Reginald Francis Hallward — Flowers of Paradise

London , Macmillan and Co. 1889. First edition. Hardback. A beautifully illustrated first edition copy of this collection of music and verse by Reginald Hallward. A first edition copy of this decorative musical work from Reginald Francis Hallward. Hallward was a British artist within the Arts and Crafts movement, glassmaker and poet who is best known for his church stained glass windows. Hallward designed the illustrations and provided the music and verses for this wonderful work. With eight chromolithograph plates, including a double page plate. Collated, complete. Undated; dated 1889 via Jisc.  In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, generally worn. With the spine being a bumped and frayed. Some fading to the boards and marks to the boards and extremities. Front hinge is starting but remains generally firm. Rear hinge is starting but remains firm. Front free endpaper is missing. Pages are firmly bound and generally bright and clean with some light spotting to the title page. Good . Ill.: Reginald Francis Hallward. Good .