Fred Mason Illust (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1895 George Allen, London. 1st edition. Large 8vo. Snugly bound in publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine, with decorative pictorial design to front board in black. Edges untrimmed. Illustrated throughout by Fred Mason with striking full-page Art Nouveau woodcuts, decorative chapter headings and an additional pictorial title page. Cloth at spine lightly toned, with mild crimping at spine ends and slight rubbing at edges. Prior owner name penned to front flyleaf. Front endpapers partially split at hinge and archivally reinforced with Japanese paper. Usual mild halo toning to paper stock. Otherwise clean and sound. VG-.…