FINELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS FINE GILT TOOLING TO THE SPINE. T.E.G. MARBLED ENDPAPERS. NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1900 THE OCTAVO EDITION OF AINSWORTHS’ WORKS WITH THE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS. VERY GOOD. AN ATTRACTIVE COPY.
OCTAVO RED CLOTH GILT TITLES BLACK DECORATIVE DESIGN TO THE SPINE ILLUSTRTAED VERY GOOD. NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1900. ONE OF THE 21 VOLUMES PUBLISHED IN THE ILLUSTRATED COPYRIGHT EDITION.
THE LIMITED EDITION OF 750 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 738. BOUND IN BLUE BUCKRAM WITH GILT LETTERING TO THE SPINE AND GILT DECORATIONS TO THE FRONT BOARD. THE EDITION IS PRINTED IN THE MONOTYPE REPRODUCTIONS OF THE ROMAN TYPE DESIGNED BY FRANCESCO GRIFFO OF BOLOGNA FOR ALDUS MANUTIUS. THE BOOK IS DEDICATED TO GEORGE MOORE AND OPENS WITH A INTRODUCTION TO HIM AND A RESPONSE FROM MOORE. THE PAGES ARE UNTRIMMED. THIS IS A VERY GOOD COPY INTERNALLY VERY BRIGHT. THE BOARDS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH VERY SLIGHT SNAGGING TO THE TOP OF THE SPINE AND MINOR WEAR TO THE CORNERS.
1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN BOARDS WITH FADING TO THE SPINE. SLIGHT LOOSENESS TO THE BOARDS. INSCRIPTION ON FEP DATED 1898 AND NEAT NAME DATED 1978. SCARCE
