Catalogue of the Etchings of Joseph Pennell

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12" x 8.75", (xx)312pp. w/ Index. Beautiful First Edition, #152 of only 465 copies printed. Bound in 1/4 tan calf over brown cloth boards with gilt border. Titles in gilt on spine. t.e.g. Frontis and hundreds of illustrations alongside each etching entry. Frontis is an original etching, "The Bridges from Brooklyn by Pennell. Plain brown dust-wrapper with titles in black on spine panel. Introduction by Elizabeth Robins Pennell. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a couple of tiny scuffs near the heel but quite minor. Remarkably well preserved. Very attractive unclipped, though unpriced, wrapper has a couple of tiny closed tears at the top hinges and miniscule loss at the crown. Folds gently rubbed. Still fresh and unsoiled. Publisher's printed box present and clean though two edges of top split off and missing. A gorgeous collectable copy and uncommon in this condition.