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Title: The Rape of the Lock. An Heroi-Comical Poem in Five Cantos Author: Pope, Alexander Place: London Publisher: Leonard Smithers Date: 1896 Description: xiii, [1], 47, [1] pp. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley with 7 plates (including frontispiece), plus a headpiece & a tailpiece. 10x7½, original gilt-pictorial cloth designed by Aubrey Breardsley, spine lettered in gilt. First Beardsley Edition. Beardsley's characteristically intricate line drawings are well-matched to Pope's rather bawdy comic epic. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine dulled, some overall rubbing and mild darkening, light wear to spine ends and corners, hinges cracked, removed bookplate, chips to free endpapers; title-page browned and with some foxing, small chip and repaired tear; scattered few blemishes and text block cracked; still an important edition, worthy of repair. Item number: 164202