The Anglo-Saxon Review, A Quarterly Miscellany. Vol. 1. June, 1899.
London and New York. John Lane. 1899. 1899. Hardcover. 4to. 29cm, 255[1]p., 7 photogravure portrait plates, fine binding (a facsimile of an early elborate binding) in full black calf, wide blind ruled raised bands, gilt titles, monogrammed initials RSC in one panel, t.e.g., the boards are elaborately full gilt tool decorated in facsimile style of early binding done for James 1, (1394-1437), crested (Royal coat of arms), inner linen hinges, expertly restored, a fine copy (hoL) - Contains a four page essay by Cyril Davenport, 'A Note on the Binding of This Volume' & the first printing of Henry James's, 'The Great Condition'. This is a Quarterly Miscellany, Edited by Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill; started in 1899, 10 volumes were issued. It was one of the most opulent, expensive and most frequently satirized periodicals of its time. Item #24411
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