FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES. THIS SET CONTAINS THE FULL TEXT BUT NO PLATES. VOLUME 1: TITLE PAGES; CONTENTS; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; LIST OF PLATES( PLATES NOT PRESENT); 378 PAGES. VOLUME 2: TITLE PAGES; CONTENTS; 396 PAGES. BOTH VOLUMES REBOUND IN MARBLED BOARDS WITH STIFF CREAM PAPER SPINES PAPER LABELS NEW ENDPAPERS. BINDING IS TIGHT. VOLUME 1 IS GENERALLY CLEAN WITH OCCASIONAL FOXING. IN VOL. 1 PAGE 375 HAS A SMALL HOLE WITH LOSS OF ABOUT FOUR WORDS OF TEXT. VOLUME 2 HAS EVIDENCE OF WATER STAINING UP TO PAGE 160 (MAINLY IN THE WIDE MARGINS WITH LITTLE IN THE TEXT) THEREAFTER A BRIGHT COPY. OVERALL A VERY GOOD CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE SET OF THIS SCARCE WORK WITHOUT THE PLATES AND OFFERED AT AN ATTRACTIVE PRICE. PICTURES AVAILABLE.
FIRST EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY H M TOMLINSON. LIMITED TO ONLY 700 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY TOMLINSON THIS BEING NUMBER 280. A VERY GOOD IN QUARTER BUCKRAM WITH ORANGE BOARDS AND A DUSTWRAPPER.
SMALL QUARTO 78 PAGESRED CLOTH (FADED) SOME FOXING TO PRELIMS. BUT VERY GOOD DANISH TEXT FROM THE LIBRARY OF SIMON BERNSTEEN THE DANISH PRINTER WITH TWO MANUSCRIPT LETTERS FROM BERNSTEEN (2 PAGES AND 3 PAGES). ALSO TWO BUSINESS CARDS FROM BERNSTEEN AND HIS BOOKPLATE TO THE REVERSE OF THE FEP. DEDICATION FROM BERNSTEEN TO H. W. FINCHAM THE AUTHOR ON BOOKPLATES DATED 1894.
1ST EDITION IN GREEN CLOTH BOARDS. GILT TITLES TO FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. A VERY GOOD COPY WITH SMALL DAMAGE TO EDGES OF BOARDS. LIGHT FOXING ON END PAPERS. TWENTY FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY WILLIAM SMITH Jr. PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME STICKER ON FEP.
