TOASTS FOR THE TIMES IN PICTURES AND RHYMES
Chicago: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1906. Second Edition. Item #7316
Octavo (17.5cm); original lime green cloth, with titling and decorative elements (designed by Harry B. Matthews) stamped in red, white, and grey on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; dustjacket; [158]pp, with black & white illustrations throughout by Nella Fontaine Binckley. Hint of sunning to crown, else a fresh, Fine copy, with the pictorial elements unrubbed. In the original dustjacket, priced $1.00 at mid-spine; a bit shelfworn, spine-sunned, with gentler sunning to panels, a faint whitish stain to upper rear panel, with shallow losses to spine ends and upper edge, with several tiny nicks, tears, and attendant creases – many of them discreetly mended with old tape on verso; Very Good only. A substantial book of toasts for all occasions, originally published in 1904, with each toast elaborately illustrated. A striking copy, seldom found in the scarce and fragile dustjacket.
Price: $350.00