first edition
1903 · London
by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
London: R. Grant and Son, 1903. First Edition. First Edition. Tall 12mo. "7 x 3.5 inches. Superbly bound in an Arts & Crafts binding by an unknown binder, though the initials *KOH* are written at the bottom of the front fly in a position not normally taken for ownership inscriptions and possibly denoting the initials of the binder. Bound in elegant brown crushed morocco with a very smooth surface, the cover decorated with six concentric onlaid circular stylized petal designs, interlaced with 36 small onlaid leaves, spine with horizontal gilt lettering. A scarce book, not found on the internet at the time of writing. AEG. Attractive and austere woodcut (truncated)