"A book worth reading is worth buying."
— John Ruskin

London: Seeley and Co., 1892. Octavo; fine prize binding for Aske's Hatcham School for Girls, 1894; full red calf-leather with gilt lettering / tooling and green title background; all edges marbled; inner dentelle and marbled endpapers; prize bookplate on front free endpaper; 16 illustrations; pp. xiv, 315; some slight wear to joint edges and foxing to outer pages, otherwise a very good copy. Item #43610
Price: £95.00