Hymns, Ancient & Modern for use in the Services of the Church. Complete edition. Clowes, William [London]. Circa 1900.

Hymns, Ancient & Modern for use in the Services of the Church. Complete edition. Clowes, William [London]. Circa 1900. 861 printed pages. Fine India paper. 
 Rounded corners. Original marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Contemporary ink inscription on verso of front free endpaper, dated December 1905. Provenance: Edward Crozier Creasy (1888–1936) a Major in WW1, Commander and Senior Liaison Officer of the Inter Allied Detachment during the Upper Silesia Plebiscite. Creasy was given this book months before he began his military career in the Royal Garrison Artillery. 45 x 60 mm. Contemporary black calf, elaborately hand-tooled in gilt with flower and leaf decorations and scrolling inner gilt dentelles. Spielmann, 207. Welsh, 3637. 191 firsts2024