Description
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, frontispiece, section-title vignettes and a few further illustrations to the text, all by Rose, pp. xii, 288, 8vo, original beige cloth, the backstrip lettered in gilt against a green ground, decorations by Rose stamped in same, the gilt a little dulled, faint stain at head of lower board with light handling mark at head of upper board, top edge green, other edges toned with a few faint spots, endpaper designs by Rose printed in black and green, the dustjacket with a Francis Rose design (incorporating a portrait of the author) wrapping around, lightly browned and soiled and a little chipped and nicked, some faint waterstaining to fore-margins, good