Original pale green cloth with titles and decorations in gilt to the spine and in red to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with 15 colour plates by C. E. Brock. A very good copy, the binding firm, the cloth and gilt bright with a couple of small mark. The contents, with some spotting and offsetting to the prelims and closed text-block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the good, price-clipped dustwrapper that has a number of closed tears and is chipped with loss to the spine.
A series of short stories describing a visitor's experience of a traditional Christmas, as well as daily life, at an English country house, collected from 'The Sketch Book' and 'Bracebridge Hall'.
Stock code: 26225
£45