Thousand Initial Letters, First Edition (2 results)

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark maroon cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel, all page edges gilt, bevelled edges. Elephant folio 17'' x 12''. Contains 28 full-page single-sided paper guarded fine colour plates [26 letters, leaf of numbers both Latin and orthodox, title page] of the alphabet each plate depicts a single letter in different art forms, superbly colour printed by Day & Son and heightened in gold. The 'T' leaf has ragged fore and bottom edges, rear end paper cracked and professionally repaired, sporadic foxing to the end papers, title page and some plate margins, very small tide mark to the inside margin of the title page and finally diminishing up to 'K', corners rubbed through to the boards, small areas rubbed through to the boards to the front cover. Member of the P.B.F.A. ARCHITECTURE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Jones, Owen (illustrator). 1st Edition. Interesting decorative volume, presumed first edition, folio, l leather-bound with gilt titles on the spine and plain boards with a gilt rule, marbled endpapers, 28 full colour plates including the title, some with small gilt highlights. Binding worn, good internally and water-stained, margins to most plates affected and some contents. Still very good. Bookplates and POS on free blank. Please enquire, we will be glad to send images upon request.