TODHUNTER, John (1839-1916)

[Sette of Odd Volumes] A Riverside Walk : An Easy-Going Essay by a Peripatetic Philosopher [Unopened]

London: Imprynted at the Bedford Press, 20 and 21, Bedfordbury, MDCCCXCVIII [1898]. Wrappers. Limited Edition, no. 117 of 250 copies printed for private circulation only. Foolscap 8vo (145 x 116mm): 43,[1]pp, with frontispiece (Low Water in Mortlake Reach) and list of Sette club members. Publisher's blue-grey wrappers, uncut and entirely unopened. Faint creasing to rear wrapper, but a spectacular survival, securely bound and clean throughout. Fine. Item #BB2795

Read at a meeting of the Sette at Limmer's Hotel on Friday, January 14, 1898, and presented to the Sette by Todhunter, Irish poet and playwright. Ye Sette of Odd Volumes was a London bibliophilic club, founded in 1878 by bookseller Bernard Quaritch. Members included a wide-ranging cross-section of notable men, including literary figures, artists, scientists, politicians, businessmen, and eccentrics. The original Sette disbanded on the eve of the Second World War, in 1939, but rebanded in 1950 with a new group of members. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

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