English Books 1475-1900, A Signpost for Collectors (Signed)

This is a comprehensive survey of significant books published in England over more than 4 centuries. It remains a respected reference for all scholars and collectors of the period. Charles J. Sawyer was a noted London publisher and bookseller. Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton (1878 - 1936) was an author, publisher, and historian of children's literature. He was best known for his pioneering works in The Story of English Children's Books in England: Five Centuries of Social Life (1932). This set was published in an edition limited to 2,000. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles on the spines. Bindings are quite sound, but both spines are faded. Slight bumping of spine ends. Endpapers age darkened, as are the deckled page edges. Otherwise, no marks or damage. The first volume is inscribed by the author on the ffep "To W. H. Keeping, Esq. from Charles J. Sawyer, with all good wishes" BI.