[Fine Binding | John Grabau] The Deserted Village E-List 13 Spotting and browning to covers

Spotting and browning to covers

Gilt-ruled and rolled turn-ins framing gilt decorated cream morocco doublures

Printed at the Chiswick Press "

) proofs of Plate VIII

Housed in dark blue full morocco solander case

[Fine Binding | John Grabau] The Deserted Village E-List 13 Spotting and browning to coversGoldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1888. Illustrated with 6 etchings by M. M. Taylor. Bound in full brown crushed morocco by John F. Grabau in 1925, front cover featuring a large inlaid blue frame, infilled with gilt vines, leaves, and small inlaid orange, red, and brown "fruits". Frame is surrounded by multiple gilt rules, with four layers of gilt gouges crossing over each other in both directions at center, accented