Rhymes of Ye Olde Sign Boards

Additional information

57 pp, 16 by 7 inches, 1st ed. In contemporary quarter blue cloth with illustrated cream paper over boards, corners and edges bumped and worn slightly, 2 cotton ties, small stain at head. Spine, no title. Internally, half title, [6], 7-57 pp, undated but 1911 per an entry for Lewin in Peppin & Micklethwait, Dictionary of British book illustrators, the twentieth century. Amusing rhymes and large bold woodcuts of pub names and signs. Printed on rectos only on heavy, hand made uncut paper. An appealing and unusual book, both as to design and content, with text and cuts in the style of the old chapbooks. Unusual. 0