Hardie, Martin — English Coloured Books

London, Fitzhouse Books, 1980. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Introduction by James Laver, being a reprint of the true first edition, published in 1906. A sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear beyond slight smudging to bottom page tips; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing light creasing and slight additional wear, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Bound handsomely in a tall quarto format, with xxiv, 340 pp. and 28 plates. Bound in green cloth with gilt spine titling. The to that point definitive work on hand-coloring of illustrated books. Large-print text, fine-looking appearance, easy to read and accessible.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Near Fine,