signed first edition
1890 · London
by Monkhouse, Cosmo
London: Elkin Mathews, 1890. First edition. First edition. Original beveled light straw colored smooth buckram with original red leather label on spine with printed lettering in gilt, side and bottom edges uncut. Limited to 50 Copies Only, Signed by Cosmo Monkhouse (#16). Also, as issued in this limited edition, the frontispiece woodcut by William Strange is signed in pencil lower right. Top and bottom of spine slightly frayed, usual discoloration of buckram though not at all detracting; a fine copy of a very scarce Nineties book. (Inventory #: 1334)