Hardcover
1926
by Arthur L. Humphreys
Halton and Truscott Smith, London, 1926. Hardcover. An attractive copy of the 1926 limited edition. #92 of only 100 copies issued. Half-vellum over brown cloth boards. Clean, well-preserved and VG+. Bright gilt-lettering along vellum spine. 8 raised bands and 7 compartments along spine as well. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom edge deckled. Tall quarto, 51 pgs. of text plus 79 full page illustrations (including 19 tipped-in color plates) and a 43 pg. catalogue following the plates. Tasteful, inoffensive former owner stamp (an oven company in Sheffield) on front free endpaper. (Inventory #: 1251)