The Red Book of Heroes. London, New York, Bombay, and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909.
First edition.
Octavo. xiv, 368 pp., with color frontispiece, seven color plates, and numerous black and white illustrations by A. Wallis Mills. Bound by Riviere & Son in half blue morocco and blue cloth, spine gilt in compartments with five raised bands, gilt circle to front cover, all edges gilt, marbled flyleaves, publisher's cloth preserved and bound in as pastedowns. Light sunning and edgewear to spine, joints lightly rubbed, hinges cracked but sound. Still a very good copy in a lovely binding.
First edition of this classic collection of hero tales, including Florence Nightingale, Sir Thomas More, Hannibal, Father Damien, and more.
ID:
7420
$
175