Fine Books and Manuscripts

Small 8vo (163x 102 mm). Without half-title, as issued. (Lacking 8pp. advertisements.) Red crushed levant, overall diaper pattern of three poppy seed pods on stems, hearts and open dots, spine in 6 compartments gilt-lettered in one, three poppy seed motif gilt in the rest, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt STAMP-SIGNED BY COBDEN-SANDERSON, THE DOVES BINDERY: "The Doves Bindery / 19 C-S 04" (neatly rebacked preserving original spine, hinges reinforced, a few very minor scuffs, otherwise bright). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with Moxon's imprint. See Tidcome 546; Wise 24.