Birket Foster R.W.S. - EDITION de Luxe Limited with Slipcase
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906. Birket Foster. First Edition. Hardcover with slipcase. Stout 4to. Pp. xx, 215. Illustrated throughout with color plates, line drawings and black-and-white photography. Index. List of works. Bound in off-white cloth decorated with red rules and green flourishes, with beveled edges. TEG. Silk bookmark bound in. Endpapers age-toned, fore-edge with spotted foxing, light soiling to rear board. In the publisher's swanky slipcase lined with felt, opening trimmed in leather. Of the edition deluxe limited to 500 copies, this is hand-numbered copy 79 and signed "A & C Black" Very Good / Very Good. Item #12479
The dignified, subtle art nouveau binding is a marvel, presented here in a well preserved, bright copy with stately shelf appeal.
Price: $300.00