Published by Privately Printed At The Chiswick Press,, London,, 1905
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 12mo. Wraps. pp 88. 2 portraits W. Wilsey Martin and John Todhunter Uncut. 13 of 199, Contributors include Percy Addleshaw, Edward Heron Allen, Walter Frewen, H. C. Marillier, W. Wilsey Martin, Sir Edward Sullivan, W. Mort Thompson, Silvanus P. Thompson, and John Todhunter. Ye Sette of Odd Volumes was a London-based eccentric, scholarly dining club. It was formed in 1878 by Bernard Quaritch, and functioned continuously until around 1940. Members were notable men with a wide range of interests and each gathering was addressed by a member on some, usually arcane, subject.Each member had a club name ÔChroniclerÕ SalopianÕ ÕHorologerÕÕExaggerator Õetc., Very slightly chipped at edge else vg.