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Good. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. New York: Holt, 1886. First edition. 12mo. Two-tone cloth binding. Chocolate endpapers. 226 pp. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate (no pocket). Benson, 1862-1925, English author; eldest son of Archbishop Benson. He was master at Eton (1885-1903) and at Magdalene College, Cambridge (1915-25). His works include poetry; novels; essays, notably From a College Window (1902); critical studies; and biographies of his father and brother Hugh. 226 pp. Passionate story of homosexual schoolboy love and arguably the first such novel in England. Signature of J. Randolph Coolidge on second free endpaper. Light pencil marks in margins noting certain passages. Boards rubbed, skewed. Edgewear, fraying to top of spine. Good condition.