Her infinite Variety; A Feminine Portrait Gallery. Edited by E.V. Lucas, 1908. Bumpus binding.

Her Infinite Variety, edited by E. V. Lucas and first published in 1908, is a charming Edwardian anthology celebrating literary portraits of women drawn from a wide range of English authors. Bringing together selections from Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Burns, and others, the volume reflects both the taste and sensibility of the early twentieth century, combining sentiment, wit, and moral reflection in a manner characteristic of Lucas’s editorial work.

This third edition of December 1908 is presented here in an especially attractive Bumpus binding, with red leather spine and corners, raised bands, and gilt titles, complemented by striking feathered marbled boards and matching endpapers. Bumpus bindings, produced for the London bookseller and binder Bumpus Ltd. of Oxford Street, are well regarded for their quality and decorative appeal, and remain highly collectible in their own right.

Her infinite Variety; A Feminine Portrait Gallery. Edited by E.V. Lucas.

Published by Methuen & Co., London, 1908. Third edition from December 1908 (first published October 15th, 1908).

A handsome volume bound by Bumpus of London with red leather spine and corners, and with raised bands and gilt tooled title. With feathered marble paper over boards and matching endpapers. Covers with just light wear and some fading to spine.

Provenance: Signature of a David Fife Anderson, dated to March, 1949 on first free endpaper. Likely to be David Fife Anderson (1908-1988), obstetrician and gynaecologist, and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow.

Overall in near fine (+) condition, with text pages bright and clean throughout. Gilt edges to text block. 

Text in English.

xvi + 371pp + (1).