Richard Steele; Washington Irving — The Perverse Widow the Widow

London , William Heinemann, 1909. First edition. Hardback. A charming collection of two short stories, illustrated in colour by Cecil Aldin. The first Aldin edition of the work. In the original pictorial boards. With three tipped in colour plates and monochrome vignettes throughout. Collated complete. A charming collection of two stories, being The Perverse Widow by Richard Steele and The Widow by Washington Irving. Illustrated throughout by British artist and illustrator, Cecil Aldin. In the original publisher's pictorial boards. Externally very smart, with slight bumping to the extremities. Offsetting and the odd spot to endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with just the odd spot. Plates remain very clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Cecil Aldin. Very Good Indeed .