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Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). First edition. Four consecutive volumes of the illustrated periodical 'The Hampstead Annual', published between 1897 and 1900. Four volumes of this charming annual, edited by Ernest Rhys, Grenville E. Matheson, and Sydney C. Mayle.Articles in these volumes include short stories, poetry, and biography, and include 'On the Jewish Day of Atonement' by Annie Matheson, 'A Plea for Old Books' by John Dennis, and 'Joanna Baillie' by Canon Ainger.Present here are:The 1897 annual, illustrated with fifteen plates; the 1898 annual, with ten plates; the 1899 annual, with eighteen plates and vignette illustrations; the 1900 annual, with twenty plates and vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.With the publisher's original front and rear wraps bound in to the later three volumes.With advertisements to the rear of each volume. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip heads and tails, with paper spine labels age toned and with minor losses to perimeters. Front hinge of 1898 volume strained to head, but firmly held. Internally, three volumes firmly bound, but with binding of final volume significantly strained to the start of the work. Pages a touch age toned due to paper type, but otherwise clean and bright. Very Good. book.