Estimate: | £250 - £350 |
BINDING, ETON - Christopher STONE (1882-1965). Eton. London: A. & C. Black, 1909. Large 8vo (224 x 155mm). Half title, 20 coloured plates by E. D. Brinton, folding plan of Eton at the end (a few spots to the text). FINELY BOUND in dark blue half morocco and vellum gilt by Riviere & Son for the Army and Navy, the spine elaborately decorated in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers. Provenance: Robert Gordon Gordon-Gilmour of Liberton & Craigmillar (large armorial bookplate, almost completely covering the front pastedown). FIRST EDITION.