Description
Folio, 35pp. Red leather, silver lettering on spine, silver coat of arms with embossed lettering on front panel. All edges silver. Marbled end papers. Sewn-in silver bookmark. Scattered light foxing, not affecting text or mounted illustrations. Lacking the publishers white case. Frontispiece with tissue cover, mounted photographs of Queen Mary and King George V after title page. This edition is signed by King George V and Queen Consort Mary, with the signature dated 1910-1935. From the personal collection of the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, John Masefield, with his library bookplate affixed to front end paper. An exceptional association copy, signed by the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
Comments: This book was produced in limited quantities and signed by King George V and Queen Mary to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of the Kings monarchy.
