[Fine Binding | Arts & Crafts] West Country Songs

Pearse, Mark Guy. West Country Songs. London: Horace Marshall & Son, 1902. 8vo. Tissue-guarded frontis and seven black & white plates. Bound in light brown crushed morocco with an arts & crafts floral and leaf design to a central panel on the front cover, connected with curving gouges. Five bands to spine with title and author to second and third compartment, remaining compartments with gilt roundel and small leaf tools. Gilt ruled turn-ins with pale blue endpapers. All edges gilt. Measures approx. 5.25" x 7.5". Rubbing to edges and spine, some loss to gilt, spotting and light staining to covers, offsetting to endpapers. Some browning and spotting to pages.