first edition Hardcover
1928 · Ditchling
by Swinstead, Margaret Honor
Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. plain white stiff boards, decorated paper cover. Very good. Jones, David. 94 pages. 20.5 x 13 cm. Title page engraving of a Friar by David Jones. Limited edition, one of 480 copies. Swinstead notes in her preface, "The pieces in this book have all been taken from pre-Victorian books for children." The last story a gem, the vagaries of eating cake. Interior contents crisp, bookplate of Richard D. Friedlander. TAYLOR & SEWELL. A158. (Inventory #: 21225)