Title: Garden of the soul: a manual of devotion : ...
Publisher: Burns, Oates and Washbourne.
Publication Date: 1922
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
No date but 1922. 352 & 160 printed pages all with red borders. Original yellow silk place-marker. Ivory watered silk endpapers. All edges gilt. 60 x 95mm. Full mother-of-pearl binding, upper and lower covers checkered pattern, spine set in vertical oblong pieces. Mother-of-pearl was often used for small card cases and for some devotional books from around 1850 to 1950. No loss of pieces, which all remain secure, unusually (they commonly attract damage at the corners). Includes "The epistles and gospels". "Table of movable feasts" begins with 1923. WorldCat does not locate copies of this edition. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. Uncommon in this condition after more than 100 years of handling. Seller Inventory # 5323