HISTORY OF THE HORN-BOOK.
- London: The Leadenhall Press Ltd., 1897.
- small thick 4to.
- original cloth with leather spine label, top edge gilt.
- xviii, 486, (3) pages. and a pocket containing three facsimile horn books in the back of the book.
Price: $180.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 21652
Second edition, the first edition appeared in 1896-97 and was in two volumes. Hand-colored title page. Contains 26 chapters discussing all facets of the horn-book and is illustrated with 46 plates showing horn-books. This copy containing all three facsimile horn books in the rear pocket. Frontispiece foxed and some foxing to pocket in back which holds horn books. Frotispiece separating. Some water staining to the preliminary pages. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.
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