Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. First edition. 8vo. viii, 815, (1), 16 (ads) pp. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author at top of half-title to Arthur William English: "A.W. English, Esq. with the Author's kind Regards", and with an autograph letter, dated September 14, 1841, signed by the author to English, mounted to front free paste-down: "Accept my sincere thanks for the interest you have taken in the Publication of My Dictionary of Printing, and do me the additional Favour of accepting the accompanying Copy..." Publisher's full blue cloth-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, spine darkened, old label at bottom of same, soiling to boards, light wear along extremities; all edges trimmed; by Westleys & Clark, London; English's armorial book-plate on front paste-down; text largely unopened.

Presentation copy of William Savage's important work on the history and art of printing, now a standard reference on the subject.