Description
The signed limited edition of Some Old Portraits: A Book About Art and Human Beings by Booth Tarkington.
Quarto, [2], xx, 249pp. Tan linen, title stamped in gilt on spine, illustration on front cover. Top edge gilt. Complete with 22 portrait plates, including 14 in color. Includes the publisher’s matching slipcase. Light toning to cloth along the spine, internally clean.
From a limited edition of 247 numbered copies signed by Booth Tarkington, of which 201 copies were offered for sale. This copy is number 186.
Signed by the author on the limitation page.
This work was issued before the first trade edition.
