Author: Herring, Robert.

Publisher: London: Elkin, Mathews & Marrot.

Format: Hardcover octavo in green quarter cloth and decorated paper board, gilt top and other edges deckled, map decorated endpapers, numbered 118 of 1060 [1000 for sale], 168pp + 13 pochoir plates, 22.3 x 15cm.

A satirical novel by poet Robert Herring (British, 1903–1975), who associated with the “Bright Young Things.”

The thirteen hand-coloured pochoir plates and six small illustrations in text by Edward Bawden (British, 1903–1989) are truly charming. The endpapers display maps of Kew Gardens and Kew Green.

Water damage to edge and rubbing to boards, red stain running the length of the cover. Internally sound and bright.