By Permission of H.M. The Queen.
London, Methuen & Co., 1924
Inscribed by Queen Mary. A near-fine set of this publication to mark the completion of a gift to Queen Mary of a superb doll's house, designed by the leading architect of the day, Edwin Lutyens, (indeed, at the time, designing the Viceroy's Palace in New Delhi). Everything was designed to scale with unprecedented precision, including two hundred books written in their authors' hands, as well as a collection of over seven hundred water-colours by living artists. Contributors included: G.K. Chesterton, A.E. Housman, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, William Russell Flint, Arnold Bennet, Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, Percy Macquoid, Lady Cynthia Asquith, Gertrude Jekyll, E.F. Benson, Somerset Maugham, Joseph Conrad and many, many more.
A possibly unread copy since some pages are uncut, particularly in volume II.
limited edition of 1,500 copies, this number 1449, presentation signature in ink by Queen Mary to front free endpaper; 2 vols, 4to (253 by 190mm); 92 plates (24 colour); the odd, random spot, otherwise fine; publisher's cloth-backed blue boards, paper labels to spines, spares to rear of each vol., Royal monogram to upper covers, dust-jackets, slight sunning to spines, small split and chip to one jacket slip-case, some fading; Queen Mary's compliment's card loosely inserted; vol. I [Dolls House], xiv, 249pp., vol. II [The Library], xiv, 384pp.
A possibly unread copy since some pages are uncut, particularly in volume II.
limited edition of 1,500 copies, this number 1449, presentation signature in ink by Queen Mary to front free endpaper; 2 vols, 4to (253 by 190mm); 92 plates (24 colour); the odd, random spot, otherwise fine; publisher's cloth-backed blue boards, paper labels to spines, spares to rear of each vol., Royal monogram to upper covers, dust-jackets, slight sunning to spines, small split and chip to one jacket slip-case, some fading; Queen Mary's compliment's card loosely inserted; vol. I [Dolls House], xiv, 249pp., vol. II [The Library], xiv, 384pp.
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