Alken,Henry: A Panorama Emphasising The Progress of Human Life Ld. The Falcon Press - 1948 - First Thus. Full information on the title-page reads: ...Fashionably Displayed Illustrating Shakespeare's Ages And Giving At The Same Time The Manners, Costume, Amusements and Field Sports Of The English People. The Whole Illustrative Of Modern Character In A Series of Many Hundreds Of Moving Figures. By Henry Alken With An Essay By Guy Paget And an Introduction And Commentary By Bernard Darwin. Hard-backed in slip-case, plain grey-blue boards with red cloth spine and gilt lettering to spine. 29cm x 43cm. Grey paper throughout, with tipped-in illustrations, several to a page, each measuring 6.5cm x varying amounts. All miniatures though. In slip-case. This is cracked at top/bottom edge and has been re-paired. The book is slightly marked to front/back. Corners/edges a bit worn. The end-papers are lightly spotted but the main pages of text and illustration are clean. G/G+.

Price: £35.00       # ART2335