40 plates by FH Townsend, binding and end papers designed by Albert Angus Turbayne. The Peacock edition carries the designer’s scarab with the “A” and “T” inside, and is flamboyantly decorated in an Art Nouveau style to spine and upper board. All edges are gilt, a book intended as much for display as for reading and the decoration probably a pun on the author's name. Also associated with Arts and Crafts movement and William Morris, the commercial bindings are aimed at a different market. Some bumping to corners and spine ends, name to end papers. £220