Radford, Dollie

[Binding, Fine- Hampstead Bindery] Songs for Somebody

London: David Nutt, 1893.

First Edition. 8vo, 8 1/4 x 6 inches. Superb and cunning binding by the renowned Hampstead Bindery, founded and overseen by Frank Karslake in 1898, (who also co-founded the Guild of Women Binders in 1898), the two running concurrently), in full beige morocco with innovative onlaid pieces in green, blue and red, with gilt outlines depicting a hooded woman blowing bubbles in a walled garden against a background sunrise repeated on both covers. Decorative spine lettered in gilt, gilt-tooled dentelles with floral motif in corners, red watered silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Original color pictorial card wrappers bound-in, at end. Pictured by G.M.B. [Gertrude Bradbury] with extremely pleasing color sepia full-page illustrations (six), and full-page illustrated text in light green half-title, printed in green by Edmund Evans. Interesting provenance: Hampstead Public Libraries, with label tipped inside upper cover, and unobtrusive ink stamp on blank verso of title and frontispiece, and stamp in margins of eight leaves. Book is in fine condition. Most scarce and desirable Hampstead binding.

Price: $4,750.00   Item #6609