16cms x 10.5cms bound in exquisitely very soft glove dark blue leather. Publishers name 'NELSON' and title on spine, plus front cover are tooled in gold in a very destinctive art nouveau font, typical of the period. The front cover has tiny hearts and dots with the occacional oak leaf as the background for the central portion of the front cover. There is also a lyre or similar surround by presuambly laurel leaves. Outside the cental gold tooled panel there is a double lined rectangular impressed surround. Expanding outwards, there is another double impressed surround just at the edge of the covre. On the obverse is the same but there is no goldwork. The page edges are gold. The paper used for the book is tissue thin. It truly is a delight to hold

Of the contents: there is initially a 'Life of Sir Walter Scott' and there are a few illustrations that look to have been taken from lithographs. There is also a very narrow white ribbin book mark.