Author: Leigh Hunt
Title: The Months: Descriptive of the Successive Beauties of the Year
Description: London, Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition thus of Leigh Hunt's description of the 'beauties of the year', illustrated by Horace J. Knowles. The first edition to feature these illustrations. In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.Illustrated throughout with vignette and full page designs from author and illustrator Horace J Knowles, recognisable for his Art Nouveau style.A charming work describing the changes to the natural world presented by each month of the year. With the bookplate of Nicholas McDowall to verso of front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with clipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Small closed tear to tail of front free endpaper and half title. Bookplate to verso of front free endpaper. Dust wrapper back strip significantly age toned. Small loss to back strip tail, with significant loss to back strip head. Hole to back strip centre. Small loss to head of rear wrap. Adhesive label remnants to front wrap head. Light tide mark to back strip tail. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with instances of light spotting to page perimeters. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Horace J. Knowles. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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