Charles Reade; Lynd Ward (illus.)
The Cloister and the Hearth. A Tale of the Middle Ages, 1932
NY: Limited Editions Club
One of 1,500 copies. Signed by Ward.
1957
Two quarto vols. xv, (3), 745pp., paginated continuously. Ward's dynamic illustrations printed in photogravure throughout. Reade's historical novel drew immediate acclaim from the likes of Walter Besant and Oscar Wilde....
Two quarto vols. xv, (3), 745pp., paginated continuously. Ward's dynamic illustrations printed in photogravure throughout. Reade's historical novel drew immediate acclaim from the likes of Walter Besant and Oscar Wilde. Bound in patterned cloth over boards. Trace rubs to extremities, else both volumes near fine in very good dust wrappers, these lightly toned at spine and modestly chipped, with wrapper to volume I with cellotape repair. Housed in slipcase, somewhat soiled and rubbed, and likewise with cellotape repair.
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