The Child in the House: An Imaginary Portrait

Title: The Child in the House: An Imaginary Portrait

Author: Pater, Walter

Publication: Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895.

Description: Walter Pater's semi-autobiographical work of psychological fiction about a boy in a repressed household. Limited to 350 copies. Printed by The Everett Press in Boston. Bound in full black goatskin over boards, with three raised bands and gilt lettering on spine, gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt, and marbled endpapers. 6 x 4 inches; [2], 43, [3] pages. Moderate edgewear, sunned and worn spine, and foxing to interior. Very Good in a Good only binding. Inspired by William Morris' Kelmscott Press and the arts-and-crafts aesthetic, Herbert Copeland and Frederick H. Day established their fine publishing company in Boston in 1893. It operated until 1899, publishing close to 100 titles.