Army and Navy Drolleries. By Lieut.-Colonel Seccombe With Descriptions and Illustrations From Designs by the Author. Printed in Colour by Kronheim [Later Edition – Asprey Fine Full Leather Binding]

London: Frederick Warne & Co., not dated [1880s], Later Edition. Fine Asprey full leather binding (most likely executed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe or Zaehnsdorf), with gilt titles to the spine, a replica of the internal illustration of the Field Marshal in inlayed coloured leather, marbled end papers, all page edges gilt, gently tanned throughout, text block tight. Pagination: unpaginated with 24 colour illustrations as called for with 24 pages of text to accompany and paper guards. Provenance: no signatures or bookplates. Approximately 10 ½ inches (26.5cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine – very good condition – gilt titles to the spine, minor marks. Joints – very good condition – sound. Corners – very good condition – gently worn. Boards – very good condition – red morocco boards with inlayed leather decoration of the Field Marshal to the front board, gently rubbed, marked and worn. Page edges – good condition – all edges gilt. Binding – very good condition – attractive. See above and photos. Internally Hinges – very good condition – sound. Paste downs – very good condition – patterned. End papers – very good condition – patterned, tanned subsequently. Title – good condition – gently tanned, closed tear to the top of the page. Pages – good condition – gently tanned. See photos. …