THE STORY OF FAMOUS BOOKS

First edition. From "The Book Lover's LIbrary" edited by Henry B. Wheatley. Large Paper Copy (Sheet size 8 1/2"), xii, 208p. Extra-Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, 110 portraits, and an Autograph Letter signed by Thomas Moore. Bound by Ringer in full dark blue crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine densely gilt, the covers with triple-ruled borders and a large ornate frame with decorative borders and cornerpieces, and initials "FE" in the upper right corner, dentelles. The Thomas Moore ALs is two pages on one sheet tipped in at page 160. Crown chipped with loss, a bit of rubbing to the spine bands, all else fine First edition. From "The Book Lover's LIbrary" edited by Henry B. Wheatley.