Garden Colour
London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1905. Full Leather. Very Good+ binding. Item #8124
Quarto. xvi, 196 pp., frontis, plates. First edition. In later antiqued calf decorated in an Arts and Crafts style, the cover divided into compartments with stylized gilt leaves alternating with onlay and gilt chrysanthemums. A restrained but quite lovely design signed at the top turn-in of the front cover, "BENELINOR / 1935" and again on the bottom of the rear turn-in, "E. K. B." Turn-ins decorated with a single fillet and corner embellishment. Top edge is rough gilt. 50 watercolor sketches, all present as called for. Binding is lightly rubbed but quite solid; front cover gilt is somewhat dulled in comparison to the spine and rear cover. Thread of the top headband is worn with the core exposed. Foxing to the leaves facing the verso of each plate. Previous owner debossed stamp on the first blank. A very attractive binding on a lovely book.
Price: $650.00