The Months. Descriptive of the Successive Beauties of the Year. With Drawings by Horace J. Knowles.
London: Ivor Nicholson and Watson Limited, 1936. First edition thus. 4to. (3)-(74) pp., bound without the half title. Fine contemporary green full morocco, gilt lettered vertically in a sans-serif font, an elaborate geometric illustration in gilt repeated to both boards, plain grey full morocco to both inner covers, all edges gilt, original plain green cloth slipcase. Frontispiece, a full page illustration and head and tail pieces for each month plus a title page vignette in green and matching decorative initials to each chapter, further illustrations in the text throughout. Spine darkened, the foot of the upper joint slightly worn with a superficial hairline fracture, a lovely copy in a bespoke unsigned binding. Item #44783
Price: £200.00