Hardback. Very attractive Mauchline / Fern Ware boards with leather spine decorated in gilt. With a memoir of the author. 612pp. Gilt to all edges. Frontis engraving with tissue guard plus a small number of engravings within. Mauchline ware originated in Scotland and is a form of decorated wood. It was very popular in the late 19th and early 20th century for small household items. The decorations, as here on the wooden boards, are often ferns. The endpapers might be newer than the book and have been reinforced to the inner hinges with purple fabric that feels like silk. The engravings include Norham Castle and Loch Achray. The leather is rubbed to edges and slightly faded. The boards a re slightly surface scuffed with a patch of surface loss down to the wood to the back board. It is still a very attractive binding. Occasional foxing within. A few minor marks to the endpapers else very clean and sound.