This lovely edition of Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil was published by London Macmillan and Co in 1920. It's a stunning school prize binding, bound in full tree calf leather, with marbling to the text block edges. There is a striking school insignia blind stamped into the front board in gilt - the two hippocampus' on either side of the coat of arms are particularly eye catching. The spine features five raised bands and gilt tooling.
Tree calf leather is one of my favourite bindings - the leather is treated with acid to change it's colour and produce a beautiful tree like effect to the boards. Sadly tree calf leather began to decline in popularity before the First World War and by the 1920's, it was almost non existent. So it's nice to see a book from the late 20's in this binding.
It's in near fine condition, with only light wear to the corners and scuffing to the boards. The spine shows rubbing and minor chipping to the surface of the leather.
Inside, the endpapers are marbled to compliment the boards and there is a presentation plate glued to the front pastedown. The pages are clean and bright with only light age toning.
Dimensions approximately 15.5cm x 10.5cm x 2.2cm
The book will arrive hand wrapped in patterned wallpaper and string.
I use a range of eco friendly, 100% recyclable jiffy bags and boxes, and whenever possible I use brown paper tape. The green bubble wrap is oxo-degradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).