1911. 1st edition. Very good for the age, no dust jacket. 355pp.brown cloth with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt, cover has slight age wear/marks & a hint of bumped corners & softening of spine extremes but generally in v g order. Untrimmed page edges of the thicker type are very toned & grubby with sl fox marks, internally much less toning & only a smattering of fox marks noted. 16 mounted colour illustrations with tissues. Hand crafted personal bookplate on inside of front board, 4pp publisher catalogue at the rear.
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Sold by an independent and solo ex-bookshop owner, with around 50 years of experience, who takes pride in listing and researching every volume. Someone who does not consider books as mere square objects with printing inside, fixed only on selling in high quantities as quickly as possible, but one who takes deep interest not only in the book itself, but also, where possible, its history. No "maybes" or "may not contains", well packed for protection & never sent in naked plastic bags only suitable for newspapers .
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