Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance 1911 spine decorated with gilt motifs

spine decorated with gilt motifs of a sporting theme

with four more plates than the English printing of the same work

300 copies printed by Print Partners in offset litho

First edition in French of the Rackham-illustrated Snowdrop and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm

Large 8vo (240 mm)

Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance 1911 spine decorated with gilt motifsLondon: Longman Brown Green and Longmans, 1853. Crown 8vo. (180 mm); xvi, 288 pp. Engraved titlepage. Bound in green sand grained morocco with intricate gilt decorations to sides, panelled spine also gilt. All edges gilt. Spine well rubbed at head and tail and edges, tips of corners also. With a nice gilt inscription in contemporary copperplate hand, "Harwick Doncaster, with his sister's love. St Leonards on Sea, Jan the 1st 1856".