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London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1888. First edition. 4to. 367 pp. Profusely illustrated by Herbert Railton and Hugh Thomson. Bound in full dark green morocco, spine darkened, boards elaborately gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; marbled free endpapers; original decorated cloth covers laid down as pastedowns; enclosed in leather-entry slip case; by Bennett. A fine copy.
A lovely example from The Bennett Book Studios, a fine book bindery in New York City established in the late 1920s by bookman and binder Whitman Bennett (1884-1968).
From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003).
Sold for $882
Estimated at $600 - $900
London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1888. First edition. 4to. 367 pp. Profusely illustrated by Herbert Railton and Hugh Thomson. Bound in full dark green morocco, spine darkened, boards elaborately gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; marbled free endpapers; original decorated cloth covers laid down as pastedowns; enclosed in leather-entry slip case; by Bennett. A fine copy.
A lovely example from The Bennett Book Studios, a fine book bindery in New York City established in the late 1920s by bookman and binder Whitman Bennett (1884-1968).
From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003).