Description

Hardcover, Collector’s Lifetime edition bound in genuine dark green leather lettered and decorated in gold. All edges gilt. 449 pages. Contains Family Descriptions and Key, Index and a Pictorial Glossary. Bound-in silk ribbon marker, smyth sewn binding and archival quality paper mark this as quality Eastern Press book. Illustrated with numerous color and line drawings by Charles L. Ripper and Virgina Savage. Fiftieth Anniversary edition, first printing thus. Special blank, unused Easton Press book-plate, especially produced for this edition, tipped in loose. No previous ownership marks. Corners sharp, gilt bright and covers tight and sound, A clean, fresh, unread and like new copy. Fine.