Author: GORDON, E. O. (1837-1919).
Title: Saint George Champion of Christiandom and Patron Saint of England.
Description: Published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Lim, 25 High Street, Bloomsbury, 1907. 0. First edition, previously owned by 'C. J. Davenport' **. A very good original binding, with fine embossed front cover. Large 8vo. 10.0" x 6.5" x 1.0". pp.7/[1p.]/pp.142 . Maroon cloth covered boards. Front board with an embossed design of Saint George killing the dragon. Corners rubbed and bumped. Spine faded with embossed date: '1907'; and title: 'Saint George - Gordon'. Original brown endpapers. Neat full-page handwritten biography of 'Bessy Buckland' and a description of the front board, signed by: "C. J. Davenport St. Leonard's-on-Sea 20 Ap. 1926." Clear English text throughout, just light foxing to the page edges. Well-illustrated with 25 black & white plates. A very good copy of this scarce book. VG. ** DAVENPORT, Cyril James Humphries (1848-1941) - Author of several books relating to bookbinding. *** Elizabeth Oke Gordon (1837-1919) . She was the second daughter of William Buckland, D.D, Dean of Westminster, and married Canon Gordon, Rector of Harling, Sussex." .

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