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EROTIC FORE-EDGE PAINTING. TENNYSON, ALFRED. The Lover's Tale. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879.
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EROTIC FORE-EDGE PAINTING. TENNYSON, ALFRED. The Lover's Tale. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. 12mo (175 x 105 mm). Modern red morocco gilt, 5 raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, by Sotheran, with erotic fore-edge painting. Slightly rubbed, especially at joints, light browning. Provenance: Peggy and Steve Fawcett (bookplate). AN EROTIC FORE-EDGE PAINTING, depicting a woman posing suggestively for four admiring gentlemen. SOLD TO BENEFIT THE BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE. UNLV's Black Mountain Institute is an international literary arts center that champions writers and storytellers through programs, fellowships, student scholarships, and community engagement. BMI is also home to the first-ever City of Asylum program in the U.S, which provides safe haven to writers who have been persecuted for their literary work—so that they may live and write freely without censorship, risk of imprisonment, or threats against their lives. Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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EROTIC FORE-EDGE PAINTING. TENNYSON, ALFRED. The Lover's Tale. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. 12mo (175 x 105 mm). Modern red morocco gilt, 5 raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, by Sotheran, with erotic fore-edge painting. Slightly rubbed, especially at joints, light browning. Provenance: Peggy and Steve Fawcett (bookplate). AN EROTIC FORE-EDGE PAINTING, depicting a woman posing suggestively for four admiring gentlemen. SOLD TO BENEFIT THE BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE. UNLV's Black Mountain Institute is an international literary arts center that champions writers and storytellers through programs, fellowships, student scholarships, and community engagement. BMI is also home to the first-ever City of Asylum program in the U.S, which provides safe haven to writers who have been persecuted for their literary work—so that they may live and write freely without censorship, risk of imprisonment, or threats against their lives. Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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