LITTLE JOURNEYS OF THE HOMES OF ENGLISH AUTHORS: JOSEPH ADDISON
US: Roycroft, 1900. Paperback. Good +. Item #62705
Signed, hand illuminated edition limited to 940 copies of which this is number 287. Signed by author at edition description. Brown suede covers with gilt-debossed titling and dark brown rule in two stamped leather compartments to front cover. First and last page have light tanning, front flyleaf is detached from binding but still present, and stamping to all facing pages throughout. Frontispiece is clean and bright, but tissue guard has stamping from facing title page. Front silk pastedown has two long tears and is partially detached. Top edge gilt, and fore edge and lower edge deckled. Text block has light sunning to fore edge and lower edge, and light tarnishing to gilt at corner of top edge. Binding is tight, spine is creased. Covers are heavily sunned at edges and along spine, creasing to edges, and chip to tail of spine; water ring to lower edge of front cover and white marking to fore edge of rear cover. Thin tan ribbon bookmarker is detached but present.
Price: $75.00