Leather Bound
1904 · Canton, PA
by Walpole, Horace
Canton, PA: Lewis Buddy III: The Kirgate Press, 1904. Limited Edition Reprint. Leather Bound. Very Good Minus. 94pp. Small quarto [25 cm] Bound in maroon leather (binder's label stamped "A. E. P" on the front pastedown), with ornamental gilt stamping on the backstrip and front board. Top edge gilt. Other edges deckled. Gilt turn-ins. Moire endpapers. Front board splayed. Joints rubbed. Subtle cracking and chipping to front joint. Lengthy gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Text in English and French. Walpole's influential essay on English Garden history. One in an edition of 300 copies. (Inventory #: 68209)