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

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. [Illustrated children's classic] FIRST DULAC ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.viii; 250; [2]. With twenty eight tipped in colour plates. Smartly bound in green half calf over original gilt-stamped green cloth sides, gilt-lettered twin red title labels, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt centre tools, top edge gilt.. Internally clean, plates not creased; exterior unmarked. A fine copy in a handsome recent leather binding. Item #54729
Price: £450.00