The Golden Treasury Of The Best Songs And Lyrical Poems In The English Language, Selected And Arranged By Francis Turner Palgrave, With Additional Poems

London / New York / Toronto: Oxford University Press / Bernard Chester Middleton, 1948. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. 18 Tipped-In Color Plates. Xv, 587 Pp. A Reprint, 6 1/4" X 3 7/8" . In A Deluxe"Yellow Goatskin" Binding, "Gilt-Edges, Black Suede Doublures. Gold Tooled With Black Onlays", Marbled Free Endpapers, All Edges Gilt, Also With His Slipcase With Matching Goat Open Edges. Also With Middleton's Handwritten 1996 Invoice For 455 Pounds. Per Wikipedia, Bernard Chester Middleton Mbe ( 1924 - 2019) Was A Preeminent British Restoration Bookbinder. He Was Regarded As One Of The Foremost Book Craftsmen And Trade Historians Of Modern Times, Lecturing And Teaching In Europe (Belgium, Switzerland, And The Netherlands) And The Americas (Brazil, The United States, And Venezuela). He Authored Two Major Works, A History Of English Craft Bookbinding Technique (1963) And The Restoration Of Leather Bindings (1972), Which Became Essential Reading For Professional Bookbinders, Scholars And Collectors. In The Trade, He Was Known As "The Great Man". He Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Arts In 1951 And, In 1986, Was Awarded An Mbe For Services To Bookbinding. His Gold-Tooled Bindings May Be Seen In The British Library, The Victoria And Albert Museum, The Royal Library, Windsor, And The Wormsley Library, And In Other Major Libraries Worldwide.