Metamorphoses.
Printed in the UK. The Folio Society. 1995. Folio Society first edition. Hardcover 1/4 blue leather over illustrated paper over boards with slipcase. 8vo. xxx, 350 pp. Illustrated with 8 full colour full-page plate drawings by Richard Shirley Smith with additional b/w in-text line drawings. Gilt lettering to spine with a gilt ruling on the boards. Blue headstain. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. The text comes from Penguin Books 1955 edition. Pages bright and clean. Binding strong and square. Boards and spine very lightly rubbed. The slipcase is bound in grey paper with gilt decorations (a small section of gilt on the back has been rubbed off) and is strong, square, and rubbed/worn. A very handsome and well made edition. Very good. Item #67884
Price: $250.00