This stunning full leather binding features really unusual and beautiful blind tooling to the front. Spine features five raised bands; all edges gilt. It's stamped HS at the bottom of the inner front board but I haven't been able to find out anything about HS. Bookbinders of the nineteenth and early-twentieth-century binderies often used small, discrete tool stamps or gilt initials on the turn-ins (the inner edge of the leather cover) or bottom of the spine to sign their work.
The book Being and Doing features A Selection of Helpful Thoughts from Various Authors and was published in 1902.
It's in very good condition with light wear to the corners and minor scuffing to the gilt text block edges. There is light scuffing and soiling to the back board; the spine also shows some dulling and scuffing, with wear to the spine ends.
Inside, there is a name plate glued to the front free endpaper and a penned inscription to the half title page. The pages are clean and bright with very occasional foxing.
The book will arrive hand wrapped in patterned wallpaper and ribbon.
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 biodegradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).