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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. ARE 1902 LUXURY PUBLISHER'S SPECIMEN PROSPECTUS - ALL EDGES GILT (A.E.G.) - FEATURING ORIGINAL INSERTED LEATHER BINDING SWATCHES: COLLATION: Quarto (4to, approx. 29cm x 22cm). pp. 96. Bound in the original publisher's black utility sample cloth with the word 'SPECIMEN' boldly stamped in bright gilt across the upper cover. Text block finished with brilliant, all edges gilt (a.e.g.). Marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns. Complete with an exquisite suite of full-page illuminated multi-colour chromolithograph plates, including a striking frontispiece portrait plate of His Majesty King Edward VII protected by its original tissue guard. Contains an original inserted publisher's subscription slip stating: 'THIS EDITION being specially prepared for Subscription, is not obtainable through the general Booksellers'. Laid in loosely are the original sample components meant for customer viewing: 1 ornate gilt-stamped leather spine piece and a matching set of leather corners. No ISBN issued.CONDITION & ATTRIBUTES: A highly structurally sound, flat, and historically complete Very Good copy. The black cloth sample binding shows light, entirely age-appropriate handling marks and minor rubbing to the outer extremities. Internal binding remains remarkably tight, fresh, and square. Text pages and the spectacular colour plates remain beautifully bright, uncreased, and crisp throughout, with the exterior page gilding remaining highly reflective. An extraordinary, archival-grade survival documenting Edwardian luxury publishing trade mechanisms.…