THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
MINCHIN, Capt. H. COTTON, editor. The Legion Book. London: Privately Printed (at the Curwen Press) 1929. 4to, binding: 330 x 253 x 55mm. (13 x 10 x 2 3/16in.), original white pigskin with gilt fillets, corner ornament and central ornament on upper cover, spine gilt lettered, both covers and spine with a blind linear design, binding designed by Charles Ricketts and executed by Wood, fleece-lined cloth box. LIMITED EDITION, no. 17 of 100 copies signed by Edward Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), signed again by him on the verso of the dedication and by 84 other signatories including Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling, Aldous Huxley, Eric Gill, Edmund Blunden and others, vignette on title by Stephen Gooden, capital initials in red, 18 full-page illustrations, some signed, and 32 collotype illustrations.
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MINCHIN, Capt. H. COTTON, editor. The Legion Book. London: Privately Printed (at the Curwen Press) 1929. 4to, binding: 330 x 253 x 55mm. (13 x 10 x 2 3/16in.), original white pigskin with gilt fillets, corner ornament and central ornament on upper cover, spine gilt lettered, both covers and spine with a blind linear design, binding designed by Charles Ricketts and executed by Wood, fleece-lined cloth box. LIMITED EDITION, no. 17 of 100 copies signed by Edward Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), signed again by him on the verso of the dedication and by 84 other signatories including Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling, Aldous Huxley, Eric Gill, Edmund Blunden and others, vignette on title by Stephen Gooden, capital initials in red, 18 full-page illustrations, some signed, and 32 collotype illustrations.