J. C. Squire — A London Reverie

London, Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of Joseph Pennell's stunning illustrations of London, with historical notes on the iconic city and in the scarce dust wrapper. The first edition.Illustrated by Joseph Pennell with a frontispiece and fifty-five monochrome plates. Collated, complete. A wonderful celebration of the city of London with artwork by Pennell depicting the city, and an introduction by J. C. Squire. Joseph Pennell (1857-1926) was an American illustrator, etcher and lithographer who spent the majority of his working life living in Europe. In the publisher's original cloth with the original scarce unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only the odd slight mark to the front board. Light offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap is very smart with only the odd small closed tear to the extremities and sunning to the spine and extremities. Internally firmly bound with bright pages and occasional light spotting. Near Fine . Ill.: Joseph Pennell. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.