ENGLISH BOOKS, 1475-1900: A signpost for collectors.
In two volumes. Pp. xvi+368 +viii+424, frontispiece with tissue guard, plus one folding plate with lettered tissue guard in Volume I, text illustrations, title pages printed in red & black, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, boards ruled in blind, edges a trifle rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut; dust wrappers, slightly soiled and browned, edges lightly rubbed and split, small damp stain near foot of backstrip Volume I; free endpapers offset, tiny stain to title page Volume II, a little light foxing; Chas. J. Sawyer, London, 1927. First edition. *Volume I: Caxton to Johnson. Volume II: Gray To Kipling. From the library of David Levine, Sydney, with his book label on verso of upper free endpapers. The earlier bookplate of Adelaide bookseller John Latimer McGrath is on the upper pastedowns, as is McGrath's bookseller's sticker, which incorporates the same design of a sailing ship that features on his bookplate [probably designed by South Australian artist John C. Goodchild?] next to a more recent bookseller's sticker. Item #164351
Price: $250.00