Miss Kilmansegg and her Precious Leg.

£150 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A fine press edition of Victorian poet Thomas Hood's timeless satire about the corrupting influence of money. Miss Kilmansegg is the foolish, spoilt daughter of a banker, who insists on having an artificial limb made out of gold after she loses one of her legs in a riding accident...a truly cautionary tale. Number 100 of 200 copies, from an overall limitation of 204; 8vo; 3 full-page illustrations by Reginald Savage, 2 with loose tissue guards, bookseller's small sticker to foot of front pastedown, unopened; original cloth-backed boards, printed title label to upper cover and spine, spine slightly browned, slightly splayed, uncut. Ransom 41.

• Binding: Hardcover

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