Algae - an Anthology of Phrases

Baring, Maurice

One hundred and ten pieces, most English, some French, a couple Greek and German, translations for some at rear; 'A basket full of phrases and passages; stray pearls, shells, sea-anemones, and possibly in the eyes of some readers, weeds, which have been picked up during forty years of casual meandering, paddling and shrimping on the sands and in the rocky pools of the shore of literature'; 1/100 numbered copies, printed on Kelmscott handmade paper, and signed by the author.

Publisher: William Heinemann. First English edition 1928
Edition: First Edition
Place Published: London
Stiffened wrappers in paper dustwrapper with tipped-on label, both very good and the limited edition dustwrapper darkened on the spine, rubbed on the front and rear panel and missing a small piece at the crown of the spine.


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