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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Second Edition. Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. , 1903. Presumed second edition, following the 1901 issue. Octavo. Publisher's full green cloth designed by Margaret Armstrong, featuring an elaborate gilt and pictorial cover and spine design incorporating a mounted embossed floral fabric panel to the upper cover. One of Armstrong's most ambitious decorative projects, with each page framed by richly detailed ornamental borders printed black on yellow - many unique - forming an integrated visual design throughout. Tissue-guarded frontispiece present. Soundly bound with clean interior. Cloth shows mild, even flecking concentrated to the lower portions of the covers and light shelf rubbing at extremities; decorative panel and gilt remain bright and well preserved. Interior leaves bright and clean, with borders sharp and clear. A solid, attractive example of this notable Armstrong production. VG to VG+.