Fous littéraires.- TOLLEMACHE SINCLAIR (Sir Jean George). - Lot 163

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Fous littéraires.- TOLLEMACHE SINCLAIR (Sir Jean George). - Lot 163
Fous littéraires.- TOLLEMACHE SINCLAIR (Sir Jean George). Tears and Smiles. Original poems and translations of the masterpieces of English poetry by Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, baronet, once a member of the English Parliament. Printed when the author was in his eighty-eighth year with portraits, views, caricatures and music. P., Impr. Chaix, 1912, large 8°, 1023 p., coloured portrait in the fronstispice, 112 black and coloured plates, br. (stained and forced cover). Original edition. This book is dedicated to the friendly French Ladies. "Not for sale but presented to the members of the French Academy, to the editors of all the daily newspapers of France, Belgium and Switzerland and to the French language newspapers of all the other countries as well as to the people I believe to be friends of literature and especially of poetry". Complete with bookmark-tartan (Blavier, 1038-1040).
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