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TUER, Andrew W.
History of the Horn-Book.
Illustrated. In Two Volumes.
Publisher: London: The Leadenhall Press, Ltd., 1896
Stock code: 69048
Price: £1,250 Currency Conversion
First edition, first impression of the most authoritative text on horn-books, complete with all seven horn-book models housed in the storage compartments at the front of each volume. An attractive set and scarce complete.
2 volumes, quarto. Original japon, black morocco labels to spines, titles to upper boards gilt, marbled endpapers, toped edges gilt, other untrimmed. Frontispiece to each volume, illustrations throughout. With all 7 horn-book models. Ownership inscriptions to the verso of the front blank and the half-title. Bindings a little rubbed and marked, some scratches and small spots to the binding of volume II.
