This is the first book of the Press, and according to Taylor & Sewell, "Pepler considered that the title-page was the best he ever composed." Ethel Mairet ran a shop in the Ditchling area of London that sold handwoven and dyed silks and wools. In this text, she laments that "dyeing has almost ceased to exist as a traditional art. In this 20th century . . . [i]t has been forgotten that strong and beautiful colour, such as used to abound in all everyday things, is an essential to the full joy of life. A sort of fear or nervousness of bright colour is one of the features of our age, it is especially evident in the things we wear." She goes on to blame this fear on "bad" colours produced by chemistry rather than natural dyes. Pepler echoes this bewailing attitude in his editorial preface, where he sighs at the choice of "Quantity Street" over "Quality Street." The rear publisher ads include a full-page Eric Gill woodcut from The Devil's Devices, following which Pepler has reprinted, coyly, that book's poor critical reviews. Bound in black wrappers, printed in gold. which the bibliography notes as a variant. Yapp edges ruffled, spine minimally worn, else near fine.