Books And The Quiet Life

Portland, ME: Thomas Bird Mosher. F/NONE. April 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 11, 20, 49. 1st edition/1st printing. Sub-title: Being Some Pages From The Private Papers Of Henry Ryecroft by George Gissing Chosen By W R B (Thomas B. Mosher, Publisher). Lovely little book (7-1/4" tall x 4" wide, 57 pages plus limitation page and foreword) with medium blue paper covered spine with red & black printed beige background paper label, and with two tones of blue patterned paper covered boards. 950 copy Limited Edition, printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper and the type distributed in April, 1914. Title page, limitation page and 1st page of foreword are printed in red and black. Rough-cut outer/lower page edges. Straight, clean, extremely tight with no soiling, no tears, no corner bumping, no writing other than previous owner's small and beautifully written name, town and date of 1917 on front end page, and no foxing--paper is clean & bright. .