[Inlaid Binding] Kelly, R. Talbot. Egypt: Painted & Described. E-List 17 Caxton Club

Caxton Club

other edges untrimmed

along with a 19-line opening initial in red

Limp pink cloth boards with elaborate gilt decoration to front cover and spine

no lettering

[Inlaid Binding] Kelly, R. Talbot. Egypt: Painted & Described. E-List 17 Caxton ClubKelly, R. Talbot. Egypt Painted & Described. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1902. First edition. 4to. Top edge gilt; pp. xiii, 239. 75 colored plates, captioned tissue guard to each. An A & C Black classic; the Irish Egyptologist's and painter's book, based on his life with Bedouin tribes. Inman 19. Bound for Brentano's of Paris (almost assuredly by Birdsall of Northampton) in three quarter dark blue morocco over light blue cloth boards ruled in gilt.