FRITH, William Powell (1819-1909). John Leech: his Life and Work, London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1891. 2 volumes, 8° (220 x 134mm.). Half titles, half tone portrait frontispiece, illustrations by John Leech, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with engraved plates, some hand-coloured and double-page. (Occasional light spotting). Finely-bound in 20th-century crushed scarlet morocco by Riviere & Son, covers with double fillet border with thistle corner pieces enclosing central scene of a huntsman and lady on horseback stamped in gilt, spines in six panels with hunting trophies in each, lettered in two, top edges gilt. FIRST EDITION. (2)

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FRITH, William Powell (1819-1909). John Leech: his Life and Work, London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1891. 2 volumes, 8° (220 x 134mm.). Half titles, half tone portrait frontispiece, illustrations by John Leech, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with engraved plates, some hand-coloured and double-page. (Occasional light spotting). Finely-bound in 20th-century crushed scarlet morocco by Riviere & Son, covers with double fillet border with thistle corner pieces enclosing central scene of a huntsman and lady on horseback stamped in gilt, spines in six panels with hunting trophies in each, lettered in two, top edges gilt. FIRST EDITION. (2)

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