Mclean James Henry Dr (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 200p quarto, illustrated, A very slight tear at the top of spine otherwise a very good copy in orginal decorated maroon cloth. Inner hinges sound and unbroken, Facsimile of inscription by the author tipped into the inside front panel.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. 200; pictorial half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of McLean, approx. 75 wood-engraved illustrations in the text, many full-page; original pictorial pebble-grain purple cloth, gilt-stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine, with the printed presentation slip affixed to the front pastedown, as common; spine ends a bit chipped, front hinge starting, else very good. Riling 1070: "A fantasy of arms.Literally a book in the style of a patent medicine brochure, but applied to the consideration of arms rather than ailments.".…