Buckram hardcover
Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite including b&w and colour plates
First Printing of the First Edition - the Edition De Luxe, limited to just 300 numbered copies
Generally in Good condition. Markings on the cover. Small chip top of spine. Illustrations on the flyleaf and a few early small illustrations are neatly coloured-in.
All pages and illustrations are present.
Pictorial bookplate of R.A. & G.E. Holmes à Court inside cover, being Captain Reginald Ashe Holmes à Court and Gwladys Mary Eyre (nee Ralfe).
1923 gift inscription on flyleaf to Mary from Aunt Eileen (nee Rouse) and Uncle Alan (Holmes à Court). Dr Alan Worsley Holmes à Court was a medical practitioner in New South Wales. Mary was their niece, the daughter of Reginald and Gwladys.
Also includes a 1994 newspaper clipping which mentions the sale of this book at auction.
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