first edition
1913 · London
by Henry Wickham Steed
London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1913. Very Good. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1913. First Edition. Octavo. 304pp. Blue cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt; no dust jacket. Moderate wear to edges; chips to spine; heavier wear to top of front joint; general scuffing; corners bumped. Slight lean but binding sound. Spotting to endpapers; recent bookplate to front pastedown and "The Times Book Club" ticket to rear pastedown; pencil scribblings to same. Still a Very Good copy of Steed's first book. (Inventory #: 33465)