Joseph Jekyll; Algernon Bourke [ed.] - Correspondence of Mr. Joseph Jekyll

London, John Murray, 1894 . First edition. Leather. An extra-illustrated example of the scarce first edition of the correspondence of Joseph Jekyll. The scarce first edition of this work, in a signed morocco binding by H Wood.Extra-illustrated with thirty-six plates.The correspondence of British Whig member of parliament Joseph Jekyll and his sister in law, Lady Gertrude Sloane Stanely, along with some letters between Jekyll and his father, Capt. Edward Jekyll.With two notable bookplates to the front pastedown and front free endpaper:With the illustrated bookplate of Indian industrialist F.E. Dinshaw, one of Mumbai's most powerful landlords.With the morocco bookplate of W.A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. He founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex. Beeleigh housed his library, one of the largest private libraries in England. In a full morocco signed binding, with gilt detailing. Externally, lovely. Joint heads and tails starting slightly, with boards firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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