1903 Deluxe Signed Limited First Edition. 'Happy England' by Helen Allingham.
Title: Happy England. [Deluxe edition limited to 750 copies, of which this is number 237.]
Author: as painted by Helen Allingham, with memoir and descriptions by Marcus B. Huish.
Publisher: Adam and Charles Black.
Published Date: 1903
Provenance: Previously owned by Lord Battersea.
Pagination: xi; 204pp.
External size: 28cm x 23cm.
Condition: Used, Good.
Bevelled boards bound in off white cloth and featuring an attractive green/pink floral decoration to the front cover and spine. There is some surface soiling to the boards and discolouration to the spine and boards, as shown in the images provided. Also some rubbing and bumping to the edges, corners and fraying to the head and tail of the spine. The contents are age toned with some moderate foxing to the preliminary and endpages. There is an ownership sticker with family crest and the name of Lord Battersea to the front pastedown. The pages are a little rough/unevenly cut. Frontispiece with captioned tissue guard. Featuring numerous colour plates.