[Fine Binding | George S. Smith] Mary Stuart Private Press selected initials also in burnished

selected initials also in burnished gold

is the text of a unique copy

Designed and printed by D

with a few blemishes and some light staining to front cover

As noted in the colophon: "Two hundred and fifty copies of the ‘Book of Ruth’ have been printed for the Reed Pale Press by the De La More Press

[Fine Binding | George S. Smith] Mary Stuart Private Press selected initials also in burnishedSkelton, John. Mary Stuart. London: Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1893. Title page printed in red and black, with illuminated coloured portrait frontispiece, 24 plates of portraits, 4 page facsimile of the last letter of Mary Stuart, 16 illustrations in the text, tissue guards with captions printed in red. Bound in full dark brown crushed morocco by George S. Smith of Edinburgh with a diapered pattern on both front and rear covers of gilt lines and a fleur