The Book of Old Sundials & Their Mottoes – 8 illustrations 1914 First ed.

ROSS, Launcelot. The Book of Old Sundials & Their Mottoes. With eight illustrations in colour by Alfred Rawlings and thirty-six drawings by Warrington Hogg. London, Edinburgh & Boston: T. N. Foulis, 1914.

First edition. Original decorative pictorial boards, gilt-lettered on upper cover and spine. 103 pages. Complete with all 8 colour plates and 36 drawings.

A charming illustrated work on old sundials and their mottoes, and a particularly attractive Foulis production. This copy retains the original decorated binding and is complete.

Condition: Good only. Covers rubbed and marked, with wear to edges and corners. Spine heavily worn, split, and creased, with losses at ends and weakness at joints. Preliminary leaves show some roughness and edge tearing. Internally generally clean and sound, with all colour plates present. A worn but complete first edition with strong decorative appeal.