Pardal

1927 · ref. 604512 — John Lane the Bodley Head 1927. First Thus. Leather Binding. Near Fine. Beautifully bound in full red polished calf by Riviere & Son spine with raised bands contrasting green and grey morocco labels and elaborate gilt tooling incorporating racing and hunting motifs with gilt surrounds of flower and leaf designscovers bordered with triple fillets in gilt with gilt roundels at corners upper cover features titling in gilt gilt-tooled inner dentelles feature a floral motif all edges gilt marbled endpapers minor sunning to spine and edges light rubbing and surface wear. Notes: Includes index. Nimrod is a psuedonym for Charles James Apperley. Description: xvi 231 pages 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations some color ; 26 cm Responsibility: by Nimrod ; a new edition with an introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow ; and nineteen illustrations in colour half-tone and line after Francis Barlow George Stubbs John Wooton Tom Rowlandson Henry Alken F.C. Turner James Pollard G. Havell J.F. Herring Sen. Wildrake & Thomas Bewick. John Lane the Bodley Head unknown