightly age-toned. Binding in overall good-, interior in good+ condition. g. Hardcover. (36775) $65