A Short Treatise on Boots and Shoes Ancient and Modern by Walter H. Goater

Boston, 469 Washington St.: The Company, 1884. . Small 4to, blue paper over white stiff wrappers, front pictorial; some chipping away of the blue paper, particularly on the spine and front cover fore-edge. Printed library ticket of Almira C. Buxton pasted to inside front cover Four listings in OCLC, but with a different vendor listed as the publisher.J. E. Moseley & Company's statement on p. [32] reads:"...are the original importers of Waukenphast's English boots and shoes. | They also keep a large assortment of Henry Herth's and other makers of French goods, and they are agents for the celebrated riding, hunting, walking and dress boots and shoes made by J. Francis of Maddox St., London, Eng."Nice illustrations, including front cover by the author, Walter H. Goater.