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Sale 5180
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| Philadelphia
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Estimate$600 – $900
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited/New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. 8vo. (iv), 112 pp. Full contemporary vellucent binding by Cedric Chivers of Bath, finely hand-painted by him in blue, green, red, and orange, heightened and decorated in gilt, with mother of pearl in-lays; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; handmade marbled endpapers.
A fine hand-painted and highly decorative binding by English bookbinder Cedric Chivers.
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