first edition
1893 · London
by Hood, Thomas
London: Macmillan and Co, 1893. First edition thus. First edition thus. 4to. Lavish Zaehnsdorf Exhibition Binding. . Bound in full red rich crushed morocco with gilt scrollwork devices around edges of both covers and extending toward center, gilt rules and stippling including outside edges, ornate gilt dentelles and superb silk moirà endpapers. With Zaehnsdorf's gilt exhibition binding circular gilt stamped device on rear silk moirà endsheet. One of 250 unnumbered copies of the Large Paper edition. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Minor rubbing to spine tips and joints, bookplate, with remnant of additional bookplate and adhesive residue on first blank; top edges gilt, morocco edged slipcase, extremities rubbed.
(Inventory #: 2469)