Description

Hardcover, full blue genuine leather binding, decorated in gold with raised spine. All edges gilt, dark blue silk moire end-papers and silk ribbon marker bound-in. Printed on archival acid-neutral paper. 674 pages with over 250 pages of notes appended. Prefatory note on the text and annotations by John T. Winterich. Extensive end-notes by Henry Torrens, Edward Lane, and John Paine. Illustrated with full page color plates by Arthur Szyk. First Easton Press edition thus. A title in the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series, Collector’s Edition. Previous owner’s small round blind-stamp and ink stamp id on bottom of title-page. Some mild fading (dark blue to red) of silk moire end-papers at extremities, as per usual with this color. Still a very good+ copy of this classic, in a fine genuine leather binding. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible.