London: Relfe Brothers, Ltd., [circa 1900].
Price: $250.00
Hardcover. 12mo. With notes by F. Gorse. Illustrated with a map and halftone plates. Prize binding, signed “Relfe Brothers, Limited, London” in contemporary green morocco with gold tooling on both boards, coat of arms with motto “In Hortis Reginae” stamped in gold on front board, gilt spine divided into six panels with maroon titling label, turn-ins stamped in blind, floral endpapers in blue and gold, all edges marbled. Presentation bookplate (printed in gold and completed in manuscript, dated 1907) on front pastedown. Modest sunning to the spine and edges of the boards, near fine. A handsome prize binding designed for the Queenswood School at Clapham Park, a prestigious Methodist boarding school for girls.
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