Beautiful turn of the century elaborate gilt cloth trade binding designed by Will Bradley
1897 · New York
by Meredith, Owen (Will Bradley Cover Design)
Frederick A. Stokes, Co. New York, 1897 (IN THE ORIGINAL LINEN DUST WRAPPER WITH LETTERING AND DECORATION BY BRADLEY) An octavo bound in the original rust colored cloth with a beautiful, heavily gilt cover design by Bradley. The book is fine with no wear and the gilt clean, bright and unworn. New endleaves with appropriate paper done at some point in the past. The paper backed linen dust-wrapper has wear and tear internally at the folds and is soiled with some darkening to the spine. Gilt titling and decoration by Bradley on the dustwrapper is bright and unworn. Very scarce and a nice example of the early cloth dust wrapper. Illustrated by Madeleine Lemaire.
(Inventory #: 3382)