London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1909. small 4to. cloth, top edge gilt. vii, 451 pages. First edition. (Mejer no.294). History of the appearance of coats of arms and crests on English collectors' books. 39 pages of introductory text followed by discussions of the marks with each accompanied by an illustration. Minor cover rubbing; bumped lower front corner. Spine has been laid on top of a recased binding with new endpapers; spine sunned. Original boards. Previous.....
Melbourne, Australia: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, 2014. small folio. cloth, gilt on cover and spine, slipcase. (xii), 130 pages. Limited to 215 copies, of which this is one of 15 deluxe copies bound in full ostrich skin, contained in a cloth clamshell box, and includes a number of original bookplates signed by the respective artists. Tipped-in illustrations and photographs of Corrigan and the bookplates. Text set in Monotype Baskerville at Whittington Press, England. Includes an.....
