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London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1911. Hardcover. Early Impression. Octodecimo (18mo). xiii. 207pp. Bound and signed by Bumpus Ltd. of Oxford in polished calf with gilt titling and 5 raised bands. Textblock edges are gilt. Fine binding. VERY GOOD. Shows the corners lightly shelf rubbed, spine lightly tanned, some scuffing of the calf at the back board, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1898. First edition thus. First edition thus. Attractively bound in full russet brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, with designs on both cover and similar motif on spine. Covers with four curved panels containing gilt fleurons connected by gouges, surrounding an arabesque design to the center of the boards. Spine with swirls of gilt tooling, interspersed and terminating in gilt fleurons. Gilt-tooled turn-ins with smaller fleurons, surrounding a burgundy doublure, tooled with gouges and fillets. Watered silk flyleaves, with dual gilt rules and small floral tools in each corner. Limited to 50 copies on large paper, of which this is #39, and signed by the printer. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Tissue-covered frontispiece. Binder's name in gilt on the front doublure, with their "exhibition quality" stamp in gilt on the rear silk flyleaf. Measures approx. 5.5" x 8". Some light rubbing to edges and joints (no cracks, hinges sound). Corners bumped.