Lot Essay
A binder's label at the end reads "This Book Cover designed and executed by me, W. St. George Moore." The binding is stamped in gilt "Guild of Women Binders."
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ROSSETTI, Christina & Laurence HOUSMAN (illustrator). Goblin Market, London: Macmillan, December 1893, 8°, limited to 160 copies coloured large paper edition, wood-engraved title, 12 full-page illustrations and illustrations in the text by Laurence Housman hand-coloured by Miss Gloria Cardew (a few leaves very lightly spotted), contemporary brown morocco by W. St. George Moore of the Guild of Women Binders (light ink spotting), ruled in blind with 2 goblins stamped on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g, uncut.