"Books are a hardbound drug with no danger of overdose. I am the happy victim of books."
— Karl Lagerfeld

London: W. H. Allen, 1892. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. pp. xii, 343. With 12 photographic plates including frontispiece. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, as well as black/white illustrations. Navy end-papers. Black ink prize inscription to verso of front free end-paper. Reading lean. Clean and crisp internally. Edge wear and sunning to spine. Good overall. Item #46132
Price: £75.00