[Fine Binding | Bumpus] Hours of Idleness Extra Illustrated [1-4] 5-17 [18-20] (six leaves

[1-4] 5-17 [18-20] (six leaves of vellum)

Bound in contemporary Arts & Crafts-style full green crushed morocco

and is discussed and pictured in Gustav Stickley’s “The Craftsman” (link)

Spotting to bottom page edges of vol

which first appeared in the periodical Bibliographica in 1895

[Fine Binding | Bumpus] Hours of Idleness Extra Illustrated [1-4] 5-17 [18-20] (six leavesByron, Lord George Gordon. Hours of Idleness: A Series of Poems, Original and Illustrated. London: Printed for W. T. Sherwin, 1820. The sixth edition overall, and the first authorized edition. With an engraved frontispiece after J. Halsted. Also with the misprint 'lngth' for 'length' on line 1 of p. 160. Bound in full navy morocco for Bumpus (almost certainly by Riviere & Son) with exquisite inlaid floral red and green mosaic panels to both boards,