Aladore, Sir Henry Newbolt, London, 1914. 1st Illus. Edition

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An allegorical fantasy with the languorous suspension of time and place so rarely achieved in Literature of the Phantastic.  I am reminded a bit of the feel of "The King of Elfland's Daughter" when reading this book.  Contains 15 lovely illustrations in Collotype by The Lady Hylton. Quarter bound in brown and gold linen, ornate gold titling. Published by William Blackwood & Sons, London, 1914.  One of my favorite books, completely unlike anything else written but with beautiful and surreal imagery.  A real treasure and a lovely copy. with uncut pages, never read.

A quote from the book:

 ...So he heard Hyperenor and was content and looked upward to the stars; and he beheld their aspect such as with his eyes he never yet beheld it.  For he knew them of old both by stars and by constellations, but now first he saw their images in heaven: and behind every constellation was an image, like a great shadow decked with stars, and the shadows went about the high dome like servants of the gods, going silently in their appointed order.