Description

Hardcover, decorative publisher’s red cloth binding stamped on spine and front cover in white, gold, blue and green. 371 pages. Top edge gilt. Index. Extensively illustrated by Blanche McManus with color frontispiece and 10 full color plates, all with tissue guards intact; drawings and diagrams consisting of 22 vignette illustrations and 34 full page plates; and 2 maps of Paris, one folding. First edition, first printing. Previous owner’s name on pictorial end-papers, red spine-cloth lightly faded and a touch of wear to cloth at head and heel of spine. A clean, tight, unmarked copy in attractive publisher’s decorative binding. Very good.