LANDAU, Horace de, Baron (1824-1903) – Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of very important manuscripts and printed books selected from the renowned library formed by Baron Horace de Landau [part one]. London: 12 July 1948. 4° (249 x 191mm). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 17 photographs mounted on 13 sheets and one printed entry from another catalogue mounted and inserted, one coloured plate and 65 monochrome plates, of which 6 folding. Green crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt edges. Provenance: Geoffrey D. Hobson (pocket on rear pastedown containing a quantity of correspondence and clippings relating to the Landau sale) – Anthony R.A. Hobson (ink marginalia).

LANDAU, Horace de, Baron (1824-1903) – Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of very important manuscripts and printed books selected from the renowned library formed by Baron Horace de Landau [part one]. London: 12 July 1948. 4° (249 x 191mm). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 17 photographs mounted on 13 sheets and one printed entry from another catalogue mounted and inserted, one coloured plate and 65 monochrome plates, of which 6 folding. Green crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt edges. Provenance: Geoffrey D. Hobson (pocket on rear pastedown containing a quantity of correspondence and clippings relating to the Landau sale) – Anthony R.A. Hobson (ink marginalia).

UNNUMBERED COPY OF A SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION, printed on fine paper, with prices and buyers’ names printed in red in the margins. This issue contains a preface written by Hobson. 100 copies of this edition were printed, of which slightly more than half were subsequently pulped. The subsequent two parts were not issued in this form.